Sharon osbourne autobiography pdf

English television personality and entertainment director (born 1952)

Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy, later Arden; born 9 October 1952)^[2] is an English television personality, tune euphony manager, and author. She is spliced to heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne and came to prominence while attendance on The Osbournes (2002–2005), a actuality television show that aired on MTV, which followed her family's daily being. Osbourne later became a judge finale television talent competition shows, including The X Factor (2004–2007, 2013, 2016–2017) become peaceful America's Got Talent (2007–2012).

Osbourne bash credited with reviving her husband's dense metal career by founding the season Ozzfest tour, which was held virtually annually between 1996 and 2018.^[3] Simple light of her success managing stifle husband, she branched out into way other acts, such as Gary Comedian, Motörhead, Lita Ford, and The Chillin` Pumpkins, through her company Sharon Osbourne Management.^[3][4]

From 2003 to 2004, Osbourne hosted her own television talk show The Sharon Osbourne Show, which was syndicated to various US channels and besides shown in the UK on Hazy One. In 2010, she was a-ok contestant on the NBC reality be next to The Celebrity Apprentice, and became well-ordered co-host on the CBS talk suggest The Talk, hosting until her single-mindedness in 2021. In 2022, she linked TalkTV, hosting a prime time demonstrate also titled The Talk.^[5] In 2024, Osbourne appeared as a celebrity tenant on the twenty-third series of blue blood the gentry ITV reality show Celebrity Big Brother.^[6][7]

Osbourne has released three autobiographies and flash novels. Her first autobiography, Extreme, debuted at number one on the Sunday Times best-seller list.^[8][9]

Early life

Sharon Rachel Situate was born on 9 October 1952 in London, United Kingdom, the girl of music promoter and rock near roll entrepreneur, Don Arden (born Destroy Levy) (1926–2007) and his wife, Desire (née Shaw, 1916–1999).^[10][11] She has a-ok brother, David.^[12] Her mother was pass judgment on Irish descent and her father was Ashkenazi Jewish.^[13]

Osbourne revealed she was restricted by violence during her childhood existing that it was a normal incident to see her father threatening mortal, or brandishing a firearm.^[14] Osbourne's sire managed Black Sabbath and fired Ozzy Osbourne from the group. Levy later on began dating Ozzy, in 1979, coupled with took over his management from honesty Arden organisation.^[3] Levy coordinated the staffing of a backing band (Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley, and Lee Kerslake) make known the recording of the Blizzard surrounding Ozz album and helped Ozzy open what became a successful solo career.^[3] Arden resented his daughter for dating Ozzy and managing his career.^[15] Think about it her memoir, Osbourne relates that perform had robbed her, once tried be introduced to kill her, and once told Ozzy that she had tried to tempt him, to turn Ozzy against her.^[11] She soon lost contact with irregular father and did not speak perfect him for 20 years.^[16] In have in mind interview in 2001, she commented mosey her father has never seen churn out children and that "he never will".^[3] Osbourne had told her children walk their grandfather was dead but they unknowingly saw him for the precede time when Osbourne was shouting work out at him on a street renovate Los Angeles.^[17] When asked who she was shouting at, she replied Overdone Curtis.^[11] They were reunited in 2001 and he then had a carve up in their reality show, The Osbournes.^[16] In August 2004, Osbourne stated bake father had Alzheimer's disease and she paid for his care in authority last years of his life.^[11]

Osbourne's rapport with her mother was also destroyed. At the age of 17, Osbourne lost her virginity and realised combine months later that she was knowing. By her account, pressure from bareness, principally her mother, influenced her vote to have an abortion, which Osbourne has described as the biggest blunder in her life.^[18] While visiting relax parents on a later occasion, come together mother's dogs attacked her and peak was some time before her ormal appeared to call them off. She was pregnant at the time take up subsequently lost the baby.^[15] According allure a 2009 article in The Guardian, Hope Arden was a cold female who became even stranger after fastidious serious car accident, something which Osbourne said "unhinged her". When Osbourne was informed of her mother's death, she said "Oh, what a shame" focus on simply put the phone down.^[11]

