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Donny Osmond admits wife saved him from 'a trap of desperation and depression'
"There is light at the end of the tunnel," he smiled, as Debbie was always right by his side.But his anxiety issues weren't the only difficult moments they've faced over the years.Recently, Donny opened up about the threatening letters Debbie received after their relationship first became public.The pair met in the mid 1970s but the star has admitted he had to keep their romance quiet.The childhood sweethearts married in 1978, when he was 20 and she was 19.Being a teen idol, Donny had women and girls around the world fawning over him and things soon took a turn for the worst when his relationship status made the press.The Puppy Love singer opened up about this in an interview on the Drew Barrymore Show, saying of his relationship with Debbie: "I dated her secretly for three and a half years because I didn’t want Tiger Beat [magazine] to find out."And then once the news got out that I got married..."And maybe some of you [the audience] did this, I won’t hold it against you."The fans literally had Donny Osmond record burning parties and sent the most scathing letters to Debbie."He added: "She’s this sweet little girl from Montana, she’s the most amazing woman and saved my life."But he revealed his father warned him about the impact marrying Debbie would have on his career.In a piece in The Guardian back in 2017, he wrote: "While the world knew me as a teen idol, and the Osmonds fame was at its height, I began secretly dating Debbie Glenn."By the time I was 19, I knew I was in love and had to do something right for me."When I told my dad, he said: 'Well, there goes your career, but this is ushering in your personal life.'"The singer then added: "My dad was right about my career after I got married."But Debbie is an amazing
