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 Superb Technicolor Dreamcoat.
This is able to all come as a shock to his childhood good friend 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 Nineteen Seventies together with his singing household of six brothers, one sister, whereas on the identical time Jackson was the breakout star of his circle of relatives group, The Jackson 5. Each teams offered thousands and thousands all over the world, and Donny grew to become a solo famous person.
Nonetheless, following 20 years of success, Donny Osmond might all of a sudden now 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 through 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 night time.”
