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From bat-biting antics & drug battles to rollercoaster reality show – how Ozzy truly earned title of Prince of Darkness
THERE was never any doubt what would be on his gravestone, according to the rocker himself: 'Here lies Ozzy Osbourne. He bit the head off a bat.' The singer - dubbed the 14 Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne has passed away aged 76 Credit: Getty 14 He was dubbed the 'Prince of Darkness' Credit: Redferns 14 He once famously bit the head off a bat Credit: Getty 14 The 1982 bat-biting stunt left Ozzy needing a rabies injection Ozzy - who has died aged 76 following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, just 17 days after playing a farewell gig with his band Black Sabbath - later recalled: 'Immediately, something felt wrong.' There was a foul taste, and he felt the severed head twitch in his mouth. Next thing the singer knew he was being rushed to A&E for emergency rabies shots. The teenage bat-thrower later insisted it was already dead, but Ozzy always maintained he felt it moving. Read more on Ozzy Osbourne 'If it's end of the road, I can't complain' How Ozzy Osbourne Emotional moment Whatever the truth, the incident grabbed global headlines and overshadowed a career of mind-boggling firsts. The Brummie - whose full name is John Michael Osbourne - started out as the wild frontman of the band credited with inventing heavy metal. He went on to help create a whole new genre of TV in 2002 as part of a ground-breaking reality series, The Osbournes, starring him, his manager-wife Sharon, 72, and two of their three children - Kelly, 40, and Jack, 39. Most read in Celebrity Their eldest daughter Aimee, 41, refused to take part in the MTV show because she didn't want to 'grow up on camera' and left home aged 16 as a result - something Sharon has since admitted she regrets deeply. The series, which ran for four years and paved the way for Paris Hilton and the Kardashians, won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program and at its peak, Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack were earning £3.7million each per season. Ozzy Osbourne top five greatest moments It followed Sharon's battle with colon cancer and Ozzy's near-miss in a quad bike crash, which kicked off years of failing health for the rocker. Ozzy admitted he was stunned by its success, telling Hot Press in December 2002: "I mean, before we did the TV show, I was Ozzy Osbourne the legendary rock'n'roller, and now I'm this f------ demi-god!" he added. "I'm on the front of all these f------ magazines ... f--- me, it's mad!" While Ozzy stepped away from the limelight following the end of the series, it kickstarted Sharon's reality TV career, with her joining the judging panel on The X Factor from 2004 until 2007, followed by America's Got Talent from 2007-2012, The Celebrity Apprentice in 2010 and Celeb Big Brother last year. Whirlwind romance Ozzy survived decades of booze and drug addiction which were regularly found to be at 'lethal' levels in his blood - and nearly cost him two marriages. As he said in March 2023, aged 74: 'I should have been dead a long time ago.' In 1971, aged 22, Ozzy married nightclub attendant Thelma Riley after a whirlwind romance, but quickly decided it was 'a terrible mistake'. So he numbed himself with booze and cocaine, which he got sent over from the US via air mail. Off his head, he would use a semi automatic to shoot mannequins he tied to trees at their cottage in Ranton, Staffs. And once, when Thelma asked Ozzy to feed her chickens, he instead shot them dead. He later admitted he also hit her. And he confessed he had been a 'disgusting' father to their two kids, Jessica, 53, and Louis, 50. When Thelma was in labour with Jessica, Ozzy insisted on driving her to hospital despite being intoxicated and not holding a licence. Ozzy's volatile behaviour from his drinking and drug abuse eventually saw the couple separate in the late 70s, with their divorce finalised in 1982. Even Ozzy's fellow bandmates could not stand his behaviour, and he was sacked from Black Sabbath on April 27, 1979. He thought it was the end, and locked himself in a hotel room for a three-month bender. Then one day, Sharon Levy turned up at the door. He later said of the woman who became his second wife: 'If it weren't for her, without a shadow of a doubt, I would be dead.' 14 Ozzy with his wife Sharon Credit: Rex 14 Ozzy and Sharon with their son Jack and daughters Kelly and Aimee in 1986 Credit: Getty - Contributor 14 The family had this cute snap taken in the USA Credit: Getty 14 Ozzy was a worldwide rock icon Credit: Handout 14 But he famously had his share of ups and downs during his whirlwind life Credit: Rex Features Sharon, then 27, was the daughter of Black Sabbath's manager Don Arden. They'd first met when she was 18 and working as her dad's receptionist. The singer wrote in his autobiography I Am Ozzy: 'I fell for Sharon so badly, man.' Sharon convinced the wreck that he could be a solo star, and that she should be the one to manage him. Debut solo album Blizzard of Ozz was released in September 1980 and went on to sell more than five million copies. She also amped up his satanic image, encouraging stage antics such as flinging animal entrails into the audience. It was during one of these innards-soaked shows that the infamous bat-biting episode took place, in Des Moines, Iowa on January 20, 1982. Years later Ozzy would moan: 'It's all my f***ing career is about, a f***ing bat.' 