Offer accepted! Danny Noriega is on his way to Mexico with Rosie O’Donnell. The ousted American Idol contestant surfaced over the weekend in a video on the former talk show host’s blog — where O’Donnell was seen singing the 18-year-old’s praises.
“Look who’s on the cruise,” O’Donnell excitedly announces in the clip, telling Noriega, “Let me just say, I love you. I love your attitude. I love your spunk. I love your sassy ways. And I love your voice.” Answers Noriega: “I love your guts.”
There with his cousin, the former Idol contestant was invited by O’Donnell to sing aboard the boat as part of O’Donnell’s R Family Vacations. While Noriega never publicly accepted her invitation, he took to the Web, calling O’Donnell “such an inspiration to me.”
Also on the cruise: Ross “the Intern” Mathews (from The Tonight Show) and comedian ANT, who was excited to meet Noriega in the flesh. Saying the aspiring singer has the “voice of an angel,” in the clip, ANT teases, “I was so excited. I was like, is he single?”
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