‘s Susanna Reid was swiftly corrected by music icon when she questioned him about his “bad experiences” growing up in the spotlight.
Susanna was was back on duty with her co-host Ed Balls for Thursday’s show (March 6), discussing the latest news headlines.
Later in the programme, Susanna and Ed chatted with singer Donny via video link about his show where he performs with an AI version of his 14-year-old self at his Las Vegas residency.
However, while discussing the challenges faced by child stars growing up in the public eye, Susanna made a mistake.
She said to Donny: “Are we propelling people into adulthood too soon? The actor Milly Bobby Brown spoke about the media won’t let her grow up,” reports .
“You know she’s sort of frozen, we want people to stay frozen where they were.”
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Susanna Reid was co-hosting with Ed Balls (Image: ITV)
She added: “A lot of people have had bad experiences! Guy Chambers said that people shouldn’t join boy bands until they’re 18 as one suggestion to protect children.
“But you’re embracing of your 14-year-old self’s experience; you’ve had no experiences that relate to that.”
Correcting her stance, Donny replied: “Well that’s not quite true. That’s not quite true.
“I went through a very difficult time of transitioning from a teeny bopper to an adult entertainer and for people to accept all of that it was a very difficult transition.
“But what happened with me was that I was accepted for when Soldier Blood came out and when Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat came out, when I won Dancing with the Stars or Strictly.
Donny appearted on Good Morning Britain (Image: ITV)
“Those type of shows helped to establish me as an adult. It’s a lot easier to go back and embrace the teeny-bopper career because I was already accepted as an adult,” he explained.
Donny first gained fame performing with four of his elder brothers as the Osmonds from the age of five years old, gaining a number of top ten hits and gold albums.
Later on, in the early 1970s, Donny began a solo career, earning several additional top 10 songs.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV1.