Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne have split after 33 years of marriage. This is not the first time Sharon and Ozzy have had problems, but this is the first time that we’ve ever gotten a big, seemingly-official announcement to E! News. The last time CB talked about Sharon, it was because she was complaining about all of the times Ozzy banged their kids’ nannies over the years. Sharon never blamed Ozzy for those infidelities, she blamed the women. And if you’re wondering if this story can get any grosser, just know that as E! News was reporting Ozzy and Sharon’s split, the Daily Mail was running a story about how Ozzy has been carrying on with his 45-year-old hairstylist.
It’s over for Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne. The 67-year-old heavy metal rocker and the 63-year-old co-host of The Talk have broken up after more than 33 years of marriage, E! News has learned. A source tells E! News that the couple mutually agreed that Ozzy would move out of the house temporarily. In addition, the split has nothing to do with Ozzy’s sobriety. Our insider shared that the rocker has been sober for three and a quarter years and has not touched drugs or alcohol in that time.
Ozzy and Sharon met in the early ’70s when he rose to fame with the band Black Sabbath. She later became his manager. The two wed on July 4, 1982 and had three children—Aimee Osbourne, 32, Kelly Osbourne, 31, and Jack Osbourne, 30. The family, minus Aimee, starred on the hit MTV reality show The Osbournes between 2002 and 2005.
The British papers are not saying the split is very amicable though. I mean, E! News’ source sounds like Sharon’s publicist, and this seems like a watered-down version of what really went down. The British papers are saying that Sharon kicked Ozzy out of their house when she learned of his alleged affair with hairstylist Michelle Pugh. A source told The Sun: “Sharon went ballistic with Ozzy and accused him of having the affair. She said she had suspected something had been going on for some time and now had proof. Ozzy was extremely sheepish and admitted being close to Michelle. It is likely Sharon has discovered calls and possibly meetings.”
For-real question though… is Ozzy even capable of really carrying on an affair? That’s what boggles my mind. Whenever I see him interviewed, he seems like he just goes wherever Sharon tells him to go and does whatever she tells him to do. In any case, it’s always sad to see a long-time married couple break down. But I always felt as if this marriage was barely functional in the first place.
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She never blamed Ozzy for cheating because he was never sober at the time. Now that he’s sober, she blames him? You’re often acting out your real desires who you’re drunk, etc. So she should’ve believed he was a cad the first time.
–TheRealPinky
IIRC, he tried to kill her once when hopped up on drugs. That she could forgive that boggles the mind. I’m glad to see she finally wised up.
He tried to kill Sharon? When did this happen?
@NW
Some time in the 80s, I think. He was choking the life out of her and had to be pulled off by bandmates or management. Something like that. He was arrested for attempted murder, but Sharon declined to press charges so he got away with it.
That’s so wild to me. Here in Texas, the victim’s desire to not pursue charges is irrelevant if there’s enough evidence that the crime actually took place (e.g. 911 calls, visible injury, prior statements by the complainant, police officer recollection, medical records, etc.). Once the police agency files the case with the district or county attorney’s office, the final decision vis a vis the disposition of the case is up to the prosecutor(s) and the state, not the victim.
@Grant – I am a criminal defense attorney and that is the policy in the states where I practice as well; however, those policies were not in place in the 80s and imagine that is the case in most locales
I think that happened when he was on a 5 day vodka bender.
Ozzie was married, with young children, when she was sleeping with him.
indeed … really? i must have forgotten – tho color me not at all shocked.
Sharon is a man-eater and i’ll be interested to see how long it takes for Kelly to shoot off her mouth (even tho i cant stand her!) lol
I hate that saying ” you’re acting-out your real emotions when drunk”. NO YOU’RE NOT. Your brain literally loses brain cells and is suffocating. Also, they’ve been over so NEXT.
Thank you!
It’s why they say you lose your inhibitions. Hey, if one doesn’t want to act like a fool and act out in ways one wouldn’t when sober and be held accountable for it, then don’t get drunk. Someone makes the choice to act like a fool then wants to be excused for his/her bad decisions while in that state? Please.