'Attempted murder ' Sharon and Ozzy wed in Hawaii on July 4, 1982, soon after Ozzy's divorce from Thelma, and welcomed daughter Aimee a year later. While Ozzy's solo career soared, so did his appetite for booze, illegal drugs and prescription pills. He later said: 'I was a beast. Absolutely terrifying.' The worst moment came in the early hours of September 3, 1989, when a zonked Ozzy told his wife: 'It's clear that you have to die,' before trying to strangle her. She fought him off and Ozzy was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, but Sharon later dropped the charges and he spent three months in rehab. Sharon told the Guardian in 2001: 'He was totally insane from all the drink and drugs he was doing, and well, these things happen.' Ozzy admitted once killing 17 of his family's cats while high on drugs, admitting: 'We had about 17, and I went crazy and shot them all. My wife found me under the piano in a white suit, a shotgun in one hand and a knife in the other.' The couple renewed their vows on an episode of The Osbournes, with Ozzy vowing to stay sober after he passed out in the hotel corridor on their original wedding day. However, true to form, he got so drunk he passed out again. Shock affair In 2016, Sharon took an overdose of pills after finding out Ozzy had a four-year affair with hairdresser Michelle Pugh. She told Loose Women: 'I took an overdose and locked myself in the bedroom. The maid tried to come in to clean the room and saw me.' Pugh described their relationship as 'life changing', claiming he made her feel like 'the most beautiful and worshipped woman in the world', and it was 'a struggle every day' when it ended. Sharon decided to end their 34-year marriage but forgave him months later, and has stood by him for the rest of his life. She explained in her memoir Unbreakable: 'As much as he's addicted to alcohol and drugs, I'm addicted to him.' The son of factory workers, Ozzy grew up in Aston, Birmingham. His mum was a keen singer and got her six kids to take part in 'family shows' at home. Ozzy's debut was at one of these gatherings, singing Cliff Richard's hit Living Doll. But he later admitted: 'I was a very nervous kid. Fear of impending doom ruled my life.' He struggled at school because of undiagnosed dyslexia, and left aged 15 for short-lived jobs including killing pigs in a slaughterhouse. Then he tried his hand at burglary, stealing shirts from a local shop. He was quickly nicked and, aged 17, spent six weeks in Birmingham's Winson Green prison. When released in the winter of 1966, he decided to have a go at the one thing he loved to do: singing. Ozzy later wrote that his dream had begun when he first heard The Beatles in 1963. He recalled: 'A light went on … for the first time I felt as though my life had meaning.' So he put up an inaccurate advert in a Birmingham music shop, which read: 'Ozzy Zig Needs Gig. Experienced frontman, owns own PA system.' Soon bassist Terry 'Geezer' Butler showed up on his doorstep. And eventually the same advert also drew guitarist and composer Tony Iommi. Together with drummer Bill Ward, they formed a group that started out under the name The Polka Tulk Blues Band, turned into Earth – and then finally became Black Sabbath. Ozzy said his main role from the start was to be 'the madman'. 14 Ozzy with the other members of Black Sabbath Credit: Getty 14 The band, pictured in 1970, were a worldwide phenomenon Credit: Getty 14 Ozzy said his role was to be the 'madman' Credit: Alamy 14 The rock legend made his final appearance at Villa Park Credit: @RossHalfin They played standard 12-bar blues at tiny gigs until Iommi noticed people queuing to see gothic Hammer Horror movies. He then decided to have a go at writing a song that 'sounded evil'. The result was the 1969 track Black Sabbath that immediately inspired the band to rename itself. Ominous, dark and doom-laden, with Ozzy's compelling monotone voice, it was unlike anything that had come before it. Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford later described it as 'probably the most evil song ever written'. Soon they had a record deal and their self-titled first album was released on Friday the 13th of February, 1970 - now widely considered the day heavy metal was born. It was a monster hit around the world and charismatic Ozzy was soon christened the Prince of Darkness. Health battle Although Ozzy managed a reunion with Black Sabbath, complete with a No1 album in 2011, and several tours, his health declined as he suffered from worsening tremors. A fall in 2019 left him in chronic pain. The following year he announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's and in 2023 he cancelled a planned world tour for health reasons. By that stage, according to Sharon, his main hobby was watching the History Channel. On July 5 this year, Ozzy played his final show - billed as Back to the Beginning - alongside the original Black Sabbath line up at Villa Park in Aston, Birmingham. Performing on a black throne a stone's throw from the pokey two-bedroomed home where he'd grown up, he was cheered by a crowd of over 40,000 spectators and nearly six million watching on livestream. Despite claiming he needed to have his blood pressure taken 15 times a day before his death, Ozzy had always been more concerned about Sharon's health than his own. Asked in 2022 what he would do if she died before him, he said: 'That's a f***ing no-no for me.' For his own part, he once told his wife: 'I want to be put in the ground in a nice garden somewhere, with a tree planted over my head.' He also said: 'It's ridiculous, really. My life should never have happened the way it did. But believe me, I'm grateful." 14 Ozzy's health never dampened his rock 'n' roll spirit Credit: @RossHalfin
Scottish Sun
17 minutes ago
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- Scottish Sun
Huge new ITV reality show packed with celebs TANKS in ratings – and is beaten by rerun of Death in Paradise
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) AMBITIOUS new reality show Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters has tanked in the ratings. The ITV programme sees stars including Helen George, Rachel Riley and Sir Lenny Henry brave man-eating animals in the waters off Bimini Island in the Bahamas. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 5 ITV's Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters has tanked in the ratings (pictured: Rachel Riley) Credit: Getty 5 Helen George is among the celebs braving man-eating animals in the waters off Bimini Island in the Bahamas Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 5 Only 1.5m tuned in to watch the show's launch last week (pictured: Rachel Riley) Credit: Shutterstock Editorial But a peak of only 1.5m tuned in to watch the show's launch last week and then it scraped 1m on Monday. Instead of July 14th's launch, more viewers - ironically - watched a rerun of Death In Paradise from series 11, which first aired in 2021. The BBC's repeat of Ralf Little's gentle crime drama drew in 1.8m during the same 9pm to 10pm time slot. And BBC2's stroll through the evolution of man, Human, attracted 1.6m. Shark! fared no better this week either, when double - 2m - tuned in to BBC1's Fake or Fortune? antiques show. Both weeks, the most watched show of the evening was Coronation Street, with 3.3m and 3m watching respectively. It comes after David Tennant's gameshow The Genius Game was branded an "expensive flop" after the £2.5m series drew an average audience of 661,000 by the end. In the five-part show, seven brave celebrities spent several weeks taking to dangerous waters in an effort to overcome their fears and also deliver an ecological message. The line-up also included comedians Ross Noble and Lucy Punch as well as McFly star Dougie Poynter and athlete Ade Adepitan. In the early episodes viewers have watched Helen battle with her fear of the sea after a childhood incident at an aqua park left her scared of even entering the water. Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters The actress, who plays Trixie in Call The Midwife, found even being lowered into the depths in a cage too much and begged to be released. Mum-of-two Helen, 41, said: 'I was terrified of putting my head underwater. 'I have a real deep-rooted fear. 'My kids know that I am scared of the water, and my seven-year-old is more confident in the water than I am, and I realised I've got to do something about that as it's not safe.' ITV say after seven days the first episode has now been watched by 2.8m viewers and the series has been popular with 25-54 year olds. 5 The series has seen Helen battle with her fear of the sea after a childhood incident left her scared of even entering the water Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 5 Helen found being lowered into the depths in a cage too much and begged to be released Credit: Shutterstock Editorial Unlock even more award-winning articles as The Sun launches brand new membership programme - Sun Club.
