Rosie O'Donnell Reacts to Anne Heche's Death: 'Very Disturbing'

Calling the news of Anne Heche's death as the result of a fiery car crash in Los Angeles, "very disturbing," Rosie O'Donnell posted a new TikTok video urging fans to watch Heche's movies.

According to reports, Heche's Mini Cooper crashed into a home in Los Angeles on August 5, setting it on fire. TMZ also shared footage showing that Heche's vehicle had reportedly hit an apartment complex's garage shortly before the crash.

Footage captured from doorbell cameras at the time caught what appeared to be Heche's car traveling at a high speed in the moments before the collision, in the neighborhood of Mar Vista.

A spokesperson for Heche later stated that she had "a significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgical intervention," adding that she was in a coma and had not regained consciousness.

Heche, 53, passed away on August 12, with her representative saying in a statement that the mother of two would be "deeply missed" by those whose lives she had touched.

"Today we lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul, a loving mother, and a loyal friend," the statement said. "Anne will be deeply missed but she lives on through her beautiful sons, her iconic body of work, and her passionate advocacy. Her bravery for always standing in her truth, spreading her message of love and acceptance, will continue to have a lasting impact."

Shortly after Heche's death was announced, O'Donnell took to her TikTok account where she revealed that she had planned to start watching some of Heche's work.

"I'm about to watch that Anne Heche movie with Vince Vaughn [Return to Paradise]," the former talk show host said. "That's where I first really saw her and came to notice her. And she was a wonderful actress, she really was."

Describing Heche's death as "very disturbing," O'Donnell went on: "I just got her book, which I never read before. Wish I had, but I'm gonna read her book."

"You know, fame is a strange thing," she mused. "As Boy George says, fame is the impending, glittering disaster. It changes everything—the equilibrium, the balance in your life. Forever, I think."

Turning her attention back to Heche, O'Donnell encouraged her followers to go back and enjoy some of Heche's past works in her memory.

"May she find peace now, right?" O'Donnell concluded. "Go watch one of her movies. Lift her up. Very sad."

Quoting a representative, People reported on Sunday evening that Heche had been "peacefully taken off life support," after she was kept breathing ahead of an organ recipient match being made.

Two days after Heche's crash, O'Donnell admitted in another TikTok post that she felt bad about having made fun of the star previously as she learned of the fiery collision.

"So I can't stop thinking about this Anne Heche accident and how horrifying the whole thing is," O'Donnell said, "and feeling bad that I made fun of her when she was talking to Barbara Walters about having a relationship with space aliens."

In 2001, Heche sat down for a 20/20 interview with Walters, telling the veteran journalist that the sexual molestation she had suffered at the hands of her late father, Donald Heche, caused her to escape into a fantasy world on another planet.

"I'm not crazy," Heche said at the time. "But it's a crazy life. I was raised in a crazy family and it took 31 years to get the crazy out of me."

"I had a fantasy world that I escaped to. I called my other personality Celestia," she went on. "I believed I was from that world. I believed I was from another planet. I think I was insane."