Donny Osmond on surviving child stardom after being called a ‘has-been’: ‘Wasn’t going to do it with scandals’
22.03.2022 - 09:11
/ foxnews.com
Donny Osmond was just five years old when he made his TV debut, was established by age seven and was nearly 13 when approached to record solo music. But making it on his own terms wasn’t always easy. The singer, who has returned to Las Vegas two years after the coronavirus put live music on hold, credited his determination to reinvent himself over the years — scandal-free — for helping him escape the child star curse. "It is a curse when you hit it big as a little kid because everyone wants to keep you in that pigeonhole," the star told Fox News Digital.
"And it’s really difficult to break out of it. Some people have been able to do it successfully. Look at Justin Bieber.
He’s done an amazing job. However, he didn’t go through it easily either. He had some hard times breaking through that image.
Donny Osmond made his debut at age five on ‘The Andy Williams Show' (Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Caesars Entertainment) "I decided long ago that I wasn’t going to do it with scandals, trickery or promotional campaigns," the 64-year-old reflected. "I was going to do it with my music, which is a really difficult way to do it. But it happened.
And it took me 10 years. But I wanted the music to speak for itself. … It’s very difficult to break out of that teenybopper career.
But thank goodness that through perseverance and a lot of support from my fan base, it happened. But it takes an awful lot of work to be accepted as an adult." Throughout his career, Osmond has earned 33 gold records and sold over 100 million albums. In late 2021, he released his 65th album, "Start Again." "I have gone through so many incarnations," said Osmond.
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