Donald Trump has been having a hell of a time finding any singers to perform at his inauguration next Friday. So far, he’s been turned down by Celine Dion, Sir Elton John, Charlotte Church, Moby, Andrea Bocelli, and Rebecca Ferguson. He has an invitation out to the Beach Boys, but they haven’t yet decided whether to accept the gig. In fact, the only confirmed musical act he’s been able to lock down is 16-year-old Jackie Evancho, runner up on America’s Got Talent in 2010.
Enter Marie Osmond.
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The 57-year-old singer-turned-doll-designer-turned-self-help-author-turned-Nutrisystem-spokesperson-turned-QVC-saleswoman just volunteered to perform at the ceremony, even though nobody has asked her to.
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Speaking to Yahoo Finance, she said: “I think when it comes to our country we need to unite. I think we should all support our president whether we’re happy or sad. This is America.”
She added, “We should come together and I think an Inauguration should be a time to unite, it really should.”
Osmond, who has a lesbian daughter, has released over a 15 albums since the early 1970s, but her best known song remains her 1973 cover of the country pop ballad “Paper Roses.” Her last single to chart was 1995’s “What Kind of Man (Walks on a Woman),” which managed to squeak up to #75 on the US Country music charts.
OK, so it looks like Trump has a little bit of country covered… We wonder what he’s going to do for the second half?
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1EqualityUSA
dregs.
Jack Meoff
Not totally surprised, is there anyone more white bread than the Osmond’s. Sounds like she’s just hungry for the work/money and the exposure.
ChrisK
@Jack Meoff: They’ll be talking about me again!!
1EqualityUSA
Maybe she and Scott Baio could duet. Her child is gay, and she’s willing to sing for Mr. Heritage Foundation? Who teaches in her neck of the woods?
Mo Bro
Jesus H. Christ, someone like the lovely Ms. Osmond offers an olive branch of altruism and all you angsty queens can do is bitch about her.
I’ve been exploring the homosexual portion of my bi-ness for a few months now, both socially and sexually, and I’m beginning to think that I’m better off with women. I’m aware they’re all crazy and sexually psycho and will likely ruin my life in one way or another, but holy shit, gay men have a social nastiness about them that is unparalleled. It’s like a badge of honor they wear, and if anyone finds that objectionable, they’re labeled “homophobes.”
And that’s not a clan I particularly want to be a member of.
1EqualityUSA
k, trobro
Deepdow
@Mo Bro:
Conflation, self hatred, homophobia – wow you’re something else. You sound like the only “angry queen” btw. Getting tired of randos commenting about all gay men being this or that or whenever gay people have opinions – we’re somehow bitter angry queens..You’re ridiculous.
Jack Meoff
@Mo Bro: You’ve dished it out with the best of them on this site so are you the pot or the kettle? You are one of the loudest on here who shouts down anyone with an opposing opinion to your own and you show no tolerance what so ever so by all means join the other team and leave us in peace.
ChrisK
@Mo Bro: Please let this be true. Of coarse I know you’re BS’g as usual. I really do think you’d be better off on say a site like Breitbart though. Just don’t let your homo half shown or they’ll turn on you.
Deepdow
@ChrisK:
Right winge homophobia is not a problem for these sack of sh*t self haters.
ChrisK
@Jack Meoff: Mobro ie alister wisemen is the perfect example of conservatives being hypocrites of the highest order. You always know what they’re up to just by looking at what they’re currently railing against.
1EqualityUSA
Thought-induced biochemistry has Tero Bro hitting the pellet bar for another ration. Weird how the wires get crossed in childhood. Pulling the wings off of flies gets old? Words hurt too, tah-dah, a new mission in life. Mr. Hate spores, poof, poof, “who ya callin’ a poof? I’m through with you! Trump! Trump! Trump!”
Jack Meoff
@ChrisK: Are they one and the same man? Now it makes sense. Why do people feel the need to troll a site with multiple profiles.
BigWill
@Mo Bro: Yes, please, stick with women if they’ll have you. I mean, why wouldn’t they, you’re always so adorable and lovable.
Where was Marie Osmond during the past eight year? About all the truly ugly s**t the right said about President Obama and his family, I do not recall her stepping up and saying, “He’s the president, we should respect him. Why can’t we all just get along?”
She’s another has-been who’d show up for the opening of an envelope these days.
Bob LaBlah
Forgive my ignorance but don’t the headlines of major newspapers across the country say MAJOR stars are declining Trumps invitation? Marie Osmond? As in ol’ Pepsident-with-baking-soda smiling Marie and Donny Osmond? With few hours left before the mistake made last November gets etched in stone (Trump’s inauguration) I expect the equally desperate for attention Mario Lopez to offer his Pepsodent smiling ass as an mc for one of the gay balls that will welcome this obvious Manchurian Candidate into office.
jimmypalmieri
she released a statement that she is NOT performing and will be on vacation. although mormon let’s not forget she has a lesbian daughter and has publicly supported marriage equality.
Kangol
She is a star, so maybe this will stop all the whining from the Trumpistas and Prez-elect Dumpster himself.
He BGB
I will be curious as to who or what performs on the 20th. It will look like the telethon on the Maude show. “Thank you, baton twirlers.”
