EXCLUSIVE Ozzy Osbourne to tell-all on the fling that pushed wife Sharon to overdose and nearly ended his career
The distraught music manager, 72, struggled to cope with the devastating news of his infidelity and walked out on their decades-long marriage.
But she publicly forgave him months later, and went on to nurse him through several major health issues, including a Parkinson's diagnosis in 2020.
Now, nearly ten years on, the Daily Mail can reveal the veteran rocker will detail the bombshell fling in his blisteringly honest upcoming memoir, Last Rites, which will reportedly 'address the good, the bad, the ugly and downright despicable.'
Ozzy, who reportedly cheated on Sharon with multiple women through the years, will address how his affair with his hair stylist Michelle Pugh was a 'pivotal moment' in his life, and could have spelled the end of not only his career, but also his marriage forever.
'You are going to get the whole f***ing lot - is how Ozzy has described it,' said one insider close to the Black Sabbath frontman. 'He has opened up on the insane things that have happened in the last 17 years to him and his family.'
'He sat with a writer to address the good, the bad, the ugly and downright despicable - and that will include what went down with Michelle and how Sharon left him,' the source added. 'That time was a really pivotal moment because had he not won Sharon back then perhaps that could have spelled the end for his career and efforts to stay sober, because without Sharon as his rock we all fear the worst.'
The insider said Ozzy wants to 'tell the world his version of all that now that the dust has settled,' including how he 'did therapy and the utmost to prove he would not stray and was committed to Sharon.'
'She took him back and it really got his mind focused on working again,' they said, adding: 'Obviously that came off the rails with his Parkinson's and that horrible fall which left him really unable to play a full concert again.'
Ozzy will reportedly reiterate how his sex addiction issues were a key reason for the fling with Michelle, who claimed the Brummie star had given her the 'greatest love of my life.'
The colorist, who styled the likes of Rihanna and worked on campaigns for Gucci, claimed Ozzy pursued her one year after she first colored his hair in late 2011. Speaking exclusively to People in 2017 about their four-year affair, she said: 'He made me feel like the most beautiful and worshipped woman in the world.'
Michelle, who also claimed the notorious hellraiser had been 'unhappy' in his marriage, said life post-affair was a 'struggle every day.'
Sharon and Ozzy married in 1982 and have three children – Aimee, 41, Kelly, 40, and Jack, 39.
Sharon was aware of Ozzy's wandering eye, admitting to the Telegraph in 2017 that he had cheated on her with multiple women during their relationship, including 'some Russian teenager, then a masseuse in England, our masseuse out here, and then our cook.'
The insider said Ozzy wants to 'tell the world his version of all that now that the dust has settled,' including how he 'did therapy and the utmost to prove he would not stray and was committed to Sharon'
But his illicit affair with Michelle pushed her to attempt suicide, something she admitted for the first time last year.
'He always, always had groupies and I was so used to that,' she told an audience in London as part of her show, Sharon Osbourne: Cut the Crap. 'But when he knows the name of the person, where they live and where they work... it is a whole different thing as you are emotionally invested. I took I don't know how many pills.
'I just thought 'My kids are older, they are fine and can take care of themselves'. So I took an overdose and locked myself in the bedroom. The maid tried to come in to clean the room and saw me.'
She later announced she had forgiven him, describing him as a 'romantic fool' during an appearance on The Talk in July 2016.
'I forgive,' she said. 'It's going take a long time to trust, but we've been together 36 years, 34 of marriage … I just can't think of my life without him. Even though he is a dog. He's a dirty dog. So there we are. He's going to pay big.'
She added: 'He feels that he owes everyone here an apology because he's put us all through it. He's very embarrassed and ashamed about his conduct.'
Ozzy also addressed his behavior in an interview with British GQ in 2020. 'I've done some pretty outrageous things in my life,' he said. 'I regret cheating on my wife. I don't do it anymore.
'I got my reality check and I'm lucky she didn't leave me. I'm not proud of that. I was pissed off with myself. But I broke her heart.'
Last Rites promises to be one of the most shocking, saddening and side splitting autobiographies of all time, according to our insider.
The 320 pages will cover his marital strife, ongoing battle with sobriety, devastation over his Parkinson's diagnoses and the brutal physical and mental health struggles he's faced since he fell at home in 2019 prompting a raft of life changing issues.
The source added: 'Ozzy is going all the way in this book right up till what happened on stage with Sabbath last week. The stories he has to tell are incredible and his own emotional take on everything is going to be gripping.
'The man has so many layers to him and at the centre of it is a deeply complicated human being doing his best to battle his demons all while trying to be the best father and hubby and loving being a granddad.'
Ozzy released a statement about the book through his publisher Hachette Books.
'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.'
A PR release confirmed that Sharon and Ozzy's relationship will be examined. 'Last Rites is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Osbourne's descent into hell. Along the way, he reflects on his extraordinary life and career – including his turbulent marriage to wife Sharon.'
It Is estimated that Ozzy, who played five tracks at the Back To The Beginning farewell show in Villa Park last week, earned £3million for the deal. It hits stores on October 7.
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