Ozzy Osbourne on daughter Kelly's powerful act after his Parkinson's diagnosis
The late Ozzy Osbourne credited his youngest daughter Kelly Osbourne with having helped him in the wake of being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The musician spoke about her whilst sharing the diagnosis five years ago.
It was announced in 2020 that Ozzy had been diagnosed with a form of Parkinson's the year before. After sharing his condition, he continued to raise awareness of the condition, which can include a range of symptoms, in the years since then and has been praised by two charities this week following the news of his death on Tuesday.
Ozzy's diagnosis was first shared in an interview on Good Morning America. He began by saying: "I found out that I have a mild form of ..." He looked to his wife Sharon Osbourne, who said: "It's Parkin 2, which is a form of Parkinson's."
The couple were also joined by their children Kelly and Jack Osbourne for the interview with Robin Roberts in 2020. It was revealed that Kelly had helped her dad Ozzy, who had experienced a "bad fall" shortly before his Parkinson's diagnosis, "get back on his feet" and into the recording studio.
Following the news of his diagnosis, Kelly said: "We just kept going everyday and the magic that happens, I think, when you're in pain ..." Ozzy, pointing at his youngest daughter, interrupted her to say: "She's the one! If it wasn't for her I'd be still lying up on the couch."
Kelly said: "The only thing I know when it comes to my dad is what can I do to make him smile and I know that going to the studio makes him happy. So I got him up and got him to the studio, and that's all I did. Everything else was him."
Ozzy recorded the album Ordinary Man following the diagnosis, which he said came after he was left with nerve damage from surgery in response to his fall in 2019. The album peaked at Number 3 in the UK after its release in 2020.
In the interview on Good Morning America, Kelly also spoke about the family noticing symptoms of Parkinson's. She said that her brother Jack saw signs of the condition "first" and described the situation as "really strange".
Kelly said: "It's really strange how this works because there are some days where I will walk in this house and I'm like 'there is absolutely nothing wrong with him'. [...] Then you come back the next day, and nothing has happened, but it's like he can't feel his arm and he can't get off the couch."
Elsewhere in the interview, Ozzy said he was experiencing numbness in one arm, which he attributed to his surgery, and coldness in his legs. The musician and his wife said that they weren't sure which symptoms were as a result of the surgery, and which were due to Parkinson's.
Sharon told host Robin that whilst Parkinson's isn't a "death sentence," it affects certain nerves. She shared in the interview five years ago: "It's like you have a good day, a good day, and then a really bad day."
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