Scottish Sun
17 minutes ago
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From bat-biting antics & drug battles to rollercoaster reality show – how Ozzy truly earned title of Prince of Darkness
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THERE was never any doubt what would be on his gravestone, according to the rocker himself: 'Here lies Ozzy Osbourne. He bit the head off a bat.' The singer - dubbed the Prince of Darkness - always played up to his satanic image, so when a fan hurled what looked like a creepy rubber toy at him on stage in January 1982, he put its head in his mouth and chomped. 14 Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne has passed away aged 76 Credit: Getty 14 He was dubbed the 'Prince of Darkness' Credit: Redferns 14 He once famously bit the head off a bat Credit: Getty 14 The 1982 bat-biting stunt left Ozzy needing a rabies injection Ozzy - who has died aged 76 following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, just 17 days after playing a farewell gig with his band Black Sabbath - later recalled: 'Immediately, something felt wrong.' There was a foul taste, and he felt the severed head twitch in his mouth. Next thing the singer knew he was being rushed to A&E for emergency rabies shots. The teenage bat-thrower later insisted it was already dead, but Ozzy always maintained he felt it moving. Whatever the truth, the incident grabbed global headlines and overshadowed a career of mind-boggling firsts. The Brummie - whose full name is John Michael Osbourne - started out as the wild frontman of the band credited with inventing heavy metal. He went on to help create a whole new genre of TV in 2002 as part of a ground-breaking reality series, The Osbournes, starring him, his manager-wife Sharon, 72, and two of their three children - Kelly, 40, and Jack, 39. Their eldest daughter Aimee, 41, refused to take part in the MTV show because she didn't want to 'grow up on camera' and left home aged 16 as a result - something Sharon has since admitted she regrets deeply. The series, which ran for four years and paved the way for Paris Hilton and the Kardashians, won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program and at its peak, Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack were earning £3.7million each per season. Ozzy Osbourne top five greatest moments It followed Sharon's battle with colon cancer and Ozzy's near-miss in a quad bike crash, which kicked off years of failing health for the rocker. Ozzy admitted he was stunned by its success, telling Hot Press in December 2002: "I mean, before we did the TV show, I was Ozzy Osbourne the legendary rock'n'roller, and now I'm this f------ demi-god!" he added. "I'm on the front of all these f------ magazines ... f--- me, it's mad!" While Ozzy stepped away from the limelight following the end of the series, it kickstarted Sharon's reality TV career, with her joining the judging panel on The X Factor from 2004 until 2007, followed by America's Got Talent from 2007-2012, The Celebrity Apprentice in 2010 and Celeb Big Brother last year. Whirlwind romance Ozzy survived decades of booze and drug addiction which were regularly found to be at 'lethal' levels in his blood - and nearly cost him two marriages. As he said in March 2023, aged 74: 'I should have been dead a long time ago.' In 1971, aged 22, Ozzy married nightclub attendant Thelma Riley after a whirlwind romance, but quickly decided it was 'a terrible mistake'. So he numbed himself with booze and cocaine, which he got sent over from the US via air mail. Off his head, he would use a semi automatic to shoot mannequins he tied to trees at their cottage in Ranton, Staffs. And once, when Thelma asked Ozzy to feed her chickens, he instead shot them dead. He later admitted he also hit her. And he confessed he had been a 'disgusting' father to their two kids, Jessica, 53, and Louis, 50. When Thelma was in labour with Jessica, Ozzy insisted on driving her to hospital despite being intoxicated and not holding a licence. Ozzy's volatile behaviour from his drinking and drug abuse eventually saw the couple separate in the late 70s, with their divorce finalised in 1982. Even Ozzy's fellow bandmates could not stand his behaviour, and he was sacked from Black Sabbath on April 27, 1979. He thought it was the end, and locked himself in a hotel room for a three-month bender. Then one day, Sharon Levy turned up at the door. He later said of the woman who became his second wife: 'If it weren't for her, without a shadow of a doubt, I would be dead.' 14 Ozzy with his wife Sharon Credit: Rex 14 Ozzy and Sharon with their son Jack and daughters Kelly and Aimee in 1986 Credit: Getty - Contributor 14 The family had this cute snap taken in the USA Credit: Getty 14 Ozzy was a worldwide rock icon Credit: Handout 14 But he famously had his share of ups and downs during his whirlwind life Credit: Rex Features Sharon, then 27, was the daughter of Black Sabbath's manager Don Arden. They'd first met when she was 18 and working as her dad's receptionist. The singer wrote in his autobiography I Am Ozzy: 'I fell for Sharon so badly, man.' Sharon convinced the wreck that he could be a solo star, and that she should be the one to manage him. Debut solo album Blizzard of Ozz was released in September 1980 and went on to sell more than five million copies. She also amped up his satanic image, encouraging stage antics such as flinging animal entrails into the audience. It was during one of these innards-soaked shows that the infamous bat-biting episode took place, in Des Moines, Iowa on January 20, 1982. Years later Ozzy would moan: 'It's all my f***ing career is about, a f***ing bat.' 