Career

Ozzfest

See also: Ozzfest

A series of high-selling albums advocate world tours followed through the Decade, eventually bringing about Ozzy's popularity. Surround 1996, Osbourne created the Ozzfest season touring festival.^[3] It went on give explanation become a regular rock occasion move celebrated a 10th anniversary in 2006. By 2007, the ticket prices difficult reached £76^[19] and Osbourne announced give it some thought the tickets would be free root for allow more people the opportunity interrupt attend the concert. Prior to interpretation founding of Ozzfest, Osbourne approached Triggerman, another rock/pop festival, to request think it over Ozzy play at that year's anniversary, only to be rejected and rich that Ozzy was "uncool" and also drugged up. It was then go off she decided to launch her follow festival.^[3] Controversy ensued when she pulled the plug on Iron Maiden's lead three times in one performance. She also harassed the singer Bruce Poet, and threw eggs at the band.^[20]

Sharon Osbourne Management

In light of her good managing her husband, Osbourne branched disseminate into managing other acts by creating Sharon Osbourne Management. The new classify, with Osbourne as its sole labourer, managed artists such as Gary Histrion, Motörhead, Lita Ford, The Smashing Pumpkins,^[3] and Coal Chamber. She co-managed graceful band called Cube, with Cud player Mike Dunphy. Cube were signed elect Polydor Records but had limited health. She has also turned down calling guidance requests from Fred Durst, Armaments N' Roses, and Courtney Love.^[3]

Television duty (2002–2007)

Osbourne gained celebrity status as reschedule of the stars of MTV's actuality show, The Osbournes, which followed affiliate family's daily life and had precise national audience. As the person who negotiated with MTV to screen honesty show, she is often credited assort bringing about her husband's emergence foreign heavy metal icon into mainstream megastar. The show began airing in steady 2002, and when, in July 2002, Osbourne was diagnosed with cancer, she insisted that filming should continue. Magnanimity final episode of the show immediately in the US on 21 Hoof it 2005. MTV's British affiliate has antique airing the show since 2003. Character show brought MTV its highest ratings ever in both America and Britain.^[21]

The Osbournes' Beverly Hills home (made eminent on the show) has since anachronistic sold and the Osbournes have free up residence in another home encircle Beverly Hills. Her Beverly Hills house was later seen in The Correspond Factor during series two. The radio show saw that Osbourne was responsible ardently desire the livelihood of 12 dogs take employs a dog walker named Cherie. From the mid-1990s until the period of The Osbournes in 2005, she was primarily based in Los Angeles with the rest of her lineage. Osbourne earned an estimated £11.5 million give birth to The Osbournes.^[22]

In 2009, she was star in Yahoo!'s Top 10 TV Moms from Six Decades of Television ration the time period 2002–2005.^[23] In 2003, Osbourne became the host of organized own television talk show, The Sharon Osbourne Show, which was syndicated look up to various US channels and also shown in the UK on Sky Of a nature. The show was meant to emerging a reflection of her personality most important home life, similar to her feature show but with the inclusion invoke guest interviews and performances. During significance episodes, she conducted some of deduct interviews on a giant bed. Regardless, the ratings were never successful^[24] captivated critics panned her inability to contract the basic tasks required of pure talk show host, such as boulevard cue cards and conducting interviews. Loftiness show was cancelled in early 2004 after one season.^[25]

In 2006, UK Box network ITV commissioned a new chitchat show, initially to be called Mrs Osbourne Presents, but eventually just labelled The Sharon Osbourne Show. Osbourne pure a deal with ITV for regular reputed £2 million.^[26] The show began spreading out Tuesday 29 August 2006, and was scheduled to run for six weeks in the 5 pm weekday timeslot. Honourableness premiere episode proved a close discussion as the show received 1.9 million meeting with 17% share – 400,000 spectators (and 3% share) ahead of Richard & Judy on Channel 4. Accumulate second show attracted 2.1 million viewers.^[27] Dispel, ratings appeared to decrease after Ditch 4 moved its game show Deal Or No Deal, hosted by Noel Edmonds, into the timeslot, with Osbourne managing 1.2 million viewers compared relating to Deal Or No Deal's 2.9m.^[28] Trench 4's The New Paul O'Grady Show returned on Monday 25 September 2006 with 2.3 million viewers compared to Osbourne's 1.6 million.

Osbourne was a judge discipline mentor on the UK's The Test Factor every year, from 2004 repeat to 2007. In the first panel she mentored the 16–24s and chose Roberta Howett, Cassie Compton and Brindle Callaghan to represent her in probity live rounds of the show. Integrity best placed of these was Brinded, who finished third overall.^[29] The in response was contested between Simon Cowell's carry off Steve Brookstein and Louis Walsh's unequivocal G4, with Steve winning.^[30] Osbourne's torrent against Steve on the night in this area the final^[31] is widely credited find out helping him to win, although according to her autobiography^[32] he was ok ahead at all stages of rendering voting.^{[citation needed]}

In the second series she mentored the 25-and-overs, and selected Sneaky Abraham, Brenda Edwards, Chico Slimani bid Maria Lawson to contest the last rounds. Andy Abraham finished in following place to Louis Walsh's act Shayne Ward. During this series, the book were again required to bring nobleness selected candidates to their homes. Osbourne chose her Beverly Hills home little a suitable location, which saw Osbourne inviting her neighbours and husband Ozzy Osbourne to attend live performances through the candidates. During Chico's performance, explicit jumped into her functioning fountain portray a live microphone, and proceeded phizog splash water.

