Rosie.com; Getty ImagesRosie O'Donnell's 17-year-old daughter Chelsea O'Donnell has been reported missing.
The 53-year-old television personality revealed the heartbreaking news in a blog post on her website today titled "CHELSEA O'DONNELL MISSING." The post said that Chelsea was last seen on Aug. 11 and authorities have been searching for the famous offspring since Sunday.
"Rosie O'Donnell's 17 year old daughter, Chelsea O'Donnell was reported missing," the statement read. "Nyack, New York police authorities have been looking for her in the Rockland County area since Sunday, August 16. She was last seen Tuesday, August 11. She was wearing a black sweatshirt hoodie, dark ripped blue jeans, women's grey converse sneakers and a black backpack. Chelsea has a large tattoo on her right side of a dream catcher with the word ‘Breathe.' She left home with her 6 month old therapy dog named Bear. The dog is a 9 lbs brown and black terrier."
The post added that "Chelsea stopped taking her medicine and is in need of medical attention. Any information please contact authorities at 845-358-0206 or 911."
Additionally, Rosie's rep released a statement to E! News saying, "Chelsea, like millions of people, lives with mental illness. It has been a difficult road for Chelsea and her family and they just want her back safe."
Chelsea's mother Kelli Carpenter also posted about the incident on Facebook, writing "Our 17 year old daughter, Chelsea Belle was reported missing. Nyack, New York police authorities have been looking for her in the Rockland County area since Sunday, August 16. She was last seen Tuesday, August 11. She was wearing a black sweatshirt hoodie, dark ripped blue jeans, women's grey converse sneakers and a black backpack. Chelsea has a large tattoo on her right side of a dream catcher with the word ‘Breathe.' She left home with her 6 month old therapy dog named Bear. The dog is a 9 lbs brown and black terrier. Chelsea stopped taking her medicine and is in need of medical attention. Any information please contact authorities at 845-358-0206 or 911. Please share on your social media in order to help find her."
chelsea and her dog bear - last seen in nyack ny - may be in NYC -
please call 845-358-0206 or 911 pic.twitter.com/1jXbNxravZ
? Rosie (@Rosie) August 18, 2015Chelsea is O'Donnell's daughter from her first marriage to Kelli Carpenter. The former couple, who divorced in 2007, are also parents to Blake Christopher O'Donnell and Vivienne Rose O'Donnell. Additionally, O'Donnell is a mom to son Parker, her first child whom she adopted in 1995, as well as daughter Dakota, whom she adopted with her second wife, Michelle Rounds. In February 2015, the pair announced their split just two weeks after O'Donnell bid farewell to The View.
"I got a lot of stress. I got some home stuff going on, I got some kid stuff going on," O'Donnell said at the time. "I got to turn down the stress in some area."
Our thoughts are with Rosie and her family.