But let me ask you this: people get annoyed that Sharon blamed the chicks, but if it were a woman who slept with a man when she was incapacitated and then claimed that she hadn’t consented, people are more likely to consider it rape. Was Ozzy raped all those times he was “cheating” on Sharon? Was Sharon right all along?
–TheRealPinky
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After studying 5 years of homicide cases, I believe you do what you really wanted to do while drunk. If it’s not in you, you won’t kill, or hurt, or maim. You may cry and embarrass yourself, but if you want to harm someone, or want to screw the nanny, that’s in you and it comes out when your inhibitions are down.
I wonder what Ozzy feels when he has literally spent 50 years smash-faced and on drugs.
And I seriously question the other woman. WTF?
I feel no empathy for this family. i dislike each one of them apart from the sister who never agreed to be on tv.
What a prize that other woman is getting. Must be in it for the publicity.
I co-sign everything you said and add that hairdresser seriously needs therapy. How do you even have an affair with this semi comatose wreck? Can he even get it up? Its not like he is even a challenge that she can brag about as a conquest. He doesnt control the money so its not like he can give her lots of gifts. What the hell was her motivation.
I remember Ozzy being on Howard Stern a few years back, and said that he was on so much medication (anti-depressants, etc.) that he couldn’t get an erection…I swear, Sharon, just puts this “split” story out every few years, to get some publicity…Ozzy looks incapable of tying his shoes, let alone have an affair!
He certainly looks like an embalmed corpse to me.
They were using Viagra back in their reality show days.
They couldn’t even bother to pick up their dogs’ shit from the carpets so I don’t see them making lot of effort in having sex either.
Sharon is an enabler and has been her entire life. She appears to be a woman with little self esteem who wanted to be the wife of a rock star and would accept what ever Ozzy did to keep her title. The drugs, the booze, the other women, never being home, never a husband, never a father. She is just as bad as Kris Kardasian. Two of her children are learning disabled. She had to money to get them the best teachers and the best schools but she allowed them to drop out of school as young teens. Neither of them has any skills. Her daughter has to make a living bashing other people. Never saw the appeal of Fashion Police ( not funny, just mean spirited and bullying) Just like Kris, she has had non stop plastic surgery. She puts up with her husband’s crap because that is where she get her identity. Had she divorced him yeas ago, she would have been another ex wife who no one remembers. I feel sorry for her kids. If the money should run out they have no skills to support themselves. Likewise with the Kardasian children, Will Smith’s kids, Hulk Hogan children, Rod Steward’s kids.
Ditto- All the stuff you just said crtb. lol
I always hated fashion police. Not funny, just mean
Good post, I agree.
It is so odd to me that the people who work hard and have some sort of drive or ambition to succeed in a very difficult and competitive business seem so blase about their children being so listless and directionless.
What is said on Fashion Police is not any worst then what is said on these blogs.
Sharon is far from an enabler. She is a very shrewd woman who has a dependent/codependent relationship with her husband for decades.
She puts up with Ozzy’s bad behavior because she is his manager, and she loves the money. If they are no longer married, chances are, she may not be managing his career anymore either. That is a nice portion of income that she will no longer have in her Chanel bag.
Now, that she had made a bigger name for herself, by co-hosting “The Talk” and being a judge on shows, losing that income may not be as important to her anymore.
She needed Ozzy so she would have a career as a manager, and Ozzy needed her even more. Without Sharon, he probably would have overdosed on drugs years ago and would never have had a successful solo career. She made him a successful solo artist, and his previous fame with Black Sabbath, the band her father managed, btw, allowed her to have a name artist to manage.
As I said before, it is a very dependent/codependent relationship.
Actually, the one that was oh so private is now trying to sing and become an actress
I was impressed by Aimee’s good sense when I heard she had declined to appear on the show. That decision looks better and better as the years go by and the other four seem to accrue problems they might not have had without that level of TV fame.
She’s spent years with her head in the sand blaming his infidelity on his addictions, now that he’s sober she can’t do that anymore.