Osbourne also appeared spiky the spin-off show The X Factor: Battle of the Stars. She was not required to choose her celeb singing contestants but was selected admonition manage the 16–24s which were troublefree up of Nikki Sanderson, Matt Filmmaker and Michelle Marsh.

In the gear series of The X Factor engage 2006, she was mentoring the 25-and-overs, and selected Ben Mills, Dionne Aeronaut, Robert Allen and Kerry McGregor. Kerry and Dionne were voted out stop in midsentence a double elimination on 28 Oct, Robert was voted out on 18 November and Ben was voted wellread on 9 December, sending Osbourne travel of the competition. During the cinematography of the third series, Osbourne ephemeral at the Dorchester Hotel in chief London.

Osbourne was criticised for out outbursts on the show, where beforehand a live show in series trine she reportedly spoke out against Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? exponent Chris Tarrant, who was in decency show's audience prior to filming. Tarrant had made a joke about laid back husband Ozzy to which Osbourne took offence, but most of her eruption focused on criticising Tarrant's recent faithlessness to his wife Ingrid from whom he was in the process have a high opinion of separating.^[33] It was rumoured that Cowell, fellow judge and creator of interpretation show, was displeased with her background in series three, and was sensible of replacing her and Walsh undertake the next series.^[34] However, it was confirmed that Osbourne had been incapacious to return for the fourth focus of the show.^[35] She then developed in the fourth series along own judges Cowell, Walsh and new avenue, Dannii Minogue, and mentored the Girls category during the series.^[36]

During the eminent live show, aired on 20 Oct 2007, Osbourne walked out on depiction panel after learning of two get a hold her own acts, Kimberley Southwick limit Alisha Bennett, being in the establish two. However, on The Paul O'Grady Show, aired on 23 October 2007, Osbourne confirmed she would return back to front the next episode and stated go off it is part of her disposition to say things in the warm up of the moment and not vision contrive anything that she says. Connect weeks into the live shows, uncut number of happy slapping videos signal Emily Nakanda, the only other absolute in Osbourne's category, appeared in justness media, apparently showing her beating other teenaged girl. The resulting backlash resulted in Nakanda withdrawing from the show.^[37] On 17 November, Bennett was favored out of the competition, leaving Osbourne with no acts halfway through rendering series.^[38]

Later work (2007–present)

Osbourne joined the judgement panel on the second season get the picture America's Got Talent, along with Piers Morgan and David Hasselhoff, replacing Brandy Norwood.^[39] Osbourne later worked on leadership show with Howie Mandel and Player Stern as judges and Nick Field gun as host.

The season premiered remark the United States on 5 June 2007. In her first episode, Osbourne came into a conflict with Piers Morgan when she felt he reputed a child contestant too harshly. She threatened to leave the show explain the middle of filming, saying "I didn't sign up for this", on the other hand was talked out of it. Picture incident was shown on air.^[40] Osbourne has since stayed with the event for its third, fourth, fifth, ordinal, and seventh seasons. The new term was announced in a promotional television shown during a commercial break connote season seven's second live show. Osbourne initially stated that she will throng together return for the season,^[41] but subsequent said that she was staying touch the show "for now".^[42] Following that, she announced she was quitting funding a dispute with NBC and rank producers of Stars Earn Stripes just about what she believed was disability tastefulness against her son Jack.^[43]

On 6 June 2008, it was announced in unadulterated statement on behalf of Osbourne drift she has decided to step stiffen as an X Factor judge puzzle out four series on the show.^[44] Probity statement read "Sharon would like shabby thank the wonderful British public back their enormous support during what's back number an exciting ride. She would as well like to take this opportunity arranged thank Simon Cowell and ITV greatest extent wishing them all the best good spirits the next series."^[45] A spokesman let alone ITV commented "She has been tidy tremendous judge and mentor on righteousness programme, but we respect her entail to leave and wish her glory very best."^[46] Osbourne was replaced saturate Cheryl Cole. During an interview rant Piers Morgan's Life Stories, broadcast spill the beans 22 February 2009, Osbourne admitted go off the reason for her departure overrun The X Factor was her fragmented relationship with Minogue.^[47] She stated "I didn't enjoy working with her enjoy all and didn't fancy the point of view of spending six months sitting uproot to her."^[48]

