St. Barts Stranded: Wealthy Elites Stuck on Caribbean Island After New Year's

Entertainment News

St. Barts Stranded: Wealthy Elites Stuck on Caribbean Island After New Year's
St. BartsCelebritiesYachts
  • 📰 TheCut
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 105 sec. here
  • 8 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 62%
  • Publisher: 51%

Fabulously wealthy individuals and celebrities found themselves unexpectedly stranded on St. Barts after New Year's, leading to parties and a relaxed atmosphere as others scrambled to return home.

If you are very rich, you do not spend the week between Christmas and New Year’s rotting on your parents’ couch. You spend it on a yacht on St. Barts . Every year, the fabulously wealthy and their hangers-on descend on the Caribbean island to party on yachts, soak up the sun, and rub elbows with their fellow elites .

Typically, the celebs and the billionaires leave the island shortly after New Year’s, but usually the United States hasn’t justOwing to the U.S. operation in Venezuela, a bunch of famous people were reportedly stuck on St. Barts all weekend.’s Shep Rose also found himself stuck on the island after managing to briefly escape to St. Maarten. “We left the island on January 2, before the invasion of Nicaragua or whatever,” the Bravo star told the magazine. After getting grounded in St. Maarten, Rose and his friends wound up back on St. Barts. According to his Instagram Story, as of Monday he is currently in Anguilla and trying to figure out how to get back to Charleston.had to appear at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala via video on Saturday night because he too was. You can draw your own connections. Somehow DiCaprio managed to get back to Los Angeles by Sunday evening and was in the crowd at the Critics Choice Awards. He was rewarded for his odyssey by losing to It seems that the destabilizing geopolitical reason for everyone’s stranding wasn’t really top of mind, at least not in a serious way. According to, nightlife impresario Richie Akiva hosted a “Fuck Me! We Can’t Fly” party and AI investor Tom O’Regan threw a party with an invitation that read “Castaway Vibes & Tropical Beats!” While thousands of people scrambled to get home in time for work on Monday, the vibe among the upper crust on St. Barts was apparently very relaxed. Celebrity chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten said everyone was in good spirits, tellingThe Best LED Face Masks Cut Editors Actually UseMickey Rourke Needs GoFundMe’s Help Paying RentLosing the Father I Was Just Getting to Know After a lifetime of feeling a secret was being kept from me, I met the man who could tell me the truth. If only we’d had more time.In the face of technologies that sell us escapism at every turn, we need to build up tolerance for “inconvenience.”In this week’s story, a woman hard launches her relationship even though she’s not sure it’ll last.*Sorry, there was a problem signing you up.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

TheCut /  🏆 720. in US

St. Barts Celebrities Yachts New Year's Travel

 

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest’ Hits Four-Year Ratings High‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest’ Hits Four-Year Ratings HighABC’s 'Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest' delivered the highest ratings of any program on the final night of 2025.
Read more »

Talkin' Hockey: New year, new perspectiveTalkin' Hockey: New year, new perspectiveAdam Mikulich and Adrian Denny take a look at the Utah Mammoth at the halfway point of the season.There are a lot of home games headed to the Delta Center in t
Read more »

15-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot by Teen Allegedly Waving Gun on New Year's Day15-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot by Teen Allegedly Waving Gun on New Year's DayA 15-year-old Texas girl was shot and killed by another teen accused of waving a gun inside a car after a party on New Year’s Day. He was arrested in her death
Read more »

Witnesses sought in New Year’s shooting death of 29-year-old man in Alex CityWitnesses sought in New Year’s shooting death of 29-year-old man in Alex CityAlexander City police responded at 7:40 p.m. Thursday to a report of a gunshot victim at Parkway Apartments. They arrived to find Jarryl Slaughter wounded.
Read more »

Mattel Unveils Lunar New Year Barbie for Year of the HorseMattel Unveils Lunar New Year Barbie for Year of the HorseMattel releases its Lunar New Year Barbie doll, designed to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Horse. The doll is adorned in a red and gold gown with peony floral details. The company has a history of themed dolls for various occasions, including birthday, Day of the Dead, Diwali and Christmas.
Read more »

Trump’s Venezuela Raid Left Celebs Stranded on St. BartsTrump’s Venezuela Raid Left Celebs Stranded on St. BartsFollowing the U.S.’s raid in Venezuela, the FAA shut down airspace over the Caribbean, leaving people like Leonardo DiCaprio and Wendi Murdoch stranded on St. Barts after their New Year’s celebrations.
Read more »



Render Time: 2026-04-01 18:04:59