Kelly Osbourne has opened up for the first time about the last conversation she shared with her father, Ozzy Osbourne, just days before his death last summer.
The TV personality, 41, made the emotional disclosure during an appearance on Paul C. Brunson’s “We Need to Talk” podcast, where she recounted the rock legend’s final words to her. Ozzy died at age 76 on July 22, at the family’s home in Welders, Buckinghamshire, surrounded by his wife of 43 years, Sharon Osbourne, and their three children: Aimee, Jack and Kelly.
According to Kelly, the exchange took place roughly three days before the Black Sabbath frontman’s passing. She said her father sat her down and delivered a message that left her in tears.
“He sat me down and said, ‘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.'”
Kelly recalled begging him not to “talk like this” as she began to cry. She said Ozzy continued, pressing his point about her struggles with self-worth.
“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,” she remembered him saying.
Three days later, the “Prince of Darkness” was gone.
Kelly credited her mother with giving Ozzy a final gift in his closing weeks. The rock icon had reunited with his former Black Sabbath bandmates for one last performance shortly before his death, a concert Sharon worked tirelessly to make happen.
“My mum allowed him to die the happiest you’ve ever seen him. All he wanted before leaving this planet was one last show, one more time,” Kelly shared on the podcast.
She added that the performance let him express his gratitude to fans “for the life they allowed him to have and how much he loved them, and to say goodbye.”
“It was one of the most incredible moments in music history,” she said.
Ozzy’s health had declined significantly in his final years. In January 2020, he publicly revealed a years-earlier diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, the progressive brain disorder that increasingly limited his mobility and speech. He also continued to deal with neck injuries from a 2003 quad biking accident that had required multiple surgeries over the decades.
The family’s public grief has also drawn unwanted attention. Earlier this year, Kelly faced body-shaming comments about her thin appearance while mourning her father. She addressed the scrutiny last month, acknowledging the toll the loss had taken on her physically.
“I wasn’t well,” she admitted. “How can you navigate something so cruel when you’re so sick? I’m getting a lot better. I’ve got all the help I need and I’m grateful for the support I have in my life.”
The podcast appearance marked Kelly’s most extensive comments to date about losing her father, whose larger-than-life persona as a reality TV patriarch and heavy metal pioneer made him a household name across multiple generations. Her tribute to him on social media after his death included poignant lyrics declaring, “I lost the best friend I ever had.”
The final Black Sabbath reunion show that Sharon orchestrated capped a career that spanned more than five decades, from the band’s formation in Birmingham, England, in 1968 through Ozzy’s solo success and eventual status as an unlikely American pop-culture fixture via the MTV reality series “The Osbournes.”
Ozzy shared a final social media post one day before his death with the caption “Back to the Beginning,” a nod to the band’s early years and his own full-circle journey.
Kelly continues to process her grief publicly while pushing back against the online commentary about her appearance, framing her recovery as ongoing and supported.