Why Kelly & Aimee Osbourne Weren't on Speaking Terms Before Dad Ozzy's Death
The Osbourne family confirmed Ozzy's death in a July 22 joint statement, marking the first time Kelly, 40, and Aimee, 41, have been publicly involved with one another since Kelly revealed their feud in 2021.
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'It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,' their statement read. 'He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family's privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis.'
Two of Ozzy's older children from his first marriage, Jessica and Elliot, were notably left out of the statement.
In 2021, Kelly revealed that she is not in contact with Aimee. 'We don't talk,' she said during an appearance on Dax Shepard's podcast Armchair Expert, 'We're just really different. She doesn't understand me and I don't understand her.'
Aimee, who is also an older sister to Jack, the youngest of Sharon and Ozzy's three kids, alluded to issues in her relationship with her siblings in 2015. 'I wouldn't say there is an ease between us,' she told The Independent. 'But there is an acceptance. Do we socialize? No.'
Aimee also elaborated on having a very different relationship with fame than the rest of her family. 'I'll be having lunch with my mum and she'll complain about the paparazzi outside,' she said. 'I tell her that she could have worn a beanie, but of course she never does. She loves it – it's how she chooses to connect with people. That's fine, I can respect that. But I'm the opposite. I always have been.'
Aimee is, by far, the most private of Sharon and Ozzy's kids and notably moved out of the family's Los Angeles home at age 16 to avoid appearing on their MTV reality show, The Osbournes.
'Back then, I still felt I was trying to figure out who I was in the chaos of family life, so why on earth would I want that portrayed on television?' Aimee told The Independent of her decision not to appear on the show. 'I wanted to protect myself, my parents, my siblings, too. They were very young, very impressionable.'
She said that the family had 'shouting matches' over whether to accept MTV's offer before she was eventually outvoted by her parents and younger siblings.
'It didn't matter what I thought, ultimately,' she added. 'This was their path, their decision, and they were of course at liberty to take the opportunity. Which they did.'
When MTV started filming, Aimee moved out. 'Obviously, I would have liked to stay at home a little longer,' she said, 'but it wasn't to be.'
Later, in 2018, Sharon reflected on her daughter's departure from the family home and admitted that she wished she'd handled it differently.
'She felt too that she didn't want to grow up on camera,' Sharon said of Aimee during a 2018 episode of The Talk, per People. 'And so she left at 16 and I regret every day that she did.'
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