I could never forgive someone for cheating on me the day I gave birth.
Haven’t they broken up a1,000 times. I don’t know there is so much history and codependency I can see them getting back on and off….
They both seem to be codependent, I am sure they will be back together by the end of the week and the other woman will be roasted in the press as a wanton harlot who lured him away.
She is also addicted to plastic surgery.
I feel like I’ve heard this story before – them breaking up. Its hard to believe that he can physically have an affair with anyone. He just seems like a sack of potatoes to me.
“is Ozzy even capable of really carrying on an affair?” thats what im wondering too. can that guy even consent, does he still know whats going on around him?
their marriage was always very weird. Sharon was more of a caretaker and had huge control over Ozzy but Ozzy also needed that control, Sharon basically kept him alive.
They do this when they want a little extra publicity. Is Ozzy touring this summer? What’s it called again?… Ozzfest?…not that I give a rat’s ass anyway…..don’t you worry about $haron.
I believe Sharon Osbourne is a deeply unhappy woman. She has a very fractious relationship with her father and i think i remember her saying that she and her mother pretty much couldn’t stand each other? I read her first book, which was very interesting. But that was back when i was a fan. I’ve since grown up and understand that being as hateful and dangerous as she can be if you dare cross her or her family – no matter how slight- is not a good way to live your life.
I also think she is a giant hypocrite because she got with Ozzy when he was still married to his first wife, yet doesn’t seem to remember that when talking about other situations. And she needs to have a word with her little darling Kelly who bashes people for ‘homewrecking’ when she herself is the product of it and should have some perspective.
As for Ozzy – he’s a lousy cheat and not as stupid as they’ve made him out to be in this reality world. He tried to strangle her ffs! Yet people think he’s this harmless old rocker – a rep Sharon has very much shaped.
Their daughter Amy seems to be the only normal one – she had nothing to do with their show and doesn’t talk to Kelly. Even Jack grew up.
Yes!!! He has always been led around like a dog on a leash and she took him away from a wife and young family. He’s never been faithful in his life. Why the shock now?
No matter how much you dislike Sharon she did not take Ozzy away from his ex-wife and kids, that was his choice.
It isn’t Kelly’s fault that Ozzy cheated on his wife and got together with her mother. Children aren’t to blame for the bad behavior of their parents. It isn’t fair that she should change anything about herself based on that.
I think the ‘homewrecker’ title is stupid (while it shows questionable moral judgement to get together with a person in a relationship, it is the person cheating who is wrecking their home), and don’t get why being the child of a so-called homewrecker means you should have perspective and not talk about it?
Sharon proves that it’s never too late to get your head out of your ass.
I think they’re doing this for attention. They/Sharon have seen how much attention other divorcing couples are getting and want a piece of the action. They too will play the are-they-back-together-or-aren’t-they game with the press. Ozzy having an affair is laughable. The man is feeble. Drunk, sober, on drugs, doesn’t matter — he’s been a houseplant for years. I will buy that he moved out of the family home but I’d wager it’s to get away from all of the dog poop and pee. None of their 10,000 dogs are trained and there is a layer of crap all over the place. He was constantly complaining about it on The Osbournes. That would drive anyone to a hotel.
I think this is for attention, too. He must be gearing up for a tour or Sharon has some new project. Ozzy has cheated on her for the whole marriage so why kick him to the curb now? I smell $$$ somewhere.
I think it’s for attention to since I’m sure he’s cheated on her many many times before. New reality show “Getting Back with Ozzy” chronicling their faux drama. Sharon needs to do something about her plastic surgery addiction.
Sharon will never divorce him.
And Sharon has a very busy career, over here on The Talk, over in the UK, and other things. Without her eye on him and being with him, this is what happens, cheating, drugs. With her career so busy, I always figured left to his own devices, without her there keeping him on the straight and narrow, he was up to no good.
I imagine the woman leaked all of this for publicity after he dumped her trying to get Sharon back, their usual dysfunctional routine. They aren’t breaking up until one of them dies.
