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Posted on 10-23-2007 at 12:20pm
Marie Scared Me
Filed Under (Entertainment) by GingerSnaps on 10-23-2007

marie.jpgJust for Roger, I feel led to post another celebrity oriented topic. (wink-wink)

I am not a regular watcher of “Dancing with the Stars” by any means. Last night, I was channel surfing, and stopped to watch Marie Osmond do her dance number, just because I really admire her for the strength she’s shown through all she has been through in the past few years, and here she is at 50 going for it in this competition. (Not that 50 is old, but these are some pretty strenuous looking dance numbers!)

Well, I was completely taken aback at what happened immediately after her dance. I’ll let Sharon take it from here…

After dancing the Samba with her partner, Jonathan, Marie Osmond was standing with Jonathan after the dance listening to the judges, and she suddenly collapsed.

There was no movement, and they immediately cut to commercial. It was a very long 5 minutes.

I was watching the show live, and I thought she was dead. She’s almost 50, with a history of health problems, and I thought she had a heart attack and died. I was thinking about her children, (she has 8 ) and every week several of them are in the audience. I thought about her eight brothers who were probably watching her on television and the hell they must have been going through for that five minutes.

It was a horrible, long five minutes.

When the show returned, the host let us know immediately that not only was Marie okay, but she was backstage waiting for her score. Apparently, she sometimes forgets to breathe, and has a history of fainting from that.

When they cut to the backstage area, she was being held up by her dancing partner, but she was able to talk. She still looked whoosie, but thank God she was Okay.

That was scary.

It really was scary. Okay, I know they are celebrities and not personal friends or anything, but the thought that I might have just witnessed Marie Osmond’s demise really disturbed me.

(For the men sports fans in the reading audience, I liken it to watching a football player down on the field who isn’t showing any movement whatsoever. You just kind of hold your breath to see if they’re going to be alright. Or when Dale Earnhardt didn’t get out of his car at Daytona, and nobody knew what was going on.)

Anyway, I’m glad to say that there’s a happy ending with this story, and she’s fine!

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Comments

Megan on 23 October, 2007 at 1:49 pm #

Maybe it was that moment when she suddenly realized she has EIGHT KIDS.

I mean, Christ in a sidecar. Eight?! Really??


GingerSnaps on 23 October, 2007 at 1:52 pm #

*SNORK*

omg, that was the funniest comment I’ve read all day!!!

:)


claudia on 23 October, 2007 at 2:10 pm #

by 50, and after having 8 kids - i would just merely assume that the woman would remember to friggin BREATHE!!!


Sarcastro on 23 October, 2007 at 2:13 pm #

Those dolls of hers are what scares me.


sistasmiff on 23 October, 2007 at 3:25 pm #

Not to split hairs, but, she’s 48. I noticed her breathing really heavy right before and in the middle of my changing decimals to percentages, she went down. She’s lost a lot of weight since she’s been doing this and I wondered if she’d eaten enough that day.


GingerSnaps on 23 October, 2007 at 3:29 pm #

Yes, I know she’s 48…that’s close enough to 50 for jazz. ;)


sistasmiff on 23 October, 2007 at 3:33 pm #

My kids are always trying to make me 40. Ain’t no such thang. I am 38, by golly.


GingerSnaps on 23 October, 2007 at 3:34 pm #

oooooh, excellent point! lol!


Busy Mom on 23 October, 2007 at 3:39 pm #

Yeah, I’m thirty thirteen. Be careful who you call 50.


Pink Kitty on 23 October, 2007 at 4:12 pm #

Samba is one of the more athletic dances. There is alot going on with the body that is more physically demanding. In my opinion, the only other one that tires me out as quickly is jive.

I’m younger than Marie but also being a dancer, I’m very guilty of forgetting to breathe while in the middle of a dance.

Your brain is so focused on footwork, body action, arms, presentation, and “DON’T FORGET TO LOOK LIKE YOU ARE HAVING FUN!!!!!!!!!!” that breathing is way on the bottom of the list. I think it’s fascinating that such an automatic response can be shut down so easily because we concentrate on other things.

To add to her stress, she’s dancing in front of millions of people. The most I’ve danced for is hundreds.

Blessedly, I haven’t passed out, but in the middle of a dance, my instructor has whispered “BREATHE!” because I’m probably turning some odd color.


sistasmiff on 23 October, 2007 at 4:23 pm #

I don’t think regular people have any idea how hard that dancing is. Pink Kitty can certainly vouch for that. They are moving at breakneck speed, with heels trying to look like professional dancers. My hat is off to all of them. If you notice (I notice things like this) Marie is always bruised up every week.


claudia on 23 October, 2007 at 4:42 pm #

it really is amazing to do what these dancers do… i rarely watch the show - but i am in awe that people who don’t dance, suddenly with major training and a huge amount of time invested - get so good so fast…


Jay on 23 October, 2007 at 8:11 pm #

She’s scared me for a long time.

Are they brother/sister/husband/wife/twins/Lois Einhorn/Ray Finkel?