Marie Osmond recalls the heartbreaking final conversation she shared with her teen son before his suicide

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
 10th November 2010

Marie Osmond has opened up about her son's suicide during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, recalling the last conversation she shared with him before his death. 

Michael, an 18-year-old college student, jumped from the eighth floor of an apartment building in Los Angeles in February.

'When I heard him say to me, I have no friends, it brought back when I went through depression because you really feel so alone,' the 51-year-old says.

Opening up to Oprah: Marie Osmond spoke about her son Michael's suicide

'I'm not a depressed person, but I understand that place, that darkness.

'I told him... Mike, I'm gonna be there Monday and it's gonna be okay,' she continued. 'But depression doesn't wait till Monday.'

Tragic: Marie's son Michael Bryan took his own life in February

When asked if she battles with regret, Osmond says: 'I think there's always 'what if's.' What if I had just put him on a plane and said come be with me, or gone there? I think if you live in 'what if's,' you stop living.'

She said her son's suicide was 'probably the hardest thing' she's been through.

She added that it was a 'calculated decision' for her to return to work within weeks of her son's death because the 'stage is my safe place'.

Osmond says she 'knew that if I didn't get back on stage that I may never get back on stage.'

Osmond and her brother, Donny, took a brief break from their Las Vegas show before returning with a teary tribute to Bryan in March.

The episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show will air in the US tomorrow.