Marie Osmond Kept Relationship With Ex Secret for Two Years Before Remarrying

Marie Osmond, who recently re-married her first husband, revealed today that they secretly dated for two years before the surprise wedding.

"I didn't want anybody to get hurt, you know if it didn't work out. And gosh, it just worked out," Osmond said on "Good Morning America." She said even her kids didn't know.

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Mormon Media Observer: Here's to Marie Osmond and Stephen Craig

By Lane Williams, For Mormon Times 

The biggest news story involving Mormonism this week besides the 14 Tony nominations for "The Book of Mormon" musical on Broadway, is, not surprisingly, Marie Osmond’s third wedding.

Major news outlets carried details that she remarried her first husband, former BYU basketball standout Stephen Craig, in a private ceremony in the Las Vegas Temple. The news reported that she wore the same wedding dress that she wore on her first wedding.

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Marie Osmond remarries first husband Stephen Craig

Marie Osmond got married Wednesday to someone she's known a long time: She remarried first husband Stephen Craig, whom she divorced in 1985 after three years of marriage.

Osmond, 51, and Craig, 54 were married in a private ceremony at the Las Vegas Mormon temple, with a reception following at their nearby home.

"I am so happy and look forward to sharing my life with Stephen, who is an amazing man as well as a great father to my children," Osmond told People magazine.

The pending remarriage had been rumored for months, an Access Hollywood source said, with People noting that the choice of wedding date has significance for the bride: It's the birthday of both Marie's late mom, Olive, and her late son, Michael.


Osmond reportedly wore the same wedding dress Wednesday that she donned the first time around with Craig, who was a basketball player at Brigham Young University.

See the couple back in the day with Stephen, their son together, and the rich-and-famous voice of Robin Leach in the video below.

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advertisement Donny Osmond on Marie Osmond's Surprise Wedding: It Was a Perfect Cinderella Story

Thrilled brother Donny Osmond talks to ET exclusively about his sister Marie's wedding to her first husband Steve Craig earlier today in Las Vegas.

"This was a last-minute thing," he tells ET. "Not very many people knew about it. Marie told me so I had to keep it very quiet. She wanted it simple and that's what it was."

Donny tells ET that besides it being Marie's wedding day, it's also the birthday of his and Marie's mother and her late son Michael. He goes on to say that he's thrilled that Steve is officially part of the family again.

"I was hoping Steve would be my brother-in-law again," he says. "Steve has always been a very special part of Marie's heart. It was a perfect Cinderella story with a fairy tale ending. They were sealed together again, forever."

"Despite what has happened in the past, these two people are right for each other," Donny tells ET.  "My sister is so happy."

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On Parade.com: The Osmonds Talk Vegas, Fame, and Justin Bieber

Music and TV icons Donny and Marie Osmond talked to Parade.com about their long career together, how their family keeps them grounded, why the sibling rivalry is real and much more.




Here are some highlights:



Their advice to today’s young stars like Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift?

Donnie: It’s a bumpy rollercoaster ride. Hang in there buddy because if you can just maintain your integrity with your music and who you are, you can ride that rollercoaster and not get bruised. Don’t take anything for granted.

Marie: Keep working and keep reinventing yourself and have your passion. I’ve always said if you’re not nervous before you go on stage to do a good job, than you shouldn’t be going on stage. And take care of your instrument. People joke and call us wholesome, but I’ve watched many of my peers lose their talents and overdose and die and get so out of it that they couldn’t even perform anymore. Be grateful for the gift you’ve been given.

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Donnie & Marie Osmond Bringing Christmas Show to Motown

DETROIT (WJBK) - Star siblings Donnie and Marie Osmond were in Motown on Tuesday. The pair was on hand at the Fox Theatre for the announcement of the 2011-2012 theater series.


"Donnie and Marie -- Christmas in Detroit", the holiday show they originated in New York last year, is just one of several shows set for the Fox in the months ahead. The duo, which has been in the business for almost five decades, spoke with FOX 2's Lee Thomas and said fans love their Christmas production.

Donnie Osmond also has some great Detroit stories. Click on the second video in the player to hear his tale about meeting Eminem.

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Marie Osmond Releases New "Country" Album (With Donny!)

NASHVILLE.COM EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Marie and Donny. Sound weird? That’s only because the brother/sister Osmond family singing sensations have always been billed as: Donny and Marie. (Donny likes it that way.) They’ve been performing for almost half a century together, first as children with the singing “Osmond Brothers” act, then as teenagers they hosted their own variety TV series, Donny & Marie (1976-79); they jointly hosted a daytime TV talk show (1998 – 2000), and since 2008 they’ve been appearing together at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas – after many years of doing other things without each other (Marie has been selling her doll collection on QVC for 20 years, acted on Broadway, had a few solo and duet hit singles; Donny hosted the TV game show Pyramid (2002-2004), acted on Broadway, had a few solo hit singles … well, you get the picture). Oh, and they came in No. 1 and 3 respectively on the hit ABC reality/variety television dancing contest Dancing With the Stars (more about that later).

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