Marie Osmond and her husband Stephen Craig had a crooked path to their happily ever after. It turns out, when Marie married Stephen in 2011, it was their second time tying the knot. They rekindled their romance 26 years after they were first divorced!
Marie, now 59, was just 22 years old when she married Stephen in 1982. She’d known him since she was a teen.
Their original nuptials came shortly after Marie’s hit variety show, Donny & Marie, had ended. Less than a year later, she gave birth to their son, Stephen, now 36. The new mom was at a professional crossroads and didn’t know what to do.
“Everyone was telling me my career was over,” she told People. Her and Stephen’s marriage “had some trouble” and they split in 1985.
“All of a sudden I’m a single mom and I don’t know how I’m going to pay my rent, let alone feed my kid,” Marie revealed. “So I decided I had to get back to work.” She bought cheap clothes from mall stores and sewed sequins on to them by hand to turn them into dazzling costumes. Within two years, she was a country star.
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Then she married Brian Blosil. They stayed together until 2007 and had seven children, including her son Michael who died in 2010 at the age of 19.
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“You have to be so careful not to jump into a relationship after you’ve been through a sad one,” she said about their marriage. “You really need time on your own. And you need to know that you’re a good person in order to find a good person.”
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Once they were divorced, The Talk host had no desire to pick up a third husband. “I never wanted to be married again,” she admitted. “I was like, ‘I’m fine, I’m good!’” But then she reconnected with her first husband through their son.
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“The thing about a second marriage is that you realize things you thought were so important, aren’t,” she explained. “I love being with my husband. He is the sweetest man I know. He lives to serve and really listens to people’s needs.”
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She admitted her son was “a little scared” about their new relationship, but they made it work. And his upcoming wedding is what inspired them to tie the knot again!
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“Stephen was getting married and we [realized] we can’t go to our son’s wedding and not be married,” Marie said.
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“So we got married a few months before he did. He joked that he never thought it would happen, but it did!” she explained.
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Then she married Brian Blosil. They stayed together until 2007 and had seven children, including her son Michael who died in 2010 at the age of 19.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“You have to be so careful not to jump into a relationship after you’ve been through a sad one,” she said about their marriage. “You really need time on your own. And you need to know that you’re a good person in order to find a good person.”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
Once they were divorced, The Talk host had no desire to pick up a third husband. “I never wanted to be married again,” she admitted. “I was like, ‘I’m fine, I’m good!’” But then she reconnected with her first husband through their son.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“The thing about a second marriage is that you realize things you thought were so important, aren’t,” she explained. “I love being with my husband. He is the sweetest man I know. He lives to serve and really listens to people’s needs.”
Photo credit: Kcr/Shutterstock
She admitted her son was “a little scared” about their new relationship, but they made it work. And his upcoming wedding is what inspired them to tie the knot again!
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“Stephen was getting married and we [realized] we can’t go to our son’s wedding and not be married,” Marie said.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“So we got married a few months before he did. He joked that he never thought it would happen, but it did!” she explained.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
