TIGHTWAD MARIE DRIVING HUBBY NUTS!
Worth $20M but reuses dental floss
MONEYBAGS Marie Osmond is worth a reported $20 million, but the stingy songbird is a total tightwad, sources dished.
The hardworking 61-year-old acquired a massive fortune as a performer, author and TV host — in addition to shilling collectible dolls.
But tipsters snitched the deep-pocketed Mormon’s miserly ways are driving husband Steve Craig bananas! “Marie was raised to value every dollar earned and sock it away,” spilled an insider. “Their home in Utah has the
same furniture she’s had for decades. She reuses paper towels, recycles outfits and won’t throw away dental floss until it’s been used two or three times.”
Sources claimed Steve’s no spendthrift, but he enjoys an occasional splurge at a lavish restaurant.
But the insider huffed, “Marie can’t even enjoy it because she’s looking at the prices!” Though the “Paper Roses” singer has been rolling in dough for decades, spies snitched the coupon-clipping queen is haunted by a deep-rooted fear that she could lose everything.
Still, Marie has admitted she plans to leave her stash to charity instead of her seven kids because she wants them to earn their money. Meanwhile, the insider snitched former basketball star Steve, 64, is encouraging his worrywart wife to loosen her purse strings.
“He’d like to take more vacations, and he’s thinking five-star resorts in Hawaii and Mexico — not RV parks!” said the source.
“They’ve been bickering about it a lot, now that Marie is home more often. But she was just as big a penny-pincher while she was on ‘The Talk.’ ”
As The National ENQUIRER reported, Marie ditched the daytime chatfest in 2020 following a one-season stint, after sources squealed she’d clashed with cohosts Sheryl Underwood and Sharon Osbourne. The insider added, “Marie’s still the main breadwinner. Steve doesn’t make nearly as much doing his speaking engagements — and it’s her house, her rules!”