Donny Osmond says wife ordered him to ‘sleep on couch’ after Dancing With The Stars stint

American singer and entertainer Donny Osmond, 64, has opened up about his time on Dancing with the Stars a candid new interview. The Osmonds vocalist explained that his unimpressed wife Debbie, 63, would sometimes ask him to “sleep on the couch” following his performances.

Donny spoke about his wife’s reaction to his stint on the popular dancing show after admitting it was a tough gig. 

Thanks to the often sensual numbers the celebrities often have to act out with their attractive professional partners, it’s not difficult to understand why it might rub their partners up the wrong way.

Interviewing him about his time on the show, broadcaster Kevin Pollack jokingly asked Donny: “When you came home, did your wife say, ‘Alright, we’re going out dancing’?

Laughing, Donny swiftly replied: “No, she saw some of the dances and said, ‘you’re sleeping on the couch’.”

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“I wanted to win,” Donny continued, before adding: “Kym Johnson my partner: such a sweet lady, but don’t give her a whip!

“In rehearsal hall…Oh my goodness. But thanks to her we won, because she just pushed me hard.”

During the interview, the pop sensation went on to confirm that his time on the competition was the most dancing he’d “ever done”. 

The star’s experience on the show certainly wasn’t all positive, as he revealed he was forced to compete with multiple health issues at the time. 

“I won with a cracked rib, a broken toe and a neck injury from a previous accident,” he shared. 

“And I was at the bottom of the leaderboard [at first] but then it was just like: ‘Boom, boom, boom’ and then I finally won the thing!” he told Kevin during his backstage interview with BroadwayWorld.

The star completed the interview ahead of his brand-new Las Vegas show, DONNY.

Donny rose to fame with his four older brothers in the musical group The Osmonds, earning several top ten hits and gold albums.