Sharon never kept Ozzy on the straight and narrow, he was on drugs when they were together for 30 years. I imagine Sharon leaked this story, to keep him in his place because he depended on her and she like the title of being his wife.
Sharon is into tough love exercises like this with Ozzy, so hopefully that’s all it is. I don’t think he’s entirely with it, due to damage done by the longtime drug and alcohol use plus possibly his genetic neurological problems as he ages (they made the effects of drugs worse, don’t know what other effects they might have on behavior at his age), and she must know that and hence the blaming of the others. The guy is easily led etc. It’s not the same situation as with someone who isn’t damaged. Ozzy will miss her and promise to shape up. Hopefully. They may be a dysfunctional pair but it seems to work for them. He so needs a keeper. Or two. Or three… Enough for shifts.
Except he ends up banging all his keepers. 🙂
When my husband told me this news yesterday, my first thought was “I guess Sharon’s finally rich enough.” Because seriously, why stick around for so long and suffer so many indignities and then leave?
I think she does this as a warning to him so he can contemplate trying to function without her. He’s decrepit at best and unable to care for himself. She just does this to yank his chain every so often.
I love how they say “this has nothing to do with his sobriety. He’s been sober for 3 and a quarter years.” The man is 67 and and has only been sober for three years. Whatever.
I don’t even believe they’ve split. He gets overly confident with his activities and she finds out, they fight, she kicks him out, they get back together and she blames the other women or drugs and alcohol. It’s a pattern. I don’t believe they love each other and haven’t for a long time. It’s just been a business arrangement or a marriage of convenience for decades. She probably only expects discretion, but he’s too brain damaged to even manage that. The hair dresser must be brain damaged too.
Seriously, just how low are this hair stylist’s standards? He hobbles around and can’t put a string of words together.He’s also wife beater, serial adulterer and substance abuser. What exactly is the allure?
definitely not his singing. Oooh…Burn! LOL.
I agree with everything that has been said on this. It is to keep the machine going with a “houseplant” and “enabler.”
OMG. “house plant”. I think I love you.
The credit for the “houseplant” moniker goes to Steph who graciously pulled it out of the ether in a post above. I just borrowed it as it was just too darn appropriate.
Can I be mean ? really really mean ?
For years he’s been cheating on her, has been a drunk/druggie, has been violent. And she forgave and forgave and forgave… and never left.
Now he’s sober and they’re splitting ? I say HE went away and left her.
I can’t believe he has the stamina to cheat…then again with all the emotional and physical and psychological support Sharon has given to him, pretty unconditionally it seems, over the years, maybe he’s not banging anyone else, but the fact that he’s flirting or keeping close with other women instead of her maybe really hurts her, and she’s had enough.
I don’t blame her.
I never did get these two. It’s like they live for the drama. He is a serial cheater and recovering alcoholic/drug addict. Not sure why Sharon stuck by him all these years. I feel like most people will be like “oh finally.” It’s not super exciting because they have separated before. Don’t feel bad for either one of them. Should have pulled the plug on their marriage a long time ago.
The money played a huge part in why she stays/stayed with him. Also, she admitted to cheating on Ozzy with his guitarist, Randy Rhoads, back in the day. So, she isn’t lily white, either.
It is simple, they stayed together because it was mutually beneficial for both of them, and I would not be surprised, if they reconciled, despite this latest indiscretion.
I’m surprised Ozzie even has a hairdresser, I thought he just chewed off his hair when he wanted a trim.
I loved their tv show and wish they had made more of it. So much better than the drivel of the Kartrashians we deal with these days.
I always make sure to visit this site as often as possible because I just LOVE Celebitchy and I also love to read/ scroll through most of the comments. Most are very entertaining LOL. 😀
Anyway, I just had to comment on this article.
I cannot believe it took Sharon sooooo damn long to divorce Ozzy.
She’d been riding on his coattails far too longgggggg
But MONEY talks, in addition to the fame that comes with it, so I guess I can see why she stayed in this ridiculous marriage for so many years.
They are both NUTS anyway.