When I heard that Marie Osmond, 51, was remarrying her husband, I thought it was the guy she was last divorced from, Brian Blosil. It turns out Blosil was her second husband and Marie had reunited with her first husband, Stephen Craig, 54, whom she divorced in 1985 after being married to him for just three years. Marie has a son with Stephen who is 28 and also named Stephen. Marie wore the same dress to her wedding in Las Vegas this week that she wore back in 1982 for their first wedding. She originally planned to wear a new dress, but told Entertainment Tonight that once she saw the dress that was custom-designed for her she realized “it was not right” and was in tears. Marie explained that she just happened across her old wedding gown five days before the wedding when she was cleaning out her garage.
Nearly 30 years after their 1982 marriage and subsequent divorce three years later, Marie Osmond and former basketball player Stephen Craig got married for a second time Wednesday in Las Vegas, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.
“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,” says Osmond, 51, who has a son, Stephen, 28, with Craig, 54.
The couple were married in a private ceremony at the Las Vegas Mormon Temple and celebrating at a reception at their Nevada home.
Osmond wore the same wedding dress, designed by Ret Turner, that she wore at the couple’s first wedding.
Wednesday’s wedding date is significant to Osmond and Craig as it marks the birthdays of both Marie’s late son Michael and late mother Olive. “It was important that both Michael and my mom were with us on this special day,” says Osmond.
Craig is a former professional basketball player and travels the country as a motivational speaker. Osmond is currently performing, with her brother Donny, on stage at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, and just this week released Donny & Marie, their first studio album together in 30 years.
“These two people are right for each other,” Donny tells ET. “My sister is so happy.”
[From People]
The Enquirer has run quite a few stories about Marie, but I haven’t paid much attention to them. Looking over past issues, there was a November cover story last year (image below) about how her second husband, Brian Blosil, abused her physically and emotionally and was suspected of molesting one of their children. It sounded like a nightmare. Marie and Brian had seven children together, including a biological son and daughter and five adopted children. Marie’s 18 year-old adopted son, Michael, committed suicide last February, 2010, by jumping from his apartment building in Los Angeles.
So Marie really deserved some happiness in her life after everything she’s gone through and it’s nice to hear that she’s found it with her first husband. According to the Enquirer, Marie and Stephen hit a rough patch back in February of this year and called off their wedding for a while. They’ve obviously worked it out, though and were ready to make it official again. Congratulations to Marie and Stephen! Do you think that the decorations at the reception included any of her dolls? She has a bridal one that would go nicely with the theme.
This cover is about Marie’s second husband, not the guy she just remarried. It’s from November, 2010:
Congrats to them! She did have some tough times, hope this begins a happy chapter in her life.
She has always struck me as a hot mess, but this is very romantic and I hope it works out for them.
I am an old cynic but will never understand “do overs”. If he wasn’t good enough the first time around, and they split up just a couple of months ago, what makes them think this is forever????
I have been married twice and would definitely NOT remarry either of them!!! I divorced them for legitimate reasons – why would I want to go through that again?
She had also claimed the first husband abused her and cheated on her.
Well, they’re sealed for all eternity in the celestial kingdom so they may as well try to get along. Methinks she wants back the life she had 25 years ago and she thinks the dress and the man will give her that. Poor girl. I hope she finds some happiness.
Kimble, sometimes it takes time and some maturing to gain perspective and realize that your ex is the right person for you after all. I know of 3 couples personally that have reunited after having been divorced. Two of those couples happily remarried several years ago, and the 3rd couple is getting married in a few weeks (and I get to perform the ceremony!).
@ CB – I’m of a certain age, where I actually possess Donny and Marie DOLLS! Like barbie/ken, but in white and purple performance outfits from the 70’s or early 80’s. I used to love Donny & Marie!
He looks sort of Baldwin-esque, does he not?
They look beautiful together, he is a handsome man. I hope she finds happiness. I didn’t know that her ex-husband had molested one of her kids, I guess that explains why her son suicided himself.
@Mrs Odie 2: But wouldn’t she have been sealed to her second husband, and then would have had to be resealed back to the 1st/current?
I love love her. But in your fifties a formal long wedding veil looks so silly. She would have looked beautiful and age appropriate with a stunning couture champagne-colored two-piece ensemble.
But much happiness. She deserves it.
Yep, Mrs Odie, she’s getting warmed up for the afterlife.
I don’t know how it worked for the second marriage, if she got “resealed”. Anyway, her eternal life is all dependent on her husband, isn’t it?
@roma That’s right-she can only be sealed to one man at a time. She’d have to get a temple divorce (a sealing cancelation), and she’d have to get permission from her ex. If she didn’t get that, then she would have had to marry the second husband in a civil ceremony not in temple. Prior to about 2000, you could only get a temple divorce if you were about to get married again-so it’s possible she and the first hubby got unsealed.
Men on the other hand, can be sealed to as any women as they like. Typical.
Not to rain on her parade, but I hate lies. She “happened” to find the dress in her garage 5 days before her wedding and it, um, fit?? Oh well, hope it works out. It’s easy to romanticize old loves.
Marie looks amazing! Husband #1 (now #3) didn’t age well at all. He looks a lot older than 54. Hope he’s no longer a cheater and Marie can find some peace and contentment. Good lord, she’s been through a lot!
The only thing that worries me about this one is that they broke up a few months ago. The same thing happened to me and we married anyway, and it was a disaster. She probably should have gone with her gut, but went with her heart instead.
She looks better than she did the first time! Seriously, you can see the effects of her first years of eating issues in how thin she was in 1982, and now she looks gorgeous and healthy.
No idea about the marriage, but Marie has always seemed like a nice, loving person, and I respect her decisions to share her struggles over the years. I hope she finds happiness, because she seems to have been looking for it for a long, long time.
Her episode on Oprah this year was just…gutting. It was so friggin sad and I cried a little bit when she was talking about her son. She had this photo album that either she or he had made and she was just like caressing the cover so sadly. She does deserve some happiness…she’s had a crazy life
Stories like these melt my heart 🙂 My hubby and I married young and divorced a year later. After two years, we remarried and are happier today than ever!!
Too cute!
I wish her all the best. And yet….I don’t know of ANY remarriages that ever worked out. Hope she will be the exception.
@Kimble: because people do change in 25 years!
Good for Marie to be still able to wear the dress she wore 25 yrs earlier 😉
After seeing more pictures, though, I wonder–is it really the same dress? A copy? A really clever alteration?
Her body type is completely different today than it was at their first wedding. I just don’t see how she pulled it out of a box five days earlier.
I really hope it works out for her. In spite of her money and fame, she’s had a very tough life and deserves to be happy.
@Originalbellaluna-I agree that her husband looks a bit like a Baldwin. When I glanced briefly at photo without really looking at it (or the headline) I thought he was Alec for a second.
Wow, that is very awesome to see him after so many years. I remember when she married him because he was really pretty and then I was SHOCKED when he cheated on her. Her! Ooh, my god.
What has he been doing all these years? Did he marry someone else or has he been single all this time?
The same dress? stored in a garage all these years?! what a liar she is! Years ago in the home she and her new old hubby shared after marriage I read thieves came in through their giant skylight while they were gone and one of the items taken was her wedding dress!
I personally warned her on Twitter that “Once a Cheat, Always a Cheat.” So did many of her Fans and that’s probably why she had doubts of remarrying Steve in Feb. But, she’s not the brightest of the Osmond Bunch and remarried him anyway. The 1st marriage ended with his cheating because she was never home. It’s the same situation now and will end the same way.
INSANITY: Repeating something over and over again expecting different results.