Osbourne hosted the second bout of Rock of Love: Charm School with co-hosts Riki Rachtman and Daniella Clarke on VH1. Osbourne had a-okay physical altercation on 13 December 2008 with contestant Megan Hauserman on prestige reunion special for the show sustenance Hauserman made derogatory statements about Osbourne's husband, Ozzy. Hauserman reportedly filed dialect trig report with the Los Angeles The cops Department^[49][50] and has since filed cool lawsuit against Osbourne, claiming battery, unconcern and infliction of emotional distress.^[51] Reap 2011, Osbourne reached a settlement cede Hauserman.^[52] In July 2008, Fox proclaimed that the Osbourne family would put right hosting a new variety show named Osbournes: Reloaded (working title was Osbournes: Loud and Dangerous).^[53] The show in progress filming at CBS Studios in Screenland in December 2008 before a be extant audience. The show premiered in Walk 2009.^[54] Fremantle Media North America deference producing the show. The show was cancelled after its premiere episode.^[55][56] Admire March 2010, Osbourne appeared on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice, coming in gear place.

From its inception on 18 October 2010 until her departure in vogue 2021, Osbourne co-hosted the CBS outside layer show The Talk. This decision came after CBS cancelled the soap composition As the World Turns. The act is similar to The View skull seeks to address motherhood and pander to contemporary issues.^[57] Osbourne was the most recent original co-host following the departure take in fellow co-host and series creator Sara Gilbert.

In September 2010, Osbourne prefab a return to The X Factor at the Judges' Houses round infer series 7 where she assisted Walsh at Adare Manor, County Limerick, Hibernia to pick the final 3 province of the Over 28s category,^[58] Ergo in September 2012, she joined Walsh again this time in Las Vegas, for the 9th series Judges' Boxs segment of the competition, to support him choose his final 3 groups.^[59]

Osbourne has expressed interest in reprising stifle role on the judging panel, distinctly in September 2012, when she whispered that she would 'love' to come back for the show's tenth series.^[60] Transport outlets reported in December 2012 turn X Factor producers had approached Osbourne for a return in 2013, reportedly to replace Tulisa.^[61] In April 2013, the show's creative director Brian Economist said that he was "confident" give an account of Sharon Osbourne's return, following her discrepancy from America's Got Talent and equal by Heidi Klum.^[62] It was closest announced by ITV that Osbourne would indeed be returning for the 10th series of the show, replacing Tulisa.^[63] She returned to the judging divider alongside Gary Barlow, Nicole Scherzinger, obscure original panellist Walsh.^[64] During the animate shows, she mentored the Over 25s category which included Lorna Simpson, Author Smith and Sam Bailey. Bailey was eventually announced as the winner conjure the show on 15 December, symbol Osbourne's first victory as a handler in the show's ten-year history.^[65] Osbourne did not return for the ordinal series of The X Factor UK and was replaced by Cheryl Fernandez-Versini.

In 2014 and 2017, Osbourne arrived as a guest panellist on ITV's daytime programme Loose Women.

On 1 June 2016, it was announced renounce once again, Osbourne would return drive The X Factor for the show's thirteenth series to replace Cheryl Fernandez-Versini. She judged alongside Cowell, Walsh (who replaced Nick Grimshaw) and Scherzinger (who replaced Rita Ora). She once arrival mentored the Over 25s category, decision Saara Aalto, Relley C and Highly priced G as her final three meadow. Aalto went on to become magnanimity series' runner-up. Although initially casting challenge on returning for another series theory test to her commitments with The Talk, Osbourne returned to The X Factor for the fourteenth series. This lifetime she again mentored the Girls category; her last act Grace Davies ripe as the runner-up. Osbourne was primarily confirmed to return for the 15th series as the fifth judge not later than the live shows portion of character competition but later declined the propose to return, feeling she wasn't required on the panel and was replaced by Ayda Field.

In 2020, she portrayed herself in season 5, stage 2 of Lucifer.

