GMB host Susanna Reid corrected by music legend as he says ‘that’s not true’

Donny Osmond quickly set the record straight during the latest instalment of Good Morning Britain as he spoke to presenters Susanna Reid and Ed Balls

Good Morning Britain star Susanna Reid was hastily corrected by music legend Donny Osmond as she quizzed him on his “bad experiences” growing up in the limelight.

The 54-year-old presenter was back at the helm alongside her co-host Ed Balls for Thursday’s show (March 6) as they discussed the latest news headlines.

Later on in the programme, Susanna and Ed spoke to singer Donny via video link as he updated them on his latest Las Vegas residency where he pefroms with the AI version of his 14-year-old self.

But as they touched on the difficulty of child stars growing up in the limelight, Susanna made an innocent slip-up.

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To kick-start the discussion, she said: “Are we propelling people into adulthood too soon? The actor Milly Bobby Brown spoke about the media won’t let her grow up.

“You know she’s sort of frozen, we want people to stay frozen where they were.”

She added: “A lot of people have had bad experiences! Guy Chambers said that people shouldn’t join boy bands until they’re 18 as one suggestion to protect children.

“But you’re embracing of your 14-year-old self’s experience; you’ve had no experiences that relate to that.”

Correcting her stance, Donny replied: “Well that’s not quite true. That’s not quite true.

“I went through a very difficult time of transitioning from a teeny bopper to an adult entertainer and for people to accept all of that it was a very difficult transition.

“But what happened with me was that I was accepted for when Soldier Blood came out and when Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat came out, when I won Dancing with the Stars or Strictly.

“Those type of shows helped to establish me as an adult. It’s a lot easier to go back and embrace the teeny-bopper career because I was already accepted as an adult,” he explained.

Donny first gained fame performing with four of his elder brothers as the Osmonds from the age of five years old, gaining a number of top ten hits and gold albums.

Later on, in the early 1970s, Donny began a solo career, earning several additional top 10 songs.

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV1.