Kelly Osbourne has revealed that she became “a shell of” herself after her father Ozzy’s death and lost “a lot of friends” while grieving.
The Prince of Darkness and Black Sabbath frontman died aged 76 in July last year. His cause of death was a heart attack, after suffering a number of health problems over the years, including complications from Parkinson’s disease, sepsis, blood clots, pneumonia and a back injury.
His daughter Kelly, 41, has now shared that she no longer speaks to certain people who expected her to “be over” her father’s death, having struggled in the aftermath.
Speaking on Paul C Brunson’s podcast We Need to Talk, Kelly said: “I was a shell of myself. I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t do anything. I was just empty.
“Broken in every way a human being could possibly be broken and completely unable to even take care of myself. I was at ground zero. I started drinking again. I lost my mind. I couldn’t handle it.”
The reality TV star has previously spoken about her addiction issues, having been a heroin user as a teenager and also struggling with alcohol. In 2021, she said she had relapsed after four years of sobriety.
Adding that she has now been sober for eight months, Kelly said that she has “the most incredible people” around her but that she “lost a lot of friends” while grieving. “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,” she said. “I will never be over it. I will never, ever be over it.”
The former Fashion Police presenter, who recently split from her partner Sid Wilson, also revealed that she’s “not close” to her older sister Aimée – the eldest of Ozzy’s children with wife Sharon, who has always stayed out of the limelight.
“If I’m honest, my older sister didn’t really ever acknowledge me and my brother,” Kelly said, referring to her younger brother, Jack. “She was just in her own world doing her own thing. I do to a certain extent, if I’m honest, feel as though she was embarrassed of us. The whole family.
“We’re very different. I never got a big sister and I had to learn how to do certain things that a big sister should have taught you on my own. I do have a resentment there. I’ll have that forever.”
When asked whether there was hope for a reconciliation, she said “No. I respect her and I accept her but we’re different.”
Earlier this month, Kelly addressed concerns surrounding her weight loss after Ozzy’s death, revealing that she had “no idea” how thin she had become.
In an interview with The Mail on Sunday, she said that she “couldn’t see what other people saw” because she was in so much pain. “All I saw was a broken person,” she added.
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If you or someone you know is suffering from alcohol addiction, you can confidentially call the national alcohol helpline Drinkline on 0300 123 1110 or visit the NHS website here for information about the programmes available to you.
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