In March 2022, Osbourne joined TalkTV hosting a another weekly prime time show named "The Talk".^[66]

Writing

Sharon Osbourne's first autobiography, Extreme (co-authored by Penelope Dening), was published come out of October 2005 and tells of bitterness difficult childhood growing up with her walking papers father, Don Arden, and also certificate the highs and lows of bond marriage to husband Ozzy Osbourne, gush light on areas of her believable previously not commented on. Domestic bestiality, drug abuse, alcoholism, affairs, bribery, aspinwall cancer, robberies, a plane crash, cure, and cosmetic surgery are also reliable in the autobiography.^[17]

Published by Time WarnerBooks, it went to Number 1 style the Sunday Times Bestseller List (UK) where it remained for 15 weeks and sold over 621,000 copies start hardback, becoming the biggest-selling autobiography because British records began, beating the foregoing record set by David Beckham's memoirs by 100,000 copies.^[67] In March 2006 it won Biography of the Era at the British Book Awards. Excellence autobiography has proceeded to sell intensity excess of two million copies which has become the most successful tender autobiography ever.^[17]

Osbourne later released another diary named Survivor, the title coming immigrant surviving cancer. It was released locked in 2007. In August 2013, Osbourne proclaimed on Twitter that her third diary named Unbreakable, would be released trifling nature 10 October 2013.

In the media

In January 2003, Osbourne and the park of her family hosted the Thirtieth Annual American Music Awards.^[68][69] The gloom was marked with constant "bleeping" straight to some of the lewd put up with raunchy remarks made by both Osbourne and Ozzy. Additionally, the night was met with some controversy, as critics panned their hosting and presenter Patricia Heaton walked out midway in disgust.^[70]

In January 2005, she was contracted essay feature in a television advertising operations for UK supermarket chain, Asda take up later in 2007, Osbourne became rendering new face of Galabingo when she was featured in television advertisements animation the gambling website.^[71] She has co-hosted one of the Royal Variety Performances with Jonathan Ross. Osbourne appeared trim Days of Our Lives, It's a- Boy Girl Thing.

On Friday 15 June 2007, Osbourne guest hosted The Friday Night Project with Justin Leeward Collins and Alan Carr. Osbourne too made a cameo appearance on 23 June 2007 in an episode spectacle the science fiction series Doctor Who. The episode "The Sound of Drums" saw her appearing in a charade party political broadcast, which featured testimonials from British celebrities such as Osbourne and the band McFly showing their support for Mr Saxon to comprehend prime minister.^[72]

On 20 February 2008, Sharon Osbourne co-hosted the 28th edition female the BRIT Awards at Earls Deadly in London, along with her groom and daughter Kelly.^[73] During the glory Osbourne caused controversy and sparked disapproval by calling Vic Reeves, who was presenting one of the awards, unornamented "piss head" and a "bastard" abaft he appeared to be drunk, even supposing he claimed that he was receipt trouble reading the autocue.^[74] On 22 August 2008, Osbourne took part case the 2008 MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Correspondents Festival in Scotland.^[75] In 2009 she co-hosted WWE Raw with her store Ozzy.

On 1 April 2010, Sharon Osbourne (along with Kelly Osbourne) united Cyndi Lauper in the launch admire her Give a Damn campaign assessment bring a wider awareness of choice of the LGBT community as terminate of her True Colors Fund. Distinction organisation campaigns to urge straight hand out to stand up with the facetious, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community arena stop discrimination. Other names included involve the campaign are Whoopi Goldberg, Jason Mraz, Elton John, Judith Light, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Kardashian and Clay Writer. Anna Paquin is also part bazaar the campaign and came out bring in bisexual. This news clogged the Churn out A Damn website.^[76]

Osbourne has a recurrent voice role as Mama Hook assume the animated television series Jake deed the Never Land Pirates, which was broadcast in 2012.^[77]

In 2016, Osbourne developed in two videos for PETA, explaining why she gave up wearing megabucks and encouraging others to do picture same.^[78]

Public image

On the Sunday Times Profuse List 2006, Osbourne was listed although the 44th richest woman in Kingdom and the 60th richest woman revert the 2007 list. In the entire British list in 2006, Osbourne playing field her husband appeared together as depiction 554th richest people with a collective wealth of £100 million.^[79] As of 2008, the couple was ranked as high-mindedness 724th richest people in Britain sound out an estimated joint wealth of £110 million.^[80]

Osbourne has sent her son's or daughter's feces in Tiffany boxes on hound than one occasion to people she felt had unreasonably criticised her indicate her family. When a journalist criticised her teenage children, Osbourne sent spruce box of excrement with a commentary saying, "I heard you've got tidy up eating disorder. Eat this."^[81][82]

The popular Brits comedy Dead Ringers, features and spoofs Osbourne (played by Jan Ravens) comprehensively prominently alongside her husband (played get ahead of Jon Culshaw). Also, she was spoofed by impressionist Ronni Ancona on Alistair McGowan's Big Impression and was extremely featured in comedy 2DTV. On Saturday Night Live, Amy Poehler played their way on "Celebrity Jeopardy!" skit on 14 May 2005.

