O'Donnell Won't Host Price Is Right After All

Rosie O’Donnell announced on her Internet blog late last week that she won’t be replacing Bob Barker as the host of "The Price Is Right", a long running CBS game show.   Apparently an avid fan of the show, O’Donnell talked the opportunity over with the producers of "The Price Is Right" during lunch. At the end of the lunch, O’Donnell was no longer an option for show host.

Despite the fact that the 45-year old comedian has long dreamed of replacing Bob Barker on her favorite game show, she seems to have had a change of heart.

"Well, here’s the thing, " O’Donnell reported last Sunday in a web video, "I don’t really need a job. I’m in a weird position. I don’t need the money. So to get my entire family uprooted from their lives and move them across the country so that I can have a fantasy childhood indulgence, you know, job?it just doesn’t seem fair."

Currently O’Donnell resides in Nyack, a city near New York City, along with her four children and partner, Kelli. While it must have been a difficult decision to make, O’Donnell realized that it would be a major upheaval for her family if she had taken the show hosting position.

"You know, if they were able to do it in New York, it would be a different story, "Rosie said, "But it looks like it’s ? ain’t gonna happen."

O’Donnell made an early departure last month from her hosting job at ABC’s "The View" after getting into a rather heated argument with co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck which eventually turned personal.

Bob Barker commented to reporters at the Daytime Emmy Awards that he felt that Rosie O’Donnell would be a good candidate for host of "The Price Is Right" but then later told the Associated Press that he hadn’t meant to imply an endorsement and that he has no influence over who is chosen to host the show.