Bedhead covered the original “Ozzy and Sharon split” story, from The Sun yesterday. I grabbed this follow-up because it looks like today is going to be slower gossip-wise as everyone tries to process the tragic events in Boston. Our hearts go out to the people who lost loved ones and who were injured in that attack. It’s just an awful story, and Bedhead will be covering it shortly. It’s hard to know what to say except that we’re sick over it and are thinking of the victims.
Getting back to Ozzy and Sharon’s split, it seems to have some truth to it, as TMZ ran a follow-up yesterday confirming that these two have been living apart after 31 years of marriage. Ozzy is living in a rented home while Sharon is staying in a hotel. In response to this story, Ozzy didn’t deny it outright, simply saying that he’s still married. He does admit that he fell off the wagon big time, and that he has been “drinking and taking drugs” for the past year and a half. He says he’s been sober for 44 days though. One day at a time, Ozzy! Here’s more:
From her double mastectomy to their daughter’s mysterious seizure, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne have had a tough time lately.
But things may be looking up for the couple, who wed in 1982. Ozzy, 64, took to Facebook Monday to post a message about his sobriety.
“For the last year and a half I have been drinking and taking drugs,” he wrote. “I was in a very dark place and was an a–– to the people I love most, my family. However, I am happy to say that I am now 44 days sober.”
He also decided to clear up rumors that he and Sharon, who co-hosts The Talk, are splitting.
“Just to set the record straight, Sharon and I are not divorcing,” he continued. “I’m just trying to be a better person.”
Osbourne, 64, also expressed regret to his loved ones. “I would like to apologize to Sharon, my family, my friends and my band mates for my insane behavior during this period,” he wrote. “And [to] my fans.”
Reps for the couple declined to comment.
Jack has tweeted about the rumors about his parents divorce too, writing that it’s not true:
…it’s all bullsh*t. Last time I check a lot of British news papers weren’t amazing sources of accurate information. Moving on…
— Jack Osbourne (@MrJackO) April 14, 2013
Ozzy and Sharon have been down this road before. Ozzy has abused drugs for decades, he’s been to rehab, he got sober, and Sharon has spoken out about how Ozzy abused her while he was deep in his addiction. Their kids have had well-documented issues with drugs and alcohol, and both have been to rehab and are sober now. This family has a lot of experience with addiction.
It sounds like Ozzy started boozing and drugging again, Sharon put her foot down and moved out, and that convinced Ozzy to get his act together and get sober. I hope that Ozzy stays clean, and if he can do that I do hope that they work it out somehow. They seem meant for each other, and as Bedhead mentioned they’re a kind of institution. I don’t want them to break up!
These photos are from August and October, 2012. Credit: WENN.com
Awww I love them. It would sadden me if they split. Hopefully there is no truth to it. Ozzy would fall apart without Sharon.
I agree she is the reason he has been around this long
That’s too bad. They’re made for each other. Hopefully ozzy will get back on track, sharon is a great lady and it would be a shame for them to divorce.
I didn’t know about the past abuse. Ugh.
allegedly he was so high one time that he tried to strangle her and said “the voices have told me to kill you.” i’ve always been AMAZED that she stuck around after all of that.
Sharon back then while very smart and eventually managed him was a very homely woman and overweight. I think when he picked her and left his wife for her when he was a big rock star she felt lucky and put up with a lot. Many years later getting plastic surgery, a nose job, weight loss from gastric bypass turned her into a striking woman. Who knew she had such great bone structure to work with.
Of course, these last few years she has really overdone the plastic surgery and Botox, fillers, and even admitted it.
“Their kids have had well-documented issues with drugs and alcohol, and both have been to rehab…”
Both kids as in all three of them?…
That’s right…They have another daughter. She definitely has chose to lay low.
Any marriage that ends is sad, so I really hope that it is just a bump in the road and they get their issues sorted out.
Tough love is real love, good for Sharon. Hopefully her tough love will save her marriage. I’m rooting for them.
When I heard about the split I assumed that Ozzy fell off the wagon and that was why she moved out until he gets clean again. I certainly hope they don’t break up 🙁
Black Sabbath just released dates for their North American tour and I can’t wait to see them!! Wondering if these breakup rumours could also be a way to drum up PR before the tour??
I guessed that right away too. As a huge lover of the Ozzman I know that EVERY time Ozzy falls off the wagon, Sharon moves out. And good for her! She doesn’t need that crap.
As far as the past abuse, yes. It is terrible and it does make me respect him less. HOWEVER I would like to point out that Ozzy never denies or makes excuses for what he did. He is up front about it, always says it was terrible, and never blames it on drugs or alcohol. He doesn’t flip shit about it when people bring it up and say it was a long time ago. That’s why I can think more highly of him then say, Chris Brown or Charlie Sheen.
That’s sad, good luck to him in getting better.
I hope they don’t split, but I can’t say I blame her if she does leave.
That’s exactly what I was thinking. Having an addict as a partner is beyond draining. I don’t know how she’s done it for as long as she has. He couldn’t have been a joy to live with in their early years together.
Assuming neither one of them has found someone else–probably the best back-up plan for dealing with his addiction is separate residences. Sharon has a choice of course, so the one’s who really suffer are the kids who have to deal with both them being miserable. At least this way Sharon is safe and her children don’t have to worry about the abuse nightmare as well.
I love them both, so I hope they are able to work through their problems together! And that Ozzy can stay sober this time, for good.
I’m rooting for both of them.
I really like them together. Hope he stays clean.
Addiction is tenacious isn’t it? I am a recovering alcoholic and one day at a time I hope Ozzie gets it together.
Echoing the sentiments of others, I really hope he’s able to stay sober and they’re able to save their marriage.
It’s such a lot of time and dedication to spend with one another, only to have it irreparably broken after all this time.
I’m really wondering if a tour is the best thing for Ozzy right now. Some musicians need to tour; it’s how they stay sane. For someone with his struggles, though, not so sure.
When Dave Gahan kicked his heroin addiction, he didn’t tour for a year because of his sobriety being so fragile and then when he did a year later, he had a sober coach on tour with him. He said having his bandmates drinking in front of him was really tough. Being on the road for Ozzie with no support system of some kind is a disaster waiting to happen.
I think she was always by his side. She was his manager. Her career is busier and busier these last years, AGT in England, AGT in the USA, The Talk tv show. Ozzie alone more and the kids grown, gone from the house probably gave him less structure and demons resurfaced.
Awww 🙁
I would definitely want to know who was enabling him! Glad he is sober again, but if I was Sharon, I would be on a warpath for whoever re-introduced him to drugs!
I’ve lived with an addict and alcoholic. It’s hell. I wouldn’t blame her for moving out even if she hadn’t “given up” on him. And honestly, if she hasn’t given up yet, she’s not going to. I don’t believe the divorce rumors were true. I do believe she needed to get the hell away from him and maybe even issued an ultimatum, though.