Marie Osmond has always been about being the bigger person, but in this situation, it was different. It hit too close to home. After receiving a nasty comment about her late son, Michael, she decided to block someone on social media for the first time. โThis weekend I deleted someone. I blocked them for the first time,โ she reveals in an episode of The Talk.
โI donโt block people โฆ [it was] just a really mean person.โ Her son, Michael, sadly committed suicide in 2010. The star reveals that this comment was made shortly after Marie said she would donate her money to charity and not give any to family after she dies.
Marie Osmond blocks Instagram user after they blame Marie for her son’s death
โIt was interesting, because they will say things like, โYouโre fake, youโre phony, youโre plastic,’โ Marie says, referencing the typical hate comments she gets. โWhy I blocked this person is, I talked about how Iโm going to give my money to help other children. My children are taken care of… My children know about it. They are fine with it.โ
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So, what was the actual comment? Marie reveals it. โI got this person, and she said, โFinally the real you comes out, you are a horrible person, you are awful, any person that would cut their children off is a miserable person. And itโs why your son took his life.’โ
How she deals with her son’s death today
Marie is also mom to kidsย Stephen, 36,ย Jessica, 32,ย Rachael, 30, Brandon, 23,ย Brianna, 22,ย Matthew, 20, andย Abigail, 17. She says even to this day, it’s very painful when she’s blamed for her son’s death.ย โHow does a person even go there? That is like the most mean, awful โฆ itโs going to upset me again.โ Marie says, pondering why someone would ever leave such a nasty hate comment. โI ate a pint of Haagen Dazs and I blocked her,โ she wraps up.
Marie has also opened up about how she has dealt with her son’s death these last several years. โYou keep living. I thought I knew what sorrow was but you donโt ever know until youโve been through it,โ she says back in January 2019. โThereโs no joy in sorrow like it says in the Scriptures, but Iโve come to the conclusion that the joy theyโre talking about is looking at somebody else whoโs been through what Iโve been through and saying, โI understand.โ Thereโs joy in loving other people and saying you know how they feel and that theyโre going to get through this, too.โ