Donny Osmond told a US entertainment show about his first encounter with Elvis Presley and how �The King� became a family friend.

The singer told Entertainment Tonight he first met Elvis in Las Vegas. Osmond said: �I was sitting on the sofa looking at Elvis talking in that way he did and thought there�s a real person. He was down to earth and a really nice guy.�

Osmond also revealed how Elvis liked to check in on the family to see how they were, and even invited them round for dinner.

Donny said: �He loved calling my mum on the phone because he wanted to learn more about our family.�

He added: �He invited us over to his house to cook us some steaks. But he passed in 77′, three months before we were supposed to do that, so unfortunately it never happened.�

Posted:  21st. November 2007