On Wednesday, Nov. 12, the family released their first episode of their podcast, The Osbournes in more than a year, specifically to honor Ozzy’s life and legacy.
Sharon Osbourne, Jack Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne recorded their emotional episode sitting around a large wooden table covered in magazines featuring the Black Sabbath singer.
Ozzy died in July at the age of 76. His official cause of death was a heart attack, but the legendary rock musician had suffered a series of medical complications and struggles in the final years of his life, including being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
“I never realized just how horrible grief is. I never knew I was capable of loving somebody so much and missing somebody so much,” Kelly, 41, said through tears. “I just — I never thought there’d be a day where he wouldn’t be here.”
Sharon, 73, then asked, “But then how blessed are you to have had a dad like him?”
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Sharon, who was married to Ozzy for 43 years, described her own personal struggles as coming in “waves.”
“I hate going to bed at night,” she admitted, noting that she struggles sleeping alone.
“I mean, I slept with you for the first two months so that you weren’t on your own,” Kelly shared. “But then I felt like you needed some space.”
Kelly also shared that some of her most challenging times are in the mornings.
“I wake up and for the first three seconds I feel normal,” she shared. “And then I remember everything. Mornings are the hardest for me. What is the morning? Because it happened in the morning. And I used to spend most of my time with Dad in the morning.”
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She admitted that her dad would “hate” to see her crying, adding, “But it’s just all I seem to find myself doing these days because I miss him so much.”
The TV personality added that her 3-year-old son, Sidney has helped her to get through this difficult time.
“I’m just so grateful that Sidney got to meet him,” she said of her father. “And that they had such a special little relationship.”
“If it wasn’t for my baby boy…” Kelly began before trailing off, with Jack, who is a father of four agreeing, “Having the kids has been a huge help.”
Jack, 40, shared his own grief journey, saying, “It is both horrible and beautiful in the way that it forces you to unpack and examine things. Like, yeah, it sucks that he’s gone, but also, for me, it has led to a huge amount of gratitude and love and really cherishing moments that at the time you take for granted.”
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The family all agreed that seeing the public display of grief and love around Ozzy’s death had been helpful and touching.
“The outpouring of love has been so helpful to us,” Kelly said. “I never could have even imagined it to be as helpful as it has been to know that we’re not alone in our grief, in our sadness and that the rest of the world loved him as much as we did…I haven’t seen an outpouring like that since Princess Diana died. I didn’t expect it.”
Sharon noted that her late husband would have been blown away by the response to his death.
“Ozzy, he wouldn’t believe it. He wouldn’t,” she said. “He didn’t realize how much he was loved and that was his beauty because he never took it for granted from anyone. He never took it for granted I’m this, I’m that. He had no idea.”
