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Was Marie Osmond's Faint Real? New Evidence
Posted Nov 29th 2007 3:42PM by Mo Rocca
Filed under: Osmonds, Mo Rocca, Dancing with the Stars
The following is an analysis of the only known tape showing Marie Osmond fainting during Dancing With The Stars.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 4)
1. It was real' fake Mo.
Blast I wish there was footage of her pimp, oops, I mean her brother...his expression would say so much don't you think?
Great exclusive Mo.
ah,clem at 6:19PM on Nov 29th 2007
2. I think it was real. The leg twitch thing was so understandable. I have done the same thing from what people have told me when I have passed out and knocked out. And anyway, who could believe our Marie would fake such a thing. It looked real to me.
Kris at 7:26PM on Nov 29th 2007
3. I just asked my pet rabbit and He said "I do not care. I just don't give a crap!" "All I wanted to see was the taco"
andy at 7:46PM on Nov 29th 2007
4. I say it's because of her repressed religious upbringing...damn christians are everywhere...did anyone watch the Republican debate last night?...they were questioning whether any of the candidates believed in "The Bible"...come on..this is 2007..it sounded like a Salem Witch Hunt...the Bible was written 2,000 years ago, for a certain set of people, with certain beliefs...that are no longer operable on the planet...
vince at 7:57PM on Nov 29th 2007
5. FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE
Marie should have been gone along time ago...I couldn't believe the doll stunt..But her brother Mr. Donnie said that she was going to win the but she didn't thank GOD for that..Marie should have left believe Jane Seymour..
buttonsgg at 8:10PM on Nov 29th 2007
6. Marie Osmond's faint was definitely a fake, part of a much larger conspiracy. Does anyone else think she may have been involved somehow with the Kennedy assassination? Possible link...?
Mike at 8:25PM on Nov 29th 2007
7. Look at her face when she comes to, her eyes have a glazed appearance, she seems a bit flushed, seems real to me.
Miki at 9:13PM on Nov 29th 2007
8. I would like to reply to Vinces comment. That is terrible to say such a thing to those of us who are Christians. At least we are assured of what will happen after we die. I hate to inform you but there are only 2 options Heaven or hell I have made my choice and you had better wake up or yours will be made for you.
Sherri at 9:59PM on Nov 29th 2007
9. Back. And to the left.
Back. And to the left.
mo-NEEK-a at 10:18PM on Nov 29th 2007
10. I seriously doubt that the fainting was fake. Marie has a long history of potassium deficiency and syncope (fainting), and has been hospitalized for it. It happened many times on the set of the old Donny & Marie show, usually after performing a taxing dance or skating routine. Once, she fainted while driving back to LA from Utah and was in an accident that required plastic surgery on her lip.
Marie may not be the brightest bulb on the tree, but she's honest. Working with the Osmonds is a joy because they are genuinely nice people, and I'd trust them more on a deal "signed" with a handshake that most performers with an actual signed contract.
Cookie at 11:01PM on Nov 29th 2007
11. I'm no medical doctor; otherwise I wouldn't be blogging, I'd be golfing!
However, I do play doctor on the internet, and in my medical opinion, Marie's glazed appearance may be due to "Osmondism."
wayne at 12:26AM on Nov 30th 2007
12. This is a real faint!! Imagine wearing a tight corsett type dress and dancing and having the entiore country watching you and judging your every step, breath...you would more thank likely faint too. I feel this is a true faint, I have a friend whom has fainted many times and exhaustion, stress and the intense breathing she must have been doing made her pass out, simple as that, get over yourselves for ever thinking Marie Osmond needs to faint for anyone, anywhere, anytime...She has everything in her life, what would fainting get her that she does not already have....People like you talking about her integrity....Pity on you all!
GOFORITKY at 1:40AM on Nov 30th 2007
13. Aw Mo,
Of course it was real.
Watch the video and look closely at what was sprinkled all over the floor:
Poppies, poppies.
Kimball/Rocca '08
John Giza at 1:44AM on Nov 30th 2007
14. Aw Mo,
Even though the faint was most certainly real, there still may have been a conspiracy behind it.
What if Len Goodman and Tom Bergeron were actually hypnotizing Marie in order for Tom to get a cheap feel? Maybe there was more to that leg twitch than meets the eye?
Kimball/Rocca '08
"Dear Voters, you are getting sleepy, very sleepy."
John Giza at 1:58AM on Nov 30th 2007
15. john giza, don't know if you are on this or the new one...will put on both.
made this for the cause...go kimball/rocca '08!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfyUFLnd-kw
bobbleheaddoll at 2:24AM on Nov 30th 2007