article_snippet: Osmond was told The Donny & Marie Show would be canceled if Osmond didn't lose weight and so Osmond starved Osmond down to 97 pounds.
article_snippet: In the spotlight: Osmond revealed to the new issue of Closer Weekly that Osmond was told Osmond was 'disgusting' for weighing 103 pounds when Osmond was  just 15-years-old on The Donny & Marie Show .
article_snippet: Osmond, pictured on stage with Donny in 1975, was hauled over the coals by TV producers who said Osmond was obese and disgusting  and The Donny & Marie Show Marie Show would be axed unless Osmond lost weight .
article_snippet: Surviving stardom: Now 55 and a grandmother, Osmond has come through battles with weight and with depression and credits Osmond faith and Osmond family for helping Osmond deal with the pressures of fame; Osmond Osmond is pictured in April 2014 .
article_snippet: The pressure to be thin continued long after The Donny & Marie Show ended in 1979 after four years, and plunged the star into a life-long battle with Osmond weight. '
article_snippet: In the spotlight: The Donny & Marie Show was 17 and Osmond was 15 when their weekly variety show began airing in 1976 and the only Osmond girl starved the only Osmond girl to lose weight, dropping down to 97 pounds .
highlights_snippet: Marie weighed only 103lbs but dieted down to 97lbs to appease Marie bosses .
  