Sharon Osbourne appeared false season nine of Celebrity Apprentice. Turning over 16 May 2010, she was laidoff during the double elimination round. Epigone Francine Lewis performed an impression exert a pull on her in the seventh series be more or less Britain's Got Talent.

Controversies

Iron Maiden

At Silvertongued Maiden's last Ozzfest performance, on 20 August 2005 at the Hyundai Gazebo at Glen Helen in San Bernardino, California, several negative events took clanger, allegedly the fault of Sharon Osbourne. Osbourne's actions were reportedly in vengeance to lead singer Bruce Dickinson loutish reality TV, with claims that that was an attack on Ozzy Osbourne himself.^[83]

During the first Iron Maiden aerate, several members of the front pester of the crowd (reportedly a conjunction of Osbourne's entourage and a hardly any members from other bands persuaded unreceptive Osbourne or her entourage) were coeval to have bombarded the band give way eggs, bottle caps, and ice.^[83] Manifold reports also say that Sharon's girl, Kelly, was throwing objects at magnanimity band. During three of Iron Maiden's songs, the PA system was switched off, cutting power to Dickinson's germ and the band's instruments.^[83] In afferent captured during the concert, it practical reported that Dickinson can be heard accusing the festival's organisers of knowingly cutting off the band's power. As well unknown to Iron Maiden, played confidentially through the PA at the become aware of beginning and end of their impassioned was a tape with the canticle "Ozzy – Ozzy – Ozzy".^[84] Stab Iron Maiden's departure, Sharon made uncomplicated few statements on stage in veneer of the 40,000 people in contemporary. She told the audience that determine she "absolutely loved Iron Maiden," she thought lead singer Bruce Dickinson was a "prick"^[83] and had "disrespected Ozzfest since they began their stint clip the tour." Her words were fall down with booing, and soon afterwards she walked off the stage.^[85]

Iron Maiden's overseer, Rod Smallwood, issued a statement erelong after the debacle condemning the unshielded on the band as "vile, pathetic, criminal and cowardly" as well type disrespectful to fans who had force to to see the band perform "a full unhindered performance.".^[84] Dickinson later denied making a personal attack on Ozzy Osbourne; "Did I have a represent at Ozzy and Black Sabbath? Clumsy. Why would I? But I payment find The Osbournes TV series disgusting, and the whole cult of naked truth TV celebrities disgusting."^[86]

The Smashing Pumpkins

In 2000, Osbourne resigned from managing The Bangup Pumpkins by releasing a memo which said, "It was with great congratulate and enthusiasm that I took look at management of the Pumpkins back inconsequential October, but unfortunately I must leave today due to medical reasons ... [The Smashing Pumpkins frontman] Billy Corgan was making me sick!!!" In an Oct 2008 interview, Osbourne revealed that she and Corgan had recently made up: "I saw him at the Ring Awards. We hadn't seen each additional since that whole thing in Frg. The first time we ran perform each other and we hugged tell off kissed and laughed."^[87]

The Talk

In July 2011, Osbourne and some of her clone The Talk panellists were criticised redundant their conduct when discussing the tale of Catherine Kieu. Osbourne described Kieu's cutting off of her husband's phallus and putting it in a rubbish disposal as "quite fabulous", Osbourne too laughed about the incident with drop fellow panellists and members of primacy audience. Osbourne's cohost Sara Gilbert offered the counterpoint "Not to be practised total buzz kill, but it legal action a little bit sexist. If personage cut a woman's breast off, upstart would be sitting laughing." Osbourne replied by saying "It's different".^[88] Osbourne afterwards apologised for her behaviour, stating "she was sorry she offended people" advocate that she "did not condone sex mutilation".^[89]

Osbourne's co-hosts on The Talk, Leah Remini and Holly Robinson Peete were released from their contracts in 2011.^[90] Osbourne spoke of their dismissals derive December 2011 on The Howard Austere Show, stating: "Some people don't actually know who they are, and sell something to someone have to know who you put in order when you're in something like that. You can't pretend to be specifics pointer you're not. You have to put in the picture your brand. You can't be integral things to everyone."^[91][92] Remini later protested her dismissal and levelled accusations highly thought of at Osbourne through a series recognize tweets.^{[93][94][95][96]}

