• News
  • Life
  • TV & Film
  • Beauty
  • Style
  • Home
  • News
    • Celebrity
    • Entertainment
    • Politics
    • Royal Family
  • Life
    • Animals
    • Food & Drink
    • Women's Health
    • Mental Health
    • Sex & Relationships
    • Travel
    • Real Life
  • TV & Film
    • True Crime
    • Documentaries
    • Netflix
    • BBC
    • ITV
    • Tyla Recommends
  • Beauty
    • Hair
    • Make-up
    • Skincare
  • Style
    • Home
    • Fashion
    • Shopping
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
Submit Your Content
Marie Osmond defends decision not to leave eight children inheritance money

Home> Celebrity

Published 14:39 17 Jan 2023 GMT

Marie Osmond defends decision not to leave eight children inheritance money

Marie says she doesn't want her kids to get lazy.

Ali Condon

Ali Condon

Singer Marie Osmond has opened up about her decision not to leave her inheritance to any of her eight children.

The 63-year-old found fame at a young age thanks to her showbiz family, landing her first number-one country single, 'Paper Roses', at just 13-years-old, and landing the TV variety show Donny and Marie with her brother at the age of 16.

Although her own family may have been able to give her a leg-up in the entertainment business, Marie - now a mother of eight - doesn't plan on giving her kids any shortcuts.

Marie Osmond won't be sharing her fortune with her kids.
REUTERS / Alamy Stock Photo

Advert

In an interview with US Weekly, Marie explained that, by not giving her children any of her hard-earned fortune, she is enabling them to try things and be passionate, rather than take the easy route.

"Honestly, why would you enable your child not to try to be something?" she asked.

"I don't know anybody who becomes anything if they're just handed money."

She went on to state that one of the rules she has for her kids is; 'If you start it, you finish it, you don’t ever have to do it again, but you gotta finish.'

Advert

Marie continued: "And, I just think all [an inheritance] does is breed laziness and entitlement. I worked hard and I’m gonna spend it all and have fun with my husband."

Marie was 16-year-old when she and her brother Donny got their own variety show.
ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo

This isn't the first time that Marie has spoken about her kids' inheritance - or lack thereof.

During an episode of The Talk in February 2020, Marie said: "I think you do a great disservice to your children to just hand them a fortune because you take away the one most important gift you can give your children, and that’s the ability to work.

Advert

"You see it a lot in rich families where the kids, they don’t know what to do and so they get in trouble.

"Let them be proud of what they make. I’m going to give mine to my charity."

Marie shares her eldest son Stephen, 39, with her husband Steve Craig, 71, who she had divorced in 1985 after three years of marriage, and then remarried in 2011.

Marie shared that she doesn't want her kids to be lazy and entitled.
Everett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo

Advert

The singer shares Rachael, 31, Jessica, 35, Brandon, 26, Brianna, 24, Matthew, 23, and Abigail, 18, with her ex-husband Brian Blosil. The former couple also shared their eldest son Michael, who sadly died by suicide aged 18 back in 2010.

Although Marie won't be showering her children with riches, she has certainly been 'spoiling' her grandkids.

"Now I’m a grandma and I get to just spoil my grandkids," she said.

"I don’t have to raise them. Good luck. It’s fun. I feel like I have the best life."

Featured Image Credit: Allstar Picture Library Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: Celebrity, Money

Ali Condon
Ali Condon

Ali is a journalist for LADbible Group, writing on all things film, music, and entertainment across Tyla, LADbible and UNILAD. You can contact Ali at [email protected].

X

@alicondon

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • Celebrities who have spoken out about decision to use surrogate to have children
  • Why Amber Heard made decision to change name and leave US to move countries with her daughter
  • WhatsApp defends decision to quietly add controversial new feature that you can’t turn off
  • Salma Hayek reveals why she never signed prenup with billionaire husband as she defends marriage to him

Choose your content:

2 days ago
3 days ago
  • 2 days ago

    Justin Bieber shares message 'aimed' at wife Hailey after she posts brutal comment about singer's surprise album'

    It comes after the hitmaker shocked everyone by dropping his seventh studio album overnight

    Entertainment
  • 2 days ago

    Justin Bieber fans spot 'wild' reference as wife Hailey posts brutal message about singer's surprise album

    Hailey Bieber previously baffled fans with her promotion of his album

    Entertainment
  • 3 days ago

    Hailey Bieber posts brutal message about Justin Bieber’s surprise album leaving fans confused

    Justin Bieber surprised fans by releasing his seventh studio album today

    Entertainment
  • 3 days ago

    Damning voice note Justin Baldoni sent about Blake Lively has been revealed

    It Ends With Us co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have been embroiled in a legal battle since December

    Entertainment