No, no, Barbara Walters and Rosie O'Donnell won't be going on a cruise together anytime soon. After months of rumors, and plenty of taunting from Donald Trump, Rosie O'Donnell is reportedly leaving The View. TMZ says she will make the announcement on air this morning.
While we are sure most of Rosie's new found spare time will be spent blogging about her real reasons for leaving the daytime talkshow, one place she won't be heading to decompress from live television stress is Bermuda. Rosie and her partner Kelli O'Donnell, who run R Family Vacations, organize an annual summer cruise for gay and lesbian families.
Back in 2004 it was reported that 100 protesters greeted the S.S. Rosie, and chanted anti-gay slogans at the 1150 passengers, when they arrived in Nassau, Bahamas. Thus, Rosie and the gang, fearing a reapeat of the Nassau protest, have replaced Bermuda with two Florida ports of call for this summers cruise.
From the R Vacations website:
The Prime Minister of Bermuda personally contacted me to let me know that he and his government welcome all tourists regardless of sexual orientation or religious affiliation. We also received hundreds of emails from Bermuda residents welcoming us to their country.
However, Kelli and I are not 100% confident that some protestors would not meet us upon our arrival. While those groups may be the minority voice, we feel that our cruise would be more enjoyable with an alternate itinerary to ports where we know we are welcome by everyone.
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