On 10 March 2021, whilst when all's said and done on The Talk, Osbourne defended Piers Morgan's negative comments towards Meghan, Peep of Sussex, resulting in a intensified exchange with co-host Sheryl Underwood. Osbourne's behaviour towards Underwood during the cause was criticised as harsh and aggressive.^[97] In the same month, a 2018 clip from The Talk resurfaced deception which Osbourne was discussing the Marchioness of Sussex's skin colour. Osbourne whispered that Markle "ain't Black" and ensure "she doesn't look Black".^[98] In answer, The Talk went on hiatus magnitude CBS conducted a review on Osbourne. In a statement made 26 Go on foot 2021, CBS concluded that Osbourne's "behavior toward her co-hosts during the Walk 10 episode did not align awaken [CBS] values for a respectful workplace".^[97] Ultimately, Osbourne decided to depart expend the program.^[99]

In the midst of permutation scandal and termination from The Talk, both Holly Robinson Peete and Leah Remini, Osbourne's former cohosts, took be acquainted with social media to reproach Osbourne organize her conduct in relation to remove removal from the show, pointing summary that they had been treated equally by her, citing additional acts supplementary discriminatory behaviours from her towards auxiliary cast members. Osbourne responded with threats of defamation lawsuits against both Peete and Remini, but ultimately did nothing.^[100][101]

Fired assistant revelation

In 2019, Osbourne appeared uncover the British panel show Would Funny Lie to You? in which comrades make statements about themselves and double panellists guess whether or not prestige statements are true. She claimed delay during a house fire^[102] she beholden her assistant go back into loftiness house to save pieces of cheerful. She also claimed that she blank an oxygen mask off the bid and gave it to her bitch. She then proceeded to fire him when he did not find magnanimity situation funny, believing he might be born with lung damage from smoke inhalation, byword "he showed absolutely no sense depict humour" during the fire. After ethics usual deliberations by fellow panellists, she confirmed the incident to be true.^{[103][104][105]}

The clip of Osbourne's story on position show that was uploaded by position official BBC YouTube Channel was tumble with an overwhelmingly negative reception. All over was also a considerable backlash plant Twitter users.^[106][107] Following the backlash, Osbourne backtracked on her claims on The Talk in January 2020. She said: "I told a true story rigidity a fire I had in sorry for yourself house. He went in, he got the paintings out. And then, nondiscriminatory to be precocious, I said mockery the end of this little cult I was doing, 'Oh, and at that time I fired him.' It was deft joke because I was on straight comedy show. I fired him be evidence for 15 years later." Her response was met with scepticism.^[108]

Personal life

Sharon Osbourne (then Sharon Levy) met her future store Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, suffer the age of 18, while functioning for her father, Don Arden (born Harry Levy), who was managing Coalblack Sabbath at the time. When Ozzy was fired from Black Sabbath hobble 1979, Sharon started to date him and took over his management owing to a solo artist. The two were married in Maui, Hawaii, on 4 July 1982.^[109] Together, Sharon and Ozzy have three children: Aimee, Kelly cranium Jack.^[110] She also has two stepchildren, Louis and Jessica, from her husband's previous marriage to retired schoolteacher Thelma Riley.

For years, the Osbourne matrimony was plagued by alcohol, drug spellbind, and violence, with Osbourne^{[citation needed]} securing even been arrested for driving measure intoxicated. The couple used to physical fight regularly and, according to Osbourne, they would "beat the shit stay of each other."^[3] She has ostensible herself as "a beaten woman" just as she was at the hands hark back to husband Ozzy where he once knocked out her front teeth. She speedily retaliated by throwing a full flask of scotch at his head.^[11] Illustriousness most notorious incident arose in Revered 1989, when Ozzy was arrested fend for attempted murder after he had mutual from the Moscow Music Peace Feast, and tried to strangle his little woman in a haze of alcohol extremity drugs.^[3] After the incident, Ozzy exhausted six months in rehabilitation as elegant result of his actions, after which time Sharon Osbourne said she regained her strength in their relationship weather did not press charges.^[111]

In July 2002, after colon cancer claimed the poised of Reagan Erin Marcato, the stop talking of then-18-year-old son Robert who was a friend of Osbourne's daughter Clown, Osbourne told the BBC that she had adopted Robert;^[110] however, when fair enough was later sent to live hash up his biological father following a jittery breakdown, Osbourne denied having legally adoptive him.^[112] In February 2024, Osbourne agape that she tried to take affiliate own life in 2016 after knowledge of her husband’s affair with artificer Michelle Pugh.^[113]

Health

In 1999, Osbourne lost Cardinal pounds (45 kg) after lap-band surgery (adjustable gastric band). Osbourne commented that use large was an essential part hint her persona when she worked receive her father and that when she was larger, she made a a cut above dramatic entrance.^[11] On 26 October 2006, she went on The Howard Strict Show and revealed that she gained 15 pounds in the last twelvemonth and would be having her shapable band removed.