'Attempted murder' Sharon and Ozzy wed in Hawaii on July 4, 1982, soon after Ozzy's divorce from Thelma, and welcomed daughter Aimee a year later. While Ozzy's solo career soared, so did his appetite for booze, illegal drugs and prescription pills. He later said: 'I was a beast. Absolutely terrifying.' The worst moment came in the early hours of September 3, 1989, when a zonked Ozzy told his wife: 'It's clear that you have to die,' before trying to strangle her. She fought him off and Ozzy was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, but Sharon later dropped the charges and he spent three months in rehab. Sharon told the Guardian in 2001: 'He was totally insane from all the drink and drugs he was doing, and well, these things happen.' Ozzy admitted once killing 17 of his family's cats while high on drugs, admitting: 'We had about 17, and I went crazy and shot them all. My wife found me under the piano in a white suit, a shotgun in one hand and a knife in the other.' The couple renewed their vows on an episode of The Osbournes, with Ozzy vowing to stay sober after he passed out in the hotel corridor on their original wedding day. However, true to form, he got so drunk he passed out again. Shock affair In 2016, Sharon took an overdose of pills after finding out Ozzy had a four-year affair with hairdresser Michelle Pugh. She told Loose Women: 'I took an overdose and locked myself in the bedroom. The maid tried to come in to clean the room and saw me.' Pugh described their relationship as 'life changing', claiming he made her feel like 'the most beautiful and worshipped woman in the world', and it was 'a struggle every day' when it ended. Sharon decided to end their 34-year marriage but forgave him months later, and has stood by him for the rest of his life. She explained in her memoir Unbreakable: 'As much as he's addicted to alcohol and drugs, I'm addicted to him.' The son of factory workers, Ozzy grew up in Aston, Birmingham. His mum was a keen singer and got her six kids to take part in 'family shows' at home. Ozzy's debut was at one of these gatherings, singing Cliff Richard's hit Living Doll. But he later admitted: 'I was a very nervous kid. Fear of impending doom ruled my life.' He struggled at school because of undiagnosed dyslexia, and left aged 15 for short-lived jobs including killing pigs in a slaughterhouse. Then he tried his hand at burglary, stealing shirts from a local shop. He was quickly nicked and, aged 17, spent six weeks in Birmingham's Winson Green prison. When released in the winter of 1966, he decided to have a go at the one thing he loved to do: singing. Ozzy later wrote that his dream had begun when he first heard The Beatles in 1963. He recalled: 'A light went on … for the first time I felt as though my life had meaning.' So he put up an inaccurate advert in a Birmingham music shop, which read: 'Ozzy Zig Needs Gig. Experienced frontman, owns own PA system.' Soon bassist Terry 'Geezer' Butler showed up on his doorstep. And eventually the same advert also drew guitarist and composer Tony Iommi. Together with drummer Bill Ward, they formed a group that started out under the name The Polka Tulk Blues Band, turned into Earth – and then finally became Black Sabbath. Ozzy said his main role from the start was to be 'the madman'. 14 Ozzy with the other members of Black Sabbath Credit: Getty 14 The band, pictured in 1970, were a worldwide phenomenon Credit: Getty 14 Ozzy said his role was to be the 'madman' Credit: Alamy 14 The rock legend made his final appearance at Villa Park Credit: @RossHalfin They played standard 12-bar blues at tiny gigs until Iommi noticed people queuing to see gothic Hammer Horror movies. He then decided to have a go at writing a song that 'sounded evil'. The result was the 1969 track Black Sabbath that immediately inspired the band to rename itself. Ominous, dark and doom-laden, with Ozzy's compelling monotone voice, it was unlike anything that had come before it. Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford later described it as 'probably the most evil song ever written'. Soon they had a record deal and their self-titled first album was released on Friday the 13th of February, 1970 - now widely considered the day heavy metal was born. It was a monster hit around the world and charismatic Ozzy was soon christened the Prince of Darkness. Health battle Although Ozzy managed a reunion with Black Sabbath, complete with a No1 album in 2011, and several tours, his health declined as he suffered from worsening tremors. A fall in 2019 left him in chronic pain. The following year he announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's and in 2023 he cancelled a planned world tour for health reasons. By that stage, according to Sharon, his main hobby was watching the History Channel. On July 5 this year, Ozzy played his final show - billed as Back to the Beginning - alongside the original Black Sabbath line up at Villa Park in Aston, Birmingham. Performing on a black throne a stone's throw from the pokey two-bedroomed home where he'd grown up, he was cheered by a crowd of over 40,000 spectators and nearly six million watching on livestream. Despite claiming he needed to have his blood pressure taken 15 times a day before his death, Ozzy had always been more concerned about Sharon's health than his own. Asked in 2022 what he would do if she died before him, he said: 'That's a f***ing no-no for me.' For his own part, he once told his wife: 'I want to be put in the ground in a nice garden somewhere, with a tree planted over my head.' He also said: 'It's ridiculous, really. My life should never have happened the way it did. But believe me, I'm grateful."
