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The moment Ozzy Osbourne's rarely-seen daughter Jessica revealed he'd become a granddad for the first time as she's snubbed from family's statement announcing his death

The moment Ozzy Osbourne's rarely-seen daughter Jessica revealed he'd become a granddad for the first time as she's snubbed from family's statement announcing his death

Daily Mail​24-07-2025
The moment Ozzy Osbourne 's rarely-seen daughter Jessica revealed he'd become a grandfather for the first time has been revealed, following his death on Tuesday.
The Black Sabbath frontman, had six children, including three with his wife Sharon, with his younger children Kelly and Jack known for appearing with him on reality show The Osbournes.
Ozzy also had two children with his first wife Thelma Riley, son Louis and daughter Jessica, and he adopted his wife's son Eliot.
However, Jessica and Eliot were noticeably absent from the family's statement announcing Ozzy's death, which was signed by his children Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis, along with wife Sharon.
Jessica has been noticeably silent since her father's death, and she's remained largely out of the spotlight.
She was the person who made Ozzy a grandfather for the first time, and despite never appearing in The Osbournes' TV show, she was mentioned in the episode 'Smells Like Teen Spirits,' when Ozzy learned that she had welcomed a daughter.
The moment Ozzy Osbourne 's rarely-seen daughter Jessica made a surprise appearance in the late rocker's reality show has been revealed
In a clip from the episode, which aired in 2002, Ozzy was told that his daughter's husband Ben would be calling him when 'the baby was born.'
An off-camera producer asked Ozzy if that was 'his daughter,' and the rocker nodded, before insisting he thought the baby was going to be a boy.
The episode then cut to the next scene, where Ozzy revealed that his first grandchild was a girl named Isabelle.
After one of his daughter Kelly's pals quipped that he was a 'little grandfather,' he hit back: 'Don't f*****g say those words.'
Jessica has two daughters, Isabelle and Kitty, and one son called Harry.
Ozzy had three children from his first marriage, and three from his marriage to Sharon, whom he remained married to until his death.
Before tying the knot to Sharon, he married his first wife Thelma Riley in 1971 after meeting her in a Birmingham nightclub.
Together, they welcomed children Jessica and Louis, although details surrounding their birthdays are unclear.
After one of his daughter Kelly's pals quipped that he was a 'little grandfather,' he hit back: 'Don't f*****g say those words'
Ozzy also adopted Thelma's five-year-old son Elliot from a previous relationship.
Louis now works as a DJ and married actress Louise Lennon in 2004.
The pair tied the knot in 2004, with Ozzy unable to attend after suffering major injuries after being injured in a quad bike accident.
In the 2011 documentary film God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, produced by his son Jack, he revealed that he could not even remember when Louis and Jessica were born.
Louis also opened up about growing up with a drunk father.
'When he was around and he wasn't [drunk], he was a great father,' he said in the documentary.
'But that was kind of seldom, really. I just have a lot of memories of him being drunk, random s**t like driving cars across fields and crashing them in the middle of the night and stuff like that.
'It's not good for family life, really.'
His older sister, Jessica added: 'I don't remember being put to bed or having a bath by dad or anything like that.
'I wouldn't say he was there for us, no, never on sports day, school trip, parents' evening. He wasn't like that, no.'
After divorcing Thelma, Osbourne went on to marry Sharon in 1982. Their first child, daughter Aimee was born September 2, 1983.
One year later, they welcomed daughter Kelly (born October 27, 1984), and on November 8, 1985, their son, Jack was born.
Aimee - who is also a singer and performs under her initials ARO - was born in London and raised in California until the age of 16 but moved out of the family home as filming for The Osbournes began in the early 2000s.
Reflecting on her decision to not appear on the show she said: '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?
'I wanted to protect myself, my parents, my siblings, too. They were very young, very impressionable.'
She later defended her decision in 2008 and told The Independent: 'I'm not some weirdo depressed daughter that's afraid of the world and locks herself in her room all day.
'I just didn't choose to do the show. I want to be a singer, and I felt if I'd stayed with the Osbournes and done the whole thing I would have been typecast right away.
'[Sharon] was hurt, and we definitely had a tough time with disagreements. I'm more reserved and my private life is very important.'
Aimee also has a strained relationship with younger sister Kelly, who confirmed in an interview four years ago that they are estranged.
Appearing on the Dax Shepard podcast - Armchair Expert in 2021, Kelly revealed: 'We don't talk. We're just really different.
'She doesn't understand me and I don't understand her.'
Back in 2015 Aimee admitted to The Independent that she and Kelly were not on close terms and said: 'I wouldn't say there is an ease between us, but there is an acceptance. Do we socialise? No.'
However, Aimee and brother Jack's bond is much better, with the pair both running production company Osbourne Media together.
On Wednesday, MailOnline revealed that an air ambulance was called to Osbourne's multi-million-pound country home as paramedics battled to save his life.
The Thames Valley air ambulance landed in a field close to Welders House, the singer's Grade II listed mansion on Tuesday morning at around 10.30am.
It's believed that calls from Welders House had led call handlers to believe that the Black Sabbath singer's life was in the balance.
A chopper was dispatched from Thames Valley ambulance base at RAF Benson in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, some 27 miles from the mansion which is located close to the village of Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire.
The crew were airborne for around 15 minutes before landing in the grounds of the mansion and were then with Osbourne for around two hours, trying but failing to save his life, it's understood.
News of the helicopter drama is the first insight into the finer details of the singer's death.
News of Ozzy's death was shared by the Osbourne family in a statement on Tuesday, which read: '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.
'He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis.'
Ozzy revealed earlier this year that he could no longer walk amid his years-long battle with Parkinson's disease.
However, he still managed to reunite with his bandmates Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward for their final gig earlier this month.
Amid his ailing health, Ozzy admitted he was unsure whether to perform standing up or sitting down following a series of spinal operations.
The singer was in strict training, which even saw his blood pressure being taken 15 times a day.
He explained: 'I have got this trainer guy who helps people get back to normal. It's hard going, but he's convinced that he can pull it off for me. I'm giving it everything I've got.
'It's endurance. The first thing that goes when you're laid up is your stamina.
'I am having my blood pressure taken 15 times a day.. I've got this f***ing device on my finger. It's a monitor to say how my heart rate is.'
Ozzy vowed to do the 'best he can' during his final show after his string of health concerns in recent years.
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