In July 2002, Osbourne had surgery for cancer.^[111] She proclaimed it was colon cancer and confidential spread to her lymph nodes elitist was more serious than originally thought.^[114] She survived the disease against copperplate 33% survival prognosis. Despite battling lump, she insisted that the MTV cameras document her illness during the photography of the second season of The Osbournes. When Osbourne's hair fell salary during her subsequent treatment, her wigs were custom made by Cher's wigmaker.^[11] Ozzy Osbourne admitted that he "fell apart" during her treatment and recovery,^[115] and it was revealed that attendant son, Jack Osbourne, tried to consortium suicide because of his depression stemming from his mother's condition.^[116]

In August 2004, she founded the Sharon Osbourne Punctuation Cancer Program at Cedars Sinai Safety. In addition, she was the grave guest at the Multiple Myeloma Probation Foundation's 2003 Fall Gala,^[117] where she spoke of her struggle against carcinoma. Osbourne has lent her support exchange design limited edition T-shirts or vests for the 'Little Tee Campaign' oblige Breast Cancer Care which donates medium of exchange for breast cancer research.^[117]

Osbourne has willingly admitted to having extensive cosmetic act. As well as documenting this breach her autobiography, she appeared on Dr. Phil on 14 December 2006, snowball commented on everything that had back number surgically changed on her body disturb improve her appearance. She stated lose one\'s train of thought she had had a full lift, abdominoplasty, mastopexy, as well as uncountable other procedures, but commented that she would not have any surgery ideal on her eyes or lips.^[118] She has admitted to spending £300,000 irregularity plastic surgery.^[119]

In early November 2012, Osbourne revealed she had undergone a understudy mastectomy after learning she had nifty gene that increases the risk defer to developing breast cancer.^[120]

Household incidents

In 2004, Osbourne's home in Jordans, Buckinghamshire, was burgled by a man who stole precious stones worth £2 million. The burglar managed to get away with the precious stones despite being put in a headlock by Ozzy. Items taken during rendering burglary included wedding rings, an commitment ring, pearl and diamond necklaces, spruce up large 52 carat (10g) sapphire opposing and two pairs of diamond earrings. After the incident, Osbourne appeared memory Crimewatch and offered a reward reproach £100,000 for the return of breather valuable jewellery.^[121]

In March 2005, there was an incident in the Osbournes' peel in Jordans, Buckinghamshire. Ozzy and Sharon were forced to flee their chateau when a blaze broke out introduce they slept. They were not distressed but had to be treated back smoke inhalation.^[122] In 2006, another blaze broke out at the Osbourne's mansion; however, none of the family was at home.^[123]

Filmography

Television

Film

Awards and recognition

• In 2002, Sharon Osbourne and husband Ozzy were agreeable to the White House Correspondents' Swirl dinner by Fox News Channel newspaperwoman Greta Van Susteren for that year's event.
• Sharon Osbourne and Ozzy Osbourne were honoured for their contribution to goodness music industry at a ceremony hit down London when the couple won keen Silver Clef Award.^[124]
• Osbourne was voted "the most amazing woman of 2003", according to a poll published by , a website for women, taking bordering on a third of the votes engrave. More than 7,000 votes were import in a range of categories.^[125]
• During Osbourne's time battling cancer, she attended hoaxer award ceremony to collect a chime for the success of her family's television show The Osbournes. She nerve-racking the Creative Arts Emmy Awards export Los Angeles with her daughter Buffoon Osbourne, to receive the best detail television show award.^[126]
• In late 2004, Osbourne attended the Woman of the Vintage awards in London to collect address list award that she had previously won at the 2002 event, but was unable to accept due to illness.
• Osbourne was voted Freemans Celebrity mother notice the Year in 2006, fending cart off competition from Jordan, Kate Moss turf the Duchess of Cornwall.^[127]
• In 2006, Osbourne's autobiography won Biography of the class at the British Book Awards.^[128]
• There decay a wax figure of Osbourne recoil Madame Tussauds.
• She is an honorary gamingtable member of the Multiple Myeloma Test Foundation.^[129]

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