58-year-old Donny Osmond, singer and famous for the Donnie and Marie Show, was good friends with the late Michael Jackson. The singer revealed he had invited Jackson to stay with him for health-related concerns, but the troubled star never showed up.
In an interview with the Daily Mirror, he added, “He wasn’t in a good state. You could see in his face he was very worried about a lot of things. I was on tour, the phone rings and it was ‘Hi Donny’. He said he couldn’t tell anyone where he was, he was in hiding with his kids in a big touring bus. I said he should come to me, he said he needed it – but he never came.”
Osmond continued: “I remember having long conversations with Prince at Paisley Park. He was interested in the details of my life, my family. Michael was the same way. One of the things I pride myself on is normalcy in a world which is anything but normal. And I think they were completely interested in how I balanced my life. Those guys couldn’t.”
The singer-actor was a member of The Osmonds and had a successful solo career, but was often criticized for his Mormon religion and lifestyle. However, he had a very normal life for such a big name in show business.
Osmond then added: “It’s very easy to lose it mentally and get caught up in your own hype. I was one of the biggest teeny boppers back in the day and that can really mess up your mind.”