Kelly Osbourne says she begged her late father Ozzy for “help” during her grief-fueled weight loss.
The 41-year-old television personality revealed she visited the Black Sabbath frontman’s grave with a white candle after photos from the 2026 BRIT Awards in February sparked widespread concern about her appearance. Osbourne, daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, said she was “just as shocked as everyone else” when she saw the images from the London ceremony.
“I didn’t know that I looked like that until I saw the pictures,” she said. “When I saw them, I couldn’t believe it.”
Osbourne clarified she was not suffering from an eating disorder in the months after her father’s death, though she struggled to keep food down. “I just couldn’t do anything for myself, eating made me feel like I wanted to throw up,” she explained. The past year marked what she called “the worst” of her life, compounded by her split from fiancé Sid Wilson, the 47-year-old Slipknot DJ with whom she shares three-year-old son Sidney.
The former reality star described her emotional state in stark terms: “It felt like everything inside me was dead, and I didn’t want my son to see me like this.” She turned to her father’s resting place in desperation, writing “Please help me” on the candle she brought. The following day, her mother Sharon arrived in a black Mercedes with therapist Chris Miller, a man in a mustard-colored jacket who Osbourne credits with saving her life.
“He changed me in so many ways I never thought possible,” she said of Miller.
Osbourne also reflected on the public scrutiny she faced while privately mourning. “No one knows what people are dealing with in private. I was just sad. I don’t wish that pain on anyone ever. And to do that in front of everyone just sucked,” she said. “I was just asking for a little bit of understanding, because there’s a lot more to the story than meets the eye.”
Despite the devastation, Osbourne found a measure of meaning in her grief. “In so many ways, I cannot even explain to you,” she said of her heartache. “But it is also been really beautiful because I’ve learned that my grief is an honor, as I truly love someone that much.”
Ozzy Osbourne died earlier this year after decades of health struggles including Parkinson’s disease and multiple surgeries following a 2019 fall. The Prince of Darkness, who rose to fame as Black Sabbath’s lead singer before launching a successful solo career and later becoming a beloved reality television patriarch on MTV’s “The Osbournes,” was 76. His death prompted tributes across the music industry and left the Osbourne family navigating life without its charismatic center.
Osbourne has since relocated to the United Kingdom, where she continues raising her son and processing her father’s loss away from the Los Angeles spotlight she grew up in.