The former 'Donny and Marie' actress opens up that she was body-shamed and pressured to keep her body thin while being threatened to get her show with her brother axed.
- Dec 28, 2019
AceShowbiz - Marie Osmond starved herself from the age of 15 after being told to lose weight.
The 60-year-old singer told Fox News body-shaming critics told her if she didn't lose weight her TV act with brother Donny would be cancelled, which led to the singer adopting unhealthy habits in a bid to stay slim.
"From the time I started Donny & Marie, age 15, I did starvation. I would literally starve myself for three days before taping, drinking lemon water and cayenne pepper with maple syrup so I can be skinny," "The Talk" host said. "One day, I was taken out into a parking lot and one of the studio people told me that if I didn't drop 10 pounds, they were going to cancel the show."
"They said I was an embarrassment to my family and I needed to keep the food out of my fat face… I was 103 pounds - I'd kill to be 103 pounds. So I got down to 93 pounds."
While Marie insisted she "never realised" the behaviour was a form of abuse, she admitted it left "scars and traumas" throughout her life. And when it came to losing weight for medical reasons, she confessed this time round she did so in a healthy way with the help of the Nutrisystem diet plan.
"I was doing 'Dancing With the Stars' and I thought 50 extra pounds in spandex is not a beautiful combination. I was ready. It took me about four months to lose 50 pounds," she shared. "People assume I lost it on 'Dancing With the Stars' but that's not true. I started my journey before I did that show."
