The Osmond Family: Everything You Wanted To Know

Packed Schedules

Obviously, the Osmonds had anything but a normal childhood. While peers may have worked local jobs after school, Donny was only seventeen when his show began, thus working well over the normal hours of kids his age. Both him and his sister worked 20 hours daily!

Between memorizing dance routines, new songs and scripts, the kids had their hands full. Not everything was always appropriate for these young performers to be exposed to on set though.

Fear for Her Daughter

Marie got very personal in her book when speaking about her adopted daughter. Her daughter Jessica came out of the closet. When Marie spoke with Diane Sawyer after being name Person of the Year, she told Sawyer about crying when Jessica told her the news at seventeen years old.

Her tears came from fear of judgement. Marie added that watching her friends who were part of the LGBT community made her think, “I didn’t want that for my child.”