Jack Meoff
@He BGB: I hope people boycott it so the ratings are really low but I think people will be drawn to it unable to look away like a car accident.
scottjamesmiller
@1EqualityUSA: Obviously no one.
scottjamesmiller
@He BGB: Good nostalgia. Loved Maude.
dwes09
@Mo Bro: “I’m beginning to think that I’m better off with women. I’m aware they’re all crazy and sexually psycho and will likely ruin my life in one way or another, but holy shit, gay men have a social nastiness about them that is unparalleled.”
Nobody will miss you white boy! There is no “social nastiness” about lambasting a woman with no current entertainment career who throws her support to a man who is dedicated to reducing our quality of life! Can you possible be that stupid?
You, on the other hand, display a clear and undeniable social nastiness when you label all women as crazy and sexually psycho. And in so doing place yourself squarely in the basket of of regressive misogynist heterosexual men who revel in their ill-deserved privilege. No, straight boy, nobody will miss a troll like you here at all. We stand for open minds (but not blind acceptance of those who hate us or denigrate us) and critical thought, both are anathema to you.
scottjamesmiller
@Bob LaBlah: Major stars such as Elton John and a couple of hundred others (Celine, Moby, etc.). Marie Osmond? A star 40 years ago.
zipperzone
Her last single to chart was in 1995 – TWENTY TWO YEARS AGO……
That should tell you all you need to know.
She’ll probably show up in a walker.
Kieran
What kills me most is we’re gonna have a presidential inauguration without Joy Behar performing one of her stand up routines. Why even tune in?
plazaro1
This washed up, crazy woman. She should stick to plastic surgery and Nutraslim, then this may be the perfect excuse to rid ourselves from this tiresome has been.
OzJosh
Dear Marie, Yes, “unite” is a lovely, warm-and-fuzzy word. But you might also want to contemplate the meanings of “endorse” and “collaborate” and consider whether you really want to support this President. And how your lesbian daughter might feel about that. Or is she dumb as dirt too? Best wishes.
paul dorian lord fredine
@Mo Bro: you think you’ll be better off with women? the gay community thanks you. buh-bye.
paul dorian lord fredine
oh, marie. are you that desperate for work?
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
SMH @nobody posting the infamous YT vid of her pissing herself on stage..it all makes sense! Follow the golden trail.
Rick
This disappoints me terribly, terribly badly.
Bryguyf69
I’m surprised — but heartened — that Trump couldn’t even find major country stars to perform at his inauguration. That, to me, demonstrates how distaste for Trump is more than a Hollywood or coastal phenomenon.
This is why I laugh derisively whenever I hear Trump’s supporters say, “The American people have chosen Trump, let’s move on!” WRONG. The American states chose Trump — NOT the American PEOPLE. Which is unfortunate, since America is suppose to be “By the People, For the People” — not “By the States, for the States.”
Not only did Trump lose the Popular Vote, but he lost by the biggest margin of any US President in history. And as a New Yorker, I’m proud to say that he lost HIS OWN STATE by >30%! I believe that’s a record. That, despite Trump’s claim that Clinton was a failed NY senator because she didn’t keep her promises. And by the way, Trump easily won the GOP primary — BUT LOST IN HIS OWN BELOVED MANHATTAN! I think that hurt his ego more than anything else. LOL
Kangol
@dwes09: I think Mo Bro said at some point that he’s “mixed.” Which makes his posts all the more confounding/fascinating to me. Homophobia and r@cism have clearly gotten deep into his head.
Bryguyf69
Osmond said, “I think we should all support our president whether we’re happy or sad.”
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I cringe whenever I hear that naive statement. What if the President’s goals brings you harm? Without giving my own views, that’s exactly what many undocumented Americans and Obamacare beneficiaries are facing. And other groups, such as LGBTs, should worry about cabinet and Supreme Court nominee(s).
Taken to an extreme, does Marie Osmond think the Germans should have supported Hitler, had he won in 1932?
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
@Kangol Ahem: “Nobody will miss you white boy! ” <<< but you will, of course, excuse unnecessary ra@cially charged terms like this. You dont have to be a fan Mo Bro or his ilk to see this as hypocrisy at its finest.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
@Kangol: okay sorry. I shouldn’t addressed this to you.
Nona
@Mo Bro: I’d like to agree with you, but to be honest, it does seem like a thinly veiled attempt at getting herself back in the spotlight.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Mo Bro: Baby you convinced yourself you’re Bi? What are you going to tell wifey when she catches you with a man, dick in mouth and all? I think you enjoy being here, around your fellow gay men, that’s why you’re still here.
Kangol
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID: Thank you. BTW, where’s our conservative buddy Alistair? I wonder if he’s going to be at the inauguration? Maybe he’ll send in a report.
Terrycloth
You mean nobody asked Kathy Lee Gifford ?
daveku
@Mo Bro: I agree with you.
Sluggo2007
Sad. Very sad.
ss2509
I thought the left (progressives) were supposed to be liberal and tolerant. Anything opposing your point of view is immediately deemed anti. What happened to opposing points of view, and debate???
Shannon1981
Her daughter should disown her over this.