Donny Osmond’s nephew Jared criticized The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City for making him a villain and disrupting his relationship with newcomer Britani Bateman.
Jared Osmond, 54, spoke exclusively to DailyMail.com following his appearance on the Bravo show, which led to him receiving ‘nasty’ messages from fans.
‘I’m being absolutely beaten right now. “I wake up to about 200 direct messages full of hate,” the real estate developer revealed.
“I take it with a grain of salt. And I try to respond to some of them, even the worst ones. I always point out to these adults who come up to me, who have taken an episode, for example, the dinner I had with Britani.
‘They edited a two-hour dinner into three minutes, and then it looks like I’m interrupting it and putting a pin in their opinion. Things were not like that,’ he said.
Donny Osmond’s nephew Jared criticized The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City for making him a villain and disrupting his relationship with newcomer Britani Bateman.
During the Oct. 16 episode, viewers watched as Osmond met up with Bateman, 51, for dinner after she had broken up with him and he was looking for closure.
Prior to this, the cast friend had found out during the trip to Milwaukee that Osmond was messaging Angie Katsanevas’ eyebrow girl, which Osmond revealed was when he and Bateman broke up at the time.
Bateman called him “manipulative” in a confessional and chastised him for not posting photos of her on his social media but instead referring to her as his “best friend.”
After filming the reunion with his ex, Osmond told DailyMail.com that he was “done” filming. However, a producer had tried to get him to attend Katsanevas’s anniversary party, which Bateman was attending with a new man named Aaron.
‘The main producer called me and said: Jared, you have to be here. I was in bed. It’s 10 at night and I said, no way. I’m fed up after what you guys did to me at dinner. I’m not going to do this.’
Moments later, he changed his mind and called the producer again after she indicated that none of the girls had met him. It also helped that Whitney Rose’s husband, Justin, had texted her, as viewers saw on the Oct. 23 episode, to attend the party knowing Osmond lived just 10 minutes away.
The Osmond family member told DailyMail.com that she wasn’t bothered by Bateman’s new date and in fact enjoyed connecting with the other cast, including Heather Gay, with whom she has “become very good friends,” and Mary Cosby. , with whom he has “A lot of respect for her” and also calls her “a great friend today.”
Upon rewatching the episodes, Osmond says he “definitely got thrown under the bus” and regrets filming.
Jared and Britani on RHOLSC
Jared is a member of the famous Osmond family; Pictured with his uncle Donny Osmond.
‘I don’t think Britani understood the damage she was causing when she spoke badly… It has affected my children. “One of the things Britani and I talked about, and she promised my kids, was that she wouldn’t put me down on national television,” he explained.
‘I humbly admit, because I am not a narcissist, that I have made mistakes and I have to acknowledge those things. I never cheated on Britani, but sometimes I had one foot out the door because I was nervous. And one of the things I hate most about the show, honestly, is that I think it changed Britani.
When asked for an explanation as to how he had changed, Osmond reasoned: “He’s a lot stronger, but he’s also had all these people in his ear.”
He noted that the reality star also receives “hundreds of direct messages a day telling her how evil she is.” ‘I mean, it’s a small town here in Salt Lake City. Everyone has an opinion about me now. “Everyone has an opinion about the Osmond family,” he said.
Donny Osmond himself recently made comments to MY! about how he understands being on television is “a little daring, but to each his own.”
Jared shared: ‘He and I talk all the time. Look, my family knows. I mean, I’m not Mormon anymore. And I’m a bit of a black sheep in the family, but I’m not the only one. And in this family we have enough experience to know what is real and what is not.
Donny Osmond himself recently made comments to E! about how he understands that being on television is ‘a little risky, but to each his own’; in the photo 2018
He continued: ‘My Aunt Marie called me one night and just said, ‘Are you okay?’ I say, yeah, I’m fine. She knows that no one gives me a hard time, but it’s a little embarrassing to be painted as I am. I’ve always prided myself on being a really good man.
Bateman and Osmond had initially gotten together in July 2023 when his exes were dating — his ex-girlfriend was dating the RHOSLC star’s ex-husband, John Scott Underwood.
DailyMail.com previously reported on Bateman’s alleged abusive past with Underwood in which he “demanded sex several times a day” and allegedly controlled her.
Bateman and Osmond became “instant friends” but then, over the next few weeks, became “very, very close,” he recalled.
“What nobody knows is that Britani and I, when I agreed to come on the show, I told her that I didn’t want her to be exposed because of my last name, because of how terrible my divorce has been in this state of Utah and all that stuff that’s happened. past.
Bateman joined The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City this year
“I said, Look, if I’m going to go on the show, I need to get on with it and not drag our love life into the show. And she agreed. She said, No problem. Come on, do an episode and then we’ll be best friends.
“Unfortunately, I didn’t realize that she was immediately going to tell the world that we had been dating.”
Osmond supported Bateman because he knew how important it was for her to appear on Real Housewives and “advance her career as an actress and singer.”
The Salt Lake City man has confirmed that he and Bateman broke up and that he is now single. However, he still loves and misses her.
‘Honestly, Britani is a total saint. She is the sweetest woman and I still love her even though we broke up. I love her. I love her with all my heart. I honestly love her and miss her,” he told DailyMail.com.
RHOSLC fans won’t be able to see the two reunited on screen because she said she turned down the opportunity to attend the upcoming reunion.
‘They already asked me to be at the meeting, and if we’re not together, I won’t show up. “I don’t know what value it would be to me or her if I moved on,” he said.
“I’m sure they would have a lot of questions and would love to see the controversy, but I’m not sure what value I would bring to the reunion show.”
New episodes of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City air Wednesdays at 9 pm ET on Bravo.
