Poor, poor Marie Osmond

Posted By: Bridget On: October 28, 2007 Comments: ( 0 )

By: Bridget

As you all know I tend to feel little sympathy for celebrities. However, I had felt a slight modicum of pity for Ms. Marie Osmond after last weeks fainting spell. Not only because it seemed scary and embarrassing at the time but because I was certain that ABC would milk it for weeks to come. So far I have not been disappointed in the network.

However, I’ve noticed some grumbling about whether or not she should continue on the program considering her somewhat fragile health condition, so of course I have to weigh in on the discussion. She did state that she faints when she gets winded. Unfortunately for her 48 year old and slightly out of shape self that is going to happen on a rigorous show like Dancing With The Stars. My guess is the big wigs at the network are double checking their liability on her continuing with a known health problem. Not that fainting itself is so dangerous, but what if she blacked out in the middle of a dance instead of during judges table? She could wind up seriously injuring herself and/or her partner. Hmmm…

She also said on Monday, that she has allergies and the air quality was bad. She has since restated that the air quality in general is bad due to the fires. Does this negate her previous statement that she faints frequently? Is she pulling a SNL Ashley Simpson and now blaming the fires so it does not seem like she has a health problem? I would if I were her. I read somewhere that she was seen chugging a Red Bull right before she went on stage, maybe it just went to her head. It’s possible, because I thought she was acting a little goofy immediately after the performance. She pranced over to Tom Bergeron and giggled something intelligible about the dance, I’m guessing she did not realize that it was quite a stinky performance. Maybe the Red Bull got her all dizzy and spinny and she passed out, I don’t know if that is possible I’ve never touched the stuff myself.

So either she has a real fainting problem, allergies, poor air quality in the studio, poor air quality in California, or she’s some kind of caffeine addict. Maybe she is all five!!! Talk about great TV! Alas, we will never know the real reason Marie fainted, but I doubt it will happen again-because if it were a real possibility ABC would give her the boot to protect themselves. I don’t think she should leave the show. I like her, I think she’s a kick and unless Mathison drops out next week (my fingers are crossed) she’ll probably be the next to go anyway.

However, if she did leave who could replace her? See, the thing about DWTS is they, like all reality shows, casts with characters. So what we need is a female, has been, middle aged, former child star to fill her proverbial dancing shoes. Any thoughts? Is Annette Funicello still alive? Maybe one of the Brady Bunch girls? This could be a fun game, join in!