In his seventh decade, Donny Osmond has a nightly present on the Las Vegas strip and is about to return to the UK stage for a flip in Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s Bible-inspired musical Joseph and the Wonderful Technicolor Dreamcoat.
This may all come as a shock to his childhood pal and fellow famous person Michael Jackson, whom Osmond remembers giving him some stark recommendation when his profession hit the pits within the Nineteen Eighties.
Osmond got here to fame within the Nineteen Sixties and early Seventies along with his singing household of six brothers, one sister, whereas on the similar time Jackson was the breakout star of his circle of relatives group, The Jackson 5. Each teams bought tens of millions around the globe, and Donny grew to become a solo famous person.
Nevertheless, following 20 years of success, Donny Osmond may out of the blue not get arrested. In an interview with The Instances of London, he remembers asking Michael Jackson for recommendation. Jackson’s reply, in keeping with Osmond was, “‘Change your identify. It’s poison.’ He was proper, however I by no means did.”
Osmond is now 66 and performs a present in Las Vegas in the course of the week. Nonetheless going robust, he mirrored his recommendation to any wannabe younger star can be: “Don’t consider your personal hype; take the trash out; do your personal laundry. I did mine final evening.”
