Jack Osbourne admitted he's ‘not close at all' with sister Aimee days before Ozzy's death
Jack, 39, admitted that he and Aimee, 41, were 'not close at all' during an episode of Katie Maloney and Dayna Kathan's 'Disrespectfully' podcast released July 16.
'We don't have a great relationship. She'll be the first to tell you that,' he said one week before Ozzy's death. 'So, it's no secret.'
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11 Jack Osbourne greets fans as he arrives to view tributes to the late Ozzy Osbourne in Birmingham, England, on July 30, 2025.
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11 Aimee Osbourne at the funeral procession for her late father in Birmingham, England, on July 30, 2025.
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While Jack and his other older sister, Kelly, 40, garnered fame after starring in MTV's 'The Osbournes' with parents Ozzy and Sharon, 72, Aimee chose not to participate in the show during its four-season run from 2002 to 2005.
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Instead, she became an 'obscure, mysterious, moody' musician, according to her brother.
'She deemed doing a show on MTV as low-hanging fruit, and she was like, 'I'm not going to be seen riding coattails.' That's how she perceived it,' the Black Sabbath icon's son explained.
11 Jack and Aimee Osbourne during Los Angeles Fashion Week in 2004.
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11 Ozzy Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, Aimee Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne and Jack Osbourne during the height of 'The Osbournes' reality TV show's popularity.
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'Once the show was hugely successful, I think she was like, 'I can't now, come on, because I don't want to be seen even more as jumping on the bandwagon,'' he continued. 'So, she just dug her heels in and wanted to be relatively private and obscure.'
However, Jack admitted that he 'never' asked his oldest sister if she regretted not starring in 'The Osbournes' – although he speculated she did.
'There must be a level of like, 'My life probably would have been different than what it is if I'd have done that.' I don't know. I mean, I would feel like I would have regretted it,' Jack explained during the podcast.
11 The Osbourne family at the 1997 Kerrang Awards in London, England.
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11 Jack Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne and Aimee Osbourne at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards.
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'It was such an interesting thing to be a part of, especially how much media has changed,' he continued. 'There is just not that level or kind of excitement around TV anymore like there was back then. When you had a hit TV show in the early 2000s, it was a game-changer.'
Ozzy and Sharon's oldest daughter opened up about her decision not to appear in 'The Osbournes' during an interview with the NYC classic rock radio station Q104.3 back in 2020.
At the time, Aimee said that she had no regrets about turning down the series.
11 Ozzy Osbourne holds a replica of his new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as he poses with his family during a ceremony on April 12, 2002, in Los Angeles.
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'For me, I had grown up around having a pretty well-known dad anyway, and I always really valued my privacy within that family,' she explained. 'And for me personally, and for who I am, you know, as far as morally and also just to give myself a chance to actually develop into a human being as opposed to just being remembered for being a teenager, it didn't really line up with what I saw my future as.'
'It definitely worked great for the rest of my family,' she added. 'But for me and who I am, I just knew it was never something that I would have been able to consider realistically.'
Aimee later broke cover with her siblings following the shocking death of their beloved dad, who passed away on July 22 following a lengthy battle with Parkinson's disease and other health issues.
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11 Kelly, Jack, Aimee and Sharon Osbourne during the funeral procession for Ozzy Osbourne in Birmingham, England, on July 30.
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11 Jack, Sharon, Kelly and Aimee Osbourne mourn Ozzy Osbourne in his hometown of Birmingham, England, on July 30, 2025.
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After releasing a joint statement confirming the devastating news, Aimee appeared at the funeral procession organized in Ozzy's memory through the streets of his Birmingham, England, hometown on July 30.
Photos from the cortège showed Aimee grieving with her siblings and heartbroken mother, as well as with Ozzy's son, Louis, 50, from his first marriage to Thelma Riley.
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Aimee was also spotted wearing a bat brooch in her late father's honor shortly before he was laid to rest during a private ceremony in Buckinghamshire, England, on July 31.
11 Louis, Aimee, Jack, Sharon and Kelly Osbourne grieving the late Prince of Darkness in Birmingham, England.
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11 Jack Osbourne, Aimee Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne and Ozzy Osbourne attend the premiere of 'Little Nicky' on November 2, 2000.
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Kelly Osbourne has since taken to social media to thank her dad's countless fans for their love and support in the wake of his death. She also admitted that she 'won't be OK for a while' after Ozzy's passing.
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'I've sat down to write this a hundred times and still don't know if the words will ever feel like enough,' the former 'Fashion Police' host began. 'The love, support, and beautiful messages I've received from so many of you have truly helped carry her through the hardest moment of my life.'
'Grief is a strange thing — it sneaks up on you in waves,' Ozzy and Sharon's youngest daughter added. 'I will not be OK for a while — but knowing my family are not alone in our pain makes a difference.'
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