Ozzy Osbourne made a savage dig at a fellow rocker as he joked that his final days may have been agonising but ‘at least I wasn’t Sting’.
The Black Sabbath frontman, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019, passed away at the age of 76 on July 22 surrounded by his family. He was buried a week later on July 30.
And now a documentary about the last six years of his life, titled Ozzy: No Escape From Now, is set to air on Paramount+ on October 7.
Ozzy and The Police singer, 74, often butted heads throughout their careers and in his famous reality series The Osbourne’s the late rocker was filmed making a several insults about the singer.
Speaking in the new documentary in footage seen by The Sun, Ozzy proved that the rift had not healed as he opened up about his health.
He said: ‘I am really f***ed up with this body of mine and as soon as I want to do anything.
‘I went to the doctor and there’s a blood clot. My leg is about to fall off. But I can’t complain. I was actually rocking until I was 70 and then a trap door opened.
‘I didn’t think I was going to live past 40. But if my life’s coming to an end, I really can’t complain, I’ve had a great life. But, hey, it could have been worse. I could be Sting.’
The Daily Mail have contacted both representatives for the Osbourne’s and Sting for comment.
Back at the Grammys in 2003, Sting asked to speak to Ozzy’s daughter, Kelly, to patch things up between his son and her.
At the time, wife Sharon said: ‘We all bumped into each other on the red carpet and we all said how ridiculous it was and how words can hurt so many people.
‘We’re all adults and all apologised and it was great.’
Earlier this week Ozzy detailed his daily health struggles in heartbreaking scenes during his highly anticipated new BBC documentary.
The programme, which was pulled from schedules over fears from the Osbourne family it was being rushed, finally aired on Thursday.
During the show, Ozzy shared his daily struggles where he revealed his mobility had been severely impacted by his Parkinson’s disease.
In a piece to camera, he candidly said: ‘When I was 69, I can vividly remember saying to myself “I’m 69 and I don’t feel that bad”.
‘As soon as I hit 70, the f***ing trapped doors opened. I can’t walk very far without getting out of breath.
‘I used to work out all the time and I can’t do it no more. I used to do an hour on the ecliptical a day.’
Speaking about a horror fall Ozzy suffered, Sharon explained: ‘Ozzy got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and coming back, he tripped and just hit the floor so hard.’
Ozzy said: ‘I lay on the floor and said “Sharon get an ambulance I think I’ve broken my neck”.’
Sharon added: ‘Ozzy’s Parkinson’s is what they call Parkin two, and it’s something that actually comes on very, very young, but it’s so slight, you don’t notice, but after his spinal accident, it kind of brought it on.’
Sharon continued by revealing Ozzy did not have fluid at one point along his spine, forcing medics to perform emergency surgery after his fall.
Reflecting on his situation at the time, the rocker added: ‘It knocks the cr*p out of you, you’ve just got to keep going because I’ve got to start everything from word go again.
‘The best possible outcome is that I’m fit enough and strong enough to do shows, the worst part possible is I can’t do shows.’
BBC cameras had followed Ozzy and his wife Sharon as they prepared to leave America and return to the UK permanently before his passing.
Back in August, Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home – billed as a ‘moving and inspirational account of the last chapter’ of the star’s life – was suddenly removed from TV listings just hours before broadcast.
Soon after it emerged that the BBC allegedly had no choice but to take last minute action due to Ozzy’s family’s worry at the speed in which the show was made amid their ‘race’ against Paramount+ to air the rocker’s final months.
Crews for both platforms were given access to Ozzy for the final three years of his life, with the channels said to have been battling to be the first to air the unseen footage.
Reports then suggested that it was this reason, as well as the family’s worries about the ‘overall tone and theme’, that the BBC documentary had been delayed.
Meanwhile, in a first look at Paramount+’s production revealed that Ozzy’s farewell concert was wife Sharon’s final gift to him, following his six-year health battle and struggle with depression.
Directed by BAFTA award-winner Tania Alexander, the feature-length film is set for release on October 7.
Titled Ozzy: No Escape From Now, the documentary explores how the Black Sabbath legend’s chronic pain affected his mental health and shaped the music he created during his last period.