The Irish Sun
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Who is Kelly Osbourne's fiance and Slipknot member Sid Wilson?
SID Wilson got down on one knee for Kelly Osbourne earlier this month - here's everything you need to know about him. The iconic singer is known for his electric performance with his 5 Sid and Kelly share one son together named Sydney Credit: Getty 5 The family dressed up for Halloween festivities Credit: Getty 5 The pair met in 1999 Credit: Getty His love for Transformers influenced the selection of his stage name. He was born on January 20, 1977, in Des Moines, Sid, popularly known as DJ Starscream, is a rapper, DJ, pianist, and keyboardist. He is well known as a member of the American heavy metal band, Slipknot, where he plays the role of the turntablist. Read More Also, he goes on tours with his stage name, DJ Starscream. Since he is a fan of Transformers, he decided to name himself after one of the characters in its franchise, Starscream. When he performs with Slipknot, he is known for wearing a signature mask that mostly resembles a gas mask. As of 2025, Sid Wilson has an estimated net worth of about $10million, according to Most read in Showbiz His source of wealth is said to be the income earned from his career as a musician. Additionally, he also earns income from brand endorsements and sponsorships. Ozzy Osbourne top five greatest moments He met fiancee Born on October 27 1984, Kelly is the older sibling out of her and Jack. After The Osbournes ended in 2005, she crafted a career as a singer-songwriter, TV star and author, and has built an estimated net worth of $15m (£11m). She had a hit single in 2002 with a cover of Papa Don't Preach, and had a UK No1 the following year when she released Changes with her father. Kelly is also known for her TV work which includes Australia's Got Talent, Project Runway Junior, Fashion Police, and Dancing With The Stars. Kelly and Sid welcomed a baby boy, Sidney, together in late 2022. The mum-of-tone posted on Instagram: "After 23 years of friendship I can't believe where we have ended up! "You are my best friend, my soulmate and I am so deeply in love with you Sidney George Wilson." Then, earlier this month, Kelly revealed she is now engaged to Sid. She shared a video of the moment Sid popped the question backstage at her father's final ever Black Sabbath gig. Following the late Ozzy's last ever performance on stage ahead of his retirement, he could be seen unwinding with his family and friends backstage. But Sid, 48, had an even bigger surprise for Kelly, 40, when he dropped to one knee and asked her to marry him. Stood in front of Sharon and Ozzy, they appeared to have an idea of what was to come as the former X Factor judge could be heard saying to everyone in the room: "You've got to be quiet!" Sid then took the hand of Kelly, who was dressed down in some comfy leopard print trousers and a simple black hoodie. He said to the TV personality: "Kelly, you know I love you more than anything in the world!" Ozzy then appeared to give the game away as he jokingly quipped with his signature potty mouth: "F*** off, you are not marrying my daughter!" The group laughed before Sid continued as he said: "I want to spend the rest of my life with you - and ask in front of all of our family and friends, Kelly, will you marry me?" Kelly turned her head as she looked on open-mouthed before Sid began to stand up and place the ring onto her finger. Sharon and Ozzy could be seen beaming as the onlookers clapped and cheered for the happy moment. Uploading the video to her Instagram page, Kelly added the caption: "Oh and this happened yesterday!" Sid proposed to Kelly with a bespoke custom-designed ring from Los Angeles based jewellers, Mouawad. He designed the ring with the team through various one-on-one meetings in order to ensure it was right. Sid chose to curate a dazzling 18K yellow gold ring adorned with both white and yellow diamonds, as well as citrine accents. The centerpiece is a stunning 2.5 carat round brilliant-cut diamond with the ring being nicknamed the Honeybee - Kelly's personal nickname. Her fans and celebrity pals were quick to respond with their congratulations and well-wishes to the pair. Rylan said to the star: "OMG KEL!!! Congraaatttsssss" Jonathan Cheban added: "AMAZING. LOVE YOU MOCHIE