Arts & Entertainment

Rosie to marry again

Talk show host met future wife this summer; wedding reportedly set for the holidays

Published

15 years ago

December 5, 2011

Rosie O’Donnell is taking a second chance at marriage, according to ABCNews.com.

O’Donnell — who has a new show on the Oprah Winfrey Network — met her future wife Michelle Rounds this summer at a Starbucks, and went public in September. According to US Magazine, the host of ‘The Rosie Show’ and the younger head hunter for a New York I.T. company will marry over the holidays.

“I thought she was a 28-year-old heterosexual girl, because that’s what she looked like to me. And she’s a 40-year-old gay woman,” O’Donnell, 49, told Nightline’s Cynthia McFadden in October. ”My gaydar was way off!”

O’Donnell married her long-time girlfriend, former Nickelodeon marketing executive Kelli Carpenter, in 2004 in San Francisco after being introduced to one another in 1997 by Rosie’s brother Daniel O’Donnell, a member of the New York state assembly. Before they separated in 2007, the couple co-founded R Family Vacations, which provides family friendly luxury cruises geared toward same-sex couples with children. They have four children, Parker Jaren, Chelsea Belle, Blake Christopher, and Vivienne Rose.

Carpenter is reportedly dating New York cabaret singer, Anne Steele.

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PHOTOS: SUNFESTIVAL

Annual dance party held amid weekend festivities in Rehoboth Beach

Published

12 hours ago

September 9, 2026

Daniel Truitt

A scene from the SUNFESTIVAL Night of Dance at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center on Sept. 6. (Washington Blade photo by Daniel Truitt)

The annual CAMP Rehoboth fundraiser, SUNFESTIVAL, was held over Labor Day weekend in Rehoboth Beach, Del. The festival included a massive dance party at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center on Sunday.

(Washington Blade photos by Daniel Truitt)

Arts & Entertainment

Nominate your favorites for the Blade’s 25th annual Best Of LGBTQ DC Awards

Submit your picks now; top 5 vote getters move to the finals

Published

17 hours ago

September 9, 2026

Staff reports

Nominate your favorites in our Best of LGBTQ DC categories through Sept. 24. The top 5 nominees from each category will become finalists with voting starting Sept. 28. Our 2026 Best of LGBTQ DC winners will be announced at the Best of LGBTQ DC Awards Party on Thursday, Oct. 22 and our special issue will come out on Friday, Oct. 23. One vote per email address per day. Good luck!

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Blade Foundation to host fundraiser in Rehoboth on Sept. 12

Mayor-elect Stewart, state Rep. Snyder-Hall to give remarks

Published

3 days ago

September 7, 2026

Tinashe Chingarande

Rehoboth Mayor-elect Susan Stewart will speak at the Blade Foundation fundraiser on Sept. 12.

The Washington Blade Foundation will host a fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 12 in Rehoboth Beach featuring remarks from Rehoboth’s Mayor-elect Susan Stewart and Delaware state Rep. Claire Snyder-Hall.

The Foundation funds fellowships for aspiring queer journalists and enterprise journalism projects.

The event will be held at a private home in Rehoboth. Tickets are $100 and include open bar from Diego’s, catered appetizers from the Blue Moon, entertainment, guest speakers, and an auction. Tickets are available here.