Rosie O'Donnell was slammed after sparking the Barron Trump autism rumor which made it big on the internet. The issue on Barron Trump's speculated condition moved forward, his mother, the first lady, Melania Trump decided to end the lies as she decided to file a lawsuit to end.
Barron Trump's rumored autism made rounds online the moment it was released on twitter by James Hunter. It issue eventually escalated after TV personality, Rosie O'Donnell, ignited the issue after she retweeted Hunter's post.
Having thousands of followers, Barron Trump's autism rumor spread like wildfire, but Rosie O'Donnell was slammed for what she did. Though she mentioned that Barron's autism rumor is a great way to give attention to the people diagnosed with autism, it was mentioned that her fans were highly disgusted with what she did according to Fox News.
Melania Trump decided to step in and stop the bullying by threatening a lawsuit. Gossip Cop reports that the first lady ordered the video to be taken down and the person who posted it should have a public apology. After Trump's lawyer issued the statement, it was then taken down by Hunter.
"A video was posted on YouTube recently speculating that Barron might be autistic. He is not. The video includes the hashtag 'StopTheBullying' but yet the video itself is bullying by making false statements and speculation about a 10-year old boy for the purpose of harassing him and his parents," The letter that Trump's lawyer gave Gossip Cop wrote. "The online bullying of children, including Barron Trump, should end now."
Gossip Cop then made a follow up report after Melania's lawyer released an official statement in regards to the issue. As for Rosie O'Donnell, the TV personality posted her apology on twitter stating that it was not her intention to cause the family pain.
"My Apology To Melania and Barron Trump." Hunter stated, "My video was originally intended as an anti-bullying video, as I myself suffer from autism and wanted to educate people. Un fortunately, I completely misdiagnosed a person and ended up making a video that was false, defamatory and malicious... and want to sincerely apologize to the Trump family, especially to Melania and Barron Trump."
