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 is able to all come as a shock to his childhood pal and fellow celebrity 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 Sixties and early Seventies together 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 offered tens of millions world wide, and Donny grew to become a solo celebrity.
Nonetheless, following 20 years of success, Donny Osmond may immediately now not get arrested. In an interview with The Instances of London, he remembers asking Michael Jackson for recommendation. Jackson’s reply, in response to 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 throughout the week. Nonetheless going robust, he mirrored his recommendation to any wannabe younger star could be: “Don’t imagine your personal hype; take the trash out; do your personal laundry. I did mine final evening.”
