A Final Conversation
Kelly Osbourne has described the last conversation she had with her father, Ozzy Osbourne, three days before his death in July 2025. In an appearance on Paul C. Brunson's "We Need to Talk" podcast, she recalled how he sat her down and told her: "Tots, I need you to know something... No matter what happens in this life, you can live the rest of your life knowing that there was one man on this planet that truly loved you, that truly loved you for every single thing you are. And that man is me."
She told Brunson that she began to cry and asked him not to talk that way, because he said: "You know, I'm not going to be here forever and I know you struggle with people and believing you are loved. But I love you more than anyone." Three days later, he was gone.
Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22, 2025, aged 76, at his home in Buckinghamshire, surrounded by his family, according to reports. His wife, Sharon, was by his side, along with their children Aimee, Jack, and Kelly. The cause of death was reported as a heart attack and cardiac arrest, with coronary artery disease and Parkinson's disease with autonomic dysfunction as contributing factors. Ozzy had been diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2020.
A Final Farewell Concert
Kelly also spoke about her father's decision to perform one last time with Black Sabbath at the "Back to the Beginning" concert in Birmingham, held just weeks before his death. She said that doctors had warned him: "If you do this show, you'll die," and he chose to do it anyway.
According to Kelly, her mother Sharon "worked her a**e off" to make the concert happen, fulfilling Ozzy's wish to thank his fans and say goodbye. "My mum allowed him to die the happiest you've ever seen him," Kelly said. "All he wanted before leaving this planet was one last show one more time... To be able to let his fans know how grateful he was for the life they allowed him to have and how much he loved them and to say goodbye."
Kelly described the event as "one of the most incredible moments in music history," adding that it "outlives Woodstock" because of the people who were there. She also said her father was "the happiest you've ever seen him" in the days leading up to the concert, despite his suffering.
In a separate interview, Sharon Osbourne had previously shared on "Piers Morgan Uncensored" that Ozzy had told her about dreams he had in his last week, seeing people he never knew. She said: "He knew. He was ready."
Grief, Relapse, and Recovery
Kelly also detailed the toll her father's death took on her mental health. She told Brunson that she was "a shell of myself" and "at ground zero," unable to eat or speak. "I lost my mind. I couldn't handle it," she said.
She admitted that she "started drinking again" after his death but is now eight months sober. "I have the most incredible people around me," she said. "I closed my circle because I lost a lot of friends because people don't like sadness, and they expected me to be over it. And I will never be over it. I will never ever be over it."
The conversation came after Kelly faced online criticism at the Brit Awards, where she accepted a lifetime achievement award on her father's behalf alongside her mother. Trolls accused her of "taking Ozempic too far," comments she addressed for the first time on the podcast. She said she was "so unwell" that she couldn't see what she looked like in pictures, and that her appearance was the result of "mental health issues and grief," not weight loss drugs. "I got assassinated over something that should have been about my dad and his legacy," she said.
Kelly also spoke about the breakdown of her engagement to Slipknot rocker Sid Wilson, which occurred around the same time, and how she was living on a farm in Iowa with their three-year-old son during her father's final months.
Family Relationships
During the same podcast episode, Kelly touched on her relationship with her sister Aimee, who did not take part in "The Osbournes" reality show. Kelly said she and her brother Jack always felt that Aimee ignored them and was not fond of them. "Everything I am, she's not. Everything she is, I'm not... We're like oil and water," she said. "I never got a big sister. I do have a resentment there. I'll have that forever."
She said she respects Aimee's decision to stay out of the public eye and does not want to speak on her behalf, but acknowledged the distance between them has been one of the hardest parts of her life.
Remembering Ozzy
Kelly also reflected on her father's legacy and their close bond, describing him as "one of the most monumental figures in music" and noting that she and Ozzy had a No. 1 hit together in 2003 with a cover of Black Sabbath's "Changes." She said she is the "female version" of her dad personality-wise, and that his final performance was his way of controlling his own ending.
"He got to say goodbye, and he got to say thank you, that's all he wanted to do. And then he let go," she said, expressing relief that her father was able to leave the world on his own terms despite years of pain and health struggles.