Donny Omond Had some competition from his own family to win his 47 -year -old wife, Debbie.
“She went out with my brother and I stole her from my brother,” said Omond Fox News Digital. “That’s a true story.”
He explained: “I went out with a girl named Tammy. And (my brother) Jay took Debbie. We went on a double date to an Elton John concert. And I remember lively when Elton sat down in the piano to sing ‘Your song’. I looked at the date of my brother and I think I am getting married with myself.” And I did. ”
Osmond said that he later told Elton John’s story.
Donny Osmond admits that he stole his wife, Debbie, from his brother Jay “after attending an Elton John concert on a double date. (Brian Ach/Wireimage)
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“I said,” You are responsible for my marriage. ” He thought that was pretty funny “
The 67-year-old also revealed that the couple crossed paths in childhood.
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“I actually met her when she was 3. So I literally knew her all my life,” he said.
The entertainer traveled through Billings, Montana, where Debbie was born, with his brothers and Andy Williams and were at the airport during a stopover.
Osmond said that he and his wife actually met for children. (Robin Platzer/Images/Getty images)
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“Her family happened to wait for her uncle at the airport. And she said,” Oh, those are those little Osmond -boys on the “Andy Williams Show”, and they got our signature. So I met her when she was 3 and I was 5. “
The couple married in 1978 and have five children: Don, Jeremy, Brandon, Chris and Josh.
“I looked at my brother’s date and thought to myself,” I think I will ever marry that girl. ” And I did. “
“It is a lifelong bliss. I mean, she is a great woman and very patient, you know?” Said Osmond. “If you see your husband dancing with other women on ‘Dancing with the Stars’, that is difficult, I would imagine, with her. But we have such a great relationship. We were friends before we were married.”
The singer said it was “for a lifetime of bliss” with Debbie. (Ethan Miller/Getty images for Harrahs Entertainment)
The entertainment career of Osmond has spanned for decades, and the residence of the legendary entertainer at Harrah’s in Las Vegas, which has just announced an extension until November this year, has a modern technological element.
OSMOND has an AI holeogram of himself at the age of 14 in his residence in Las Vegas. (John Nacion/Getty Images | Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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The singer will be accompanied on stage by Year you have a hologram From his 14-year-old himself to perform a duet from his classic song “Puppy Love”.
“I have always had this idea in my mind. Since I was a teenager, I thought, this kind of technology will ever happen,” he said.
Osmond collaborated with the Zerospace company, the same people behind the Robert Zemeckis film “Here” with a De-Old Tom Hens, to make a replica of himself as a teenager.
There is also a family element, such as the grandson of Osmond, Daxton, the basic model for the performance, after which the face, body and voice of the singer are reworked by AI to recreate “Puppy Love” ommond.
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“It is quite difficult to start with, the technology is there. But it is to make up for it without artifacts or something like that. It is meticulously difficult. With the voice and not just the face, to make it as authentic as possible,” he said, and noticed that the company explained a look-alike much easier.
When Osmond saw the end product, he was really surprised.
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‘Can you imagine how I feel? Do you know, watch myself every night? 53 years ago. It’s incredible. In fact, that is exactly what my grandson said. He saw it for the first time last week, and afterwards he looked at me behind the scenes like a grandfather. That was incredible. He looks at himself, but it’s grandfather. “
Daxton already follows in the footsteps of his famous grandfather, participates in music theater, making him a natural fit for the role.
Osmond and his grandson both love the end product. (George Wilkes/Hulton Archive/Getty images)
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“He has a presence on stage. And so he was the perfect candidate for it. Not only age, but also on the presence of the stage. And we have a cute little band. I call him D14. It is his nickname.”
But Osmond is not going to give the young artist advice.
“I’m not the father. I let (my son) Brandon, his father, do that. But he nailed it. ”
He continued: “I mean, he would rehearse at home. Brandon told me this, he said he would rehearse the lines at home and everything. And when we arrived in the studio, he was ready. It was all rehearsed. He had remembered everything. Actually, I only had to give him a few small things.
Donny and his brothers formed the Omonds. (Anwar Hussein/Hulton Archive/Getty images)
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As a show business veteran, Osmond has received his own advice, often from a number of well -known names such as Elvis Presley and a member of the rat package.
“Sammy Davis Jr. gave me some advice when I was a little boy because he said,” Are you getting nervous when you go on stage? ” And I think I probably said yes.
Osmond added: “So, you know, I don’t get nervous in front of the stage, but they are butterflies because you want to do the best you can do, because every audience is a bit different, and every show I do in Vegas is something else because of a segment that I call the request segment, and the audience can be a song from one of the 65 albums.
Osmond has his own advice for everyone who wants to become an entertainer.
Sammy Davis Jr. A young Osmond told you never to stop being nervous about action, because “that means you can no longer care.” (Getty Images)
“One thing that I always tell them is just not being afraid of work, because to stay relevant … you can have a lot of fun on stage, but come for a mirror and finish your tail. Just look at yourself as other people see you and don’t believe your own hype. You know, just when the curtain closes, you are just a normal person. Come to the earth.”
Since the start, the work ethics has kept the “too young” singer in play, even when he was the rocky transition between teenage idol to grow up.
Osmond struggled to switch from teenage adult to adult performer. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
He remembered that he had suggested “all kinds of crazy things” to shake up his image and attract attention, good and bad.
“But I think I did it in the difficult way, you know, just with my music instead of trying to create newspaper heads,” he said. “Many people just want to create newspaper heads because they become popular, (they) get likes, just to be popular. But I don’t think it persists because it is not based on talent. And it is a more difficult way to go because you like to get those drastic headlines.
According to Osmond, he was offered things that people would “shock” to shake up his tight Teen Idol image. (Michael Putland/Getty images)
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“But I have rejected many things that people would shock. But I don’t like that. I just want people to come to my show and just say that I am thoroughly entertained.”
Osmond said he had received roles that were not suitable.
“Just look at yourself when other people see you and don’t believe your own hype.”
“I thought, no, I don’t know. I prefer to be authentic,” he said, adding it to it, “and that is the way I will always be, because I think that authenticity eventually wins. But I would rather be known as an entertainer instead of a popular person, a personality.”
The Las Vegas Supilar Has maintained his reputation as a perfect entertainer and said he will continue to find a new audience via social media.
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He explained the biggest change he saw in the industry since he started, “the bar has been lifted like this.”
“And with that bar the expectations of the audience have been collected so much. That is why I have added this (AI element) (AI element), I think, because, I think, years ago you just get it and you do a concert and that would be good. But nowadays the audience is not. Those things are innovative.”
Osmond said that the audience “wants an experience, not just a show.” (Timothy Hiatt/Getty images)
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“They want an experience, not just a show,” he continued. “And with that experience they want authenticity. And they want to walk away and say that it was worth more than the price of admission. And that is my philosophy in the show business, I want the audience to say that it was more than what I expected, and I always hear it.
