It doesn’t matter what our line of work is, there’s always something we can learn from seniors in the field. When Marie was 16, Lucille Ball (who was 52 years older than her) provided the star with a few tricks she learned in her long, illustrious career. These pieces of advice have stayed with her even up until now.
Marie was once a guest on Lucille’s show and Lucille taught the youngster a few things about makeup and lighting. This may be why Marie is so adamant about how she is lighted even to this day. Imagine getting pointers from an old pro like Lucille Ball!
Jimmy’s Motors
Having an interest or a hobby is great. Having the finances to support your interest or hobby is even greater! Obviously, people who enjoy collecting shot glasses don't have to be millionaires, but anyone who collects cars as a hobby will need to have the dollars to back it up.
Jimmy Osmond loves cars, so when at the height of the family’s career, he would spoil himself a lot. He purchased his first house at age 14, apparently as a place to park all of the cars he was buying. This is a photo of Jimmy with a DeLorean that is similar to the one he had in the 80s.
The Purple Socks
There were a lot of theories swirling around about why Donny was always wearing purple socks. Could this have been an eccentric demand made by the star? Might these mysterious socks be his lucky charm? Actually no!
Donny has shed light on all of it by revealing it was actually his mother’s idea. She did it for practicality. She came up with a system so that each child had their own colored socks so there would be no fights or confusion over which socks belonged to who. So as a tribute to his mother, Donny just always wears purple socks.
Donny’s Scandal
Scandals make money. That much is clear. The thing is, some people are just not involved in the kind of scandals that their producers would like. Oddly enough, Donny has said was he pressured to be a part of a scandal to make him seem more of the rock star/TV personality. About this time Donny signed with Virgin Records. Then, a substance abuse rumor broke out.
Donny, whose beliefs and practices had nothing to do with the rumor, stayed strong, adhering to his devout faith. He refused to go along with the publicity stunt and continued to remain calm and clean.
Stealing Jay’s girl
As it so happens, the song "Could She Be Mine?" has a truly great story behind it. In 1975, Donny dated a girl named Tammy, and his brother dated a girl named Debbie.
The four of them went to an Elton John concert and during "Your Song" Donny looked at Debbie and thought, “I’m going to marry her someday.” After asking her out twice, Debbie finally agreed and the two have lived happily ever after. So maybe that’s where the idea for the song came from. Frankly, we're amazed that the case didn't drive a wedge between the two brothers!