Ozzy Osbourne's autobiography to be published ‘uncensored' months after his death with foreword from wife Sharon

The Sun

26-07-2025

OZZY Osbourne's warts-and-all autobiography will be published 'uncensored' after his death aged 76 - with a foreword from his wife Sharon.
His Last Rites book, finished just before he passed away, will recount his relationship with hairstylist Michelle Pugh, which spanned from 2012 to 2016 and drove his wife Sharon to nearly kill herself.
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The revelation shattered his marriage and Sharon, then 63, was left blindsided by the betrayal. She bravely revealed she attempted to end her life after learning the full extent of the affair.
"I took, I don't know how many pills," she said. "I just thought, ' My kids are older, they are fine and can take care of themselves.'"
A publishing source said yesterday: 'This book was basically Ozzy's last confessions and contains a lot of passages about how he is sorry for the affair.
'As he was always brutally honest during his life, it's been decided not a word will be changed, even about painful times in his life and how his affair affected Sharon.'
The insider added it is 'early days' in terms of Sharon's grief, but she will be asked to write a foreword to the book.
They said: 'Sharon is made of stern stuff and the publishers know she will want to leave her fingerprint on this book. Writing its foreword will also be cathartic for her and act as a way of laying Ozzy to rest.'
Another source said the book contains Ozzy's epitaph. He had joked before his death that he wanted four words carved on his gravestone: 'Bats taste like s***.'
But an insider said: 'This was just a joke and Ozzy wanted something a lot more profound on his gravestone.
'This book will reveal it.'
Last Rites already has a cover, showing Ozzy holding his hands in a prayer-style gesture to his face.
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A blurb for the upcoming book, set to be published in October, says: 'Last Rites is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Ozzy's descent into hell.
'Along the way, he reflects on his extraordinary life and career, including his marriage to wife Sharon, alongside his reflections on what it took for him to get back onstage for the triumphant Back to the Beginning concert, streamed around the world, where Ozzy reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates for the final time.
'Unflinching, brutally honest, but surprisingly life-affirming, Last Rites demonstrates once again why Ozzy has transcended his status as 'The Godfather of Metal' and 'The Prince of Darkness' to become a modern-day folk hero and national treasure.'
One excerpt from the autobiography features Ozzy saying: 'People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I'm like, f*** no. If I'd been clean and sober, I wouldn't be Ozzy. If I'd done normal, sensible things, I wouldn't be Ozzy.
'Look, if it ends tomorrow, I can't complain. I've been all around the world. Seen a lot of things. I've done good... and I've done bad.
'But right now, I'm not ready to go anywhere.'
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