1 onBillboard’s country music chartin 1973.
That auspicious teenage debut was just the beginning.
Read on to discover the untold truth of Marie Osmond.
As Salt Lake City’sDeseret Newsdetailed, she was one of nine children and the only girl.
Younger brother Donny eventually joined the group, stealing the spotlight to become a teen idol.
1 onBillboard’s Hot 100.
As a duo, they quickly eclipsed their brothers' fame.
“My brothers are legendary,” said Marie, paying tribute to The Osmonds.
When their ABC variety show ended in 1979, their musical partnership didn’t.
“Well we made it over the finish line and I only limped a little!!”
she wrote, captioning a video of herself and her brother taking their final bows.
In her 2001 memoir,Behind the Smile, she revealed she was sexually abused as a child.
This abuse, she revealed during a 2019 episode ofThe Talk, led her to question her sexuality.
“Released in 1973, the single became a huge hit for the teen singer, soaring toNo.
1 onBillboard’s country music chart.
However, Osmond wasn’t the first singer to record the song.
Anita Bryant originally released “Paper Roses,” where it peaked atNo.
5 on theBillboardHot 100 chartback in 1960 to become Bryant’shighest-chartinghit.
In 1994, she took on the role of governess Maria in a touring production ofThe Sound of Music.
The show wascanceledin January 2005, less than a year after its debut.
“I dated a log of people, and never really publicized it,” she toldPeople.
She also revealed she went out with late pop star Andy Gibb.
“Love him,” she said.
However, she ultimately decided against it.
“I looked at him and said, ‘It’s not going to happen.
His butt’s smaller than mine.
Not going to do it,'” she quipped.
That year, the 18-year-old spoke withPeopleabout whether she envisioned marriage in her future.
“Showbiz isn’t for eternity; marriage is.”
Her prediction held true.
In 1982, at age 22, she and boyfriend Steve Craig tied the knot.
Sadly, as theChicago Tribunereported, she filed for divorce just three years later.
A year later, in 1986, Osmond married Brian Blosil.
That marriage lasted a lot longer, but came to an end in 2007, reported theDeseret News.
Marie Osmond married again, in 2011 to the man she divorced in 1985.
AsPeoplereported, she and first husband Steve Craig married again, more than a quarter-century after their split.
“Nothing is an accident,” she said of remarrying Craig.
“I am a spiritual person.
So [I believe] God has his timing.”
“I’m so sorry.”
Her collapse ultimately brought about an epiphany.
“Doing rehearsals, I was out of breath,” Osmond toldPeople.
She signed on withNutrisystem, becoming their spokesperson while embarking on the company’s weight-loss regime.
Osmond declared she was “thrilled to now call this my day job …
I cannot wait to share this exciting new chapter with the viewers and the CBS family.”
As replacement for departing co-host Sara Gilbert, Osmond’s tenure turned out to be surprisingly brief.
A different “CBS insider,” though, claimed that never happened.
According to Hawkes, Osmond was “fine” and was “vacationing with her family.”
Osmond’s manager, Karl Engemann, likewise dismissed theEnquirer’s claims.
“We deal with those tabloids all the time,” said Engemann.
“You get tired of responding.
It’s like punching Jell-O.”
Osmond herself never addressed the rumors.
She said that her maturity quickly allowed her to push that thought back down.
“It was my age that told me: ‘Marie, that’s crazy,'” she said.
He was just 18.
He had left a note, explaining he’d been suffering from severe depression and felt friendless.
When she shuffles off this mortal coil, however,her children won’t be seeing a single dime.
“I’m not leaving any money to my children.
So where will all those millions ultimately wind up?
“I’m going to give mine to charity,” she declared.
