Ever since 1970, Donny Osmond and his brothers, The Osmonds, have been singing, “One bad apple don’t spoil the whole bunch, girl.” And we believed him.
There is only one problem. According to science, it does.
So 53 years later, Donny has a message for his fans on social media. “This is a very difficult post for me to make,” he said. “I would like to apologize to everyone I have misled. I’ve been teaching a lie since 1970, and I am so sorry. Science has proven me wrong.”
How has science proved him wrong? One rotten apple will cause the other apples to ripen quicker. So one bad apple does spoil the bunch.
Do you accept his apology? How can we not? Because we will always have puppy love for him and his purple socks. And it is not like that is the only song that has lied to us. The Vapors never turned Japanese. The Summer of ’69 was not about the year. And so on.
