Marie Osmond Defends Decision to Not Leave Her Kids an Inheritance

Marie Osmond is opening up about her decision to not leave her kids an inheritance.

Back in 2020, the 63-year-old entertainer revealed that she plans on donating all of her money to charity once she passes, and doesn’t plan on leaving her kids any money.

In a new interview, Marie defended her decision.

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“Honestly, why would you enable your child to not try to be something? I don’t know anybody who becomes anything if they’re just handed money,” Marie shared with Us Weekly. “To me, the greatest gift you can give your child is a passion to search out who they are inside and to work. I mean, I’ve done so many things from designing dolls [and much more]. I love trying [and] I wanna try everything. I’m a finisher.”

Marie added, “That’s one of my rules with my kids. If you start it, you finish it, you don’t ever have to do it again, but you gotta finish. And, I just think all [an inheritance] does is breed laziness and entitlement. I worked hard and I’m gonna spend it all and have fun with my husband [Steve Craig].”

Marie shares son Stephen, 39, with her husband Steve as well as children Rachael, 31, Jessica, 35, Brandon, 26, Brianna, 24, Matthew, 23, and Abigail, 18, with ex-husband Brian Blosil. Marie and Brian’s eldest son, Michael, died by suicide at the age of 18 in February 2010.

Marie isn’t the only star not leaving their kids an inheritance.

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