Rosie O’Donnell Shows Off Fifty Pound Weight Loss on Twitter; Posts Poem About Lindsay Lohan `Tragedy'

Rosie O'Donnell has been busy on social media. After taking criticism for remarks she made about Lindsay Lohan, Rosie posted a poem and an explanation. O'Donnell also stepped out with a much lighter side, posting before and after pictures of her fifty pound weight loss.

Rosie O'donnell defended remarks she made about Lindsay Lohan's TV. Rosie said Lindsay's show was a "tragedy,"but said she made her statements out of "compassion." Rosie O'Donnell showed off her 50-pound weight loss in an instagram selfie. Comedian Rosie O'Donnell celebrated her new weight loss with a before-and-after selfie she posted to her Twitter fans.

Rosie O'Donnell tweeted  "Almost 50 lbs off - I can see it now."

According to reports O'Donnell underwent weight-loss surgery in 2013 after a series of health issues including a heart attack in 2012.

During am American Heart Association luncheon speech she admitted "I did what many woman do, and I did not take care of myself. And that's why I'm here, to try to get women to know you're worth it, take care of yourself and know the symptoms."

Rosie O'Donnell then took to her blog on Saturday say the Lindsay Lohan OWN network docu-serie "broke my heart in many ways ... i wish only for lindsays healing for sobriety that will serve her so."

Rosie shared that she had recently been laid up with pneumonia and then said Lindsay Lohan's admission about losing her baby during filming hit her deeply and she was moved to write a poem:

"i wish only for lindsays healing

for sobriety that will serve her so

for a calming of all demons that plague her

for stillness inside her soul

i have compassion for the little girl i see

beneath the designer duds

one that could use a safe place to land

maybe for the first time in her life"