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[Marie] Osmond's 16-year-old son enters rehab
Yahoo! News ^ | 11/15/2007 | AP

Posted on 11/15/2007 7:15:28 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

LOS ANGELES - Marie Osmond said her 16-year-old son has entered a rehabilitation facility, but she didn't disclose the nature of his problem.

"My son, Michael, is an amazing young man, shown through his courage in facing his issues. As his mother I couldn't be more proud of him," the 48-year-old singer said in a statement issued Wednesday through her publicist, Marleah Leslie.

"The press and public have always been kind and gracious in the past and I know they will continue to respect our privacy during this time," Osmond said.

The statement was first reported by TV show "Entertainment Tonight."

Osmond has eight children. She announced earlier this year that she and her second husband, Brian Blosil, are divorcing.

She has been appearing on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." She missed last week's show after her father, George Osmond, patriarch to her and her singing brothers, died at his home in Provo, Utah. He was 90.

She had survived the cut this week and remains a contestant on the dance competition.

Osmond fainted on stage following a samba during a live broadcast of the show last month. She quickly recovered and was well enough to continue.

"Once in a while that happens to me when I get winded," she has explained.

Osmond gained fame at 13 with the hit song "Paper Roses." She starred with her brother Donny on television's "Donny and Marie Show" during the 1970s.

Her brothers Alan, Wayne, Merrill and Jay made their TV debut in 1962. Over the years, the Osmond Brothers singing group has also included her brothers Donny and Jimmy.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: addiction; michaelosmond; osmond; rehab
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To: Coldwater Creek
Or you can begin here.
81 posted on 11/15/2007 10:02:10 AM PST by HungarianGypsy
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To: Lijahsbubbe

I’m glad that I missed that. Typical of LK, he’s a real man you know.


82 posted on 11/15/2007 10:05:30 AM PST by pbear8 (Padre Pio please pray for Tony Snow)
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To: YankeeGirl
"Larry King looked like an ass."

Wonder why?

CC&E

83 posted on 11/15/2007 10:07:31 AM PST by Calm_Cool_and_Elected (So many books, so little time!)
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To: RockinRight

Marie is a long way from being “thin”.


84 posted on 11/15/2007 10:39:04 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: SeaHawkFan

ThinnER.


85 posted on 11/15/2007 10:43:26 AM PST by RockinRight (Just because you're pro-life and talk about God a lot doesn't mean you're a conservative.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
It’s a euphemism (sort of) for addiction to a controlled substance. Addiction is addiction, the what is merely a detail.
86 posted on 11/15/2007 10:47:30 AM PST by aroundabout
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To: aroundabout

Freedom comes from God.


87 posted on 11/15/2007 10:48:29 AM PST by petitfour
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To: cajungirl
Rich has nothing to do with it. I’m considered rich and don’t believe ANY kids rich or poor should be allowed to get to the point this one and many others have.

Parents need to be parents to their kids and not have them for show or because it’s “neat” kinda like having a pet that talks, which is what many people seem to do.

88 posted on 11/15/2007 10:52:25 AM PST by aroundabout
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To: MEGoody
I bet your kids are perfect and never got involved in things they shouldn't.

Ok, you asked. Both went to college, both graduated, ones a PHD the other has a Masters. Ones an Engineer, the other has his own investment company. We were hands on parents, they never went ANYWHERE that we didn't have a name and phone # to contact them. This went on until they reached college age and even then we were involved in their lives aside from paying the freight, although to a lesser extent because the job had largely been done.

Oh, and we went to Church every Sunday, no excuses.

And since you aren't famous, even if they did, you'd never be put in the position of having to make a public statement about them and what they did.

How do you know I'm not famous?

89 posted on 11/15/2007 11:01:14 AM PST by aroundabout
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To: Jane Austen
A woman I know fainted and the doctor said it might have been because she had not enough salt in her diet. I had never heard of this before.

It happens frequently to people who are in a very hot environment. Despite drinking lots of water, they still get sick, because they've been sweating a lot, and just drinking water doesn't replace the essential salts your body needs. This happened to the teenage son of some friends. He was in Japan with a group of folks, it was July, hot and humid. The tour leader reminded them to drink lots of fluids, but this boy didn't like the taste of the energy drink, so he just had water. He dropped like a stone a few days into the trip. Fortunately, they knew what was wrong and got him right in just a few hours.

When our daughter and I were in Tokyo visiting friends, it was late July, early August. Although the temps were only in the mid 80's, it was extremely humid and you'd sweat profusely. I thought it was just because I was overweight, and we were doing a LOT of walking. Then I noticed the little bitty Japanese women walking around with bottles of Porcari Sweat (an energy drink with salts in it), a fan and a little washcloth to wipe the sweat from their brows. I didn't feel so bad after that! ;o) The great thing is that just about every third street corner, you'll find a vending machine selling the energy drink, or sodas, or water. Heck, there are some places where right next to the machine selling water, there are vending machines selling BEER! Tastes REAL good on a hot day, I can tell you! ;o)

90 posted on 11/15/2007 11:09:32 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: mtbopfuyn

Oh I would beg to differ. This sounds like a pre-emptive strike on the part of a caring mother who happens to be celebrity trying to ward off the paparazzi/Enquirer crowd.


91 posted on 11/15/2007 11:13:55 AM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: freekitty; AppyPappy

Marie is on record as having suffered Post-Partum Depression. She’s been through a lot, in the last year, and now with her dad dying who was her “rock”, she’s doing what she can do to keep her head above water. I have great respect for anyone who raises a crop of kids - 8 of them in her case.


92 posted on 11/15/2007 11:16:35 AM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: SeaHawkFan

How about Marie looks ‘age apppropriate’ looking for a 48 year old who has given birth 4 or 5 times. She is NOT fat by any means.


93 posted on 11/15/2007 11:26:16 AM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. Jane Austen.)
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

Eight kids and can’t live without her daddy?

Scary.


94 posted on 11/15/2007 11:27:30 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Hollywood Parent Syndrome can also strike Christians, imagine that.
95 posted on 11/15/2007 11:29:12 AM PST by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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To: reagan_fanatic

That’s fine, can’t you just wait for the divorce to go through before you proceed any further?


96 posted on 11/15/2007 11:30:35 AM PST by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

I didn’t say she was fat. I said she was a bit chunky and that she has been losing quite a bit if weight during the show. She is very attractive.

I know several women who have given birth to 3-5 children and have very nice figures. I know at least 5 women who have at least three children and they are very hot looking.


97 posted on 11/15/2007 11:31:33 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: aroundabout
How do you know I'm not famous?

Oh. So you're that aroundabout, then. ;)

98 posted on 11/15/2007 11:32:00 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("Ron Paul and his flaming antiwar spam monkeys can Kiss my Ass!!" -- Jim Robinson, 09/30/07)
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To: AppyPappy

Lets try mourning the loss of her beloved father who died a week ago. She has publicly admitted (like Brooke Shields) that she suffered from Post Partum Depression.


99 posted on 11/15/2007 11:35:29 AM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. Jane Austen.)
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To: SeaHawkFan

SHF, quite the inventory of the ladies ya have there... ;)PaMom


100 posted on 11/15/2007 11:38:57 AM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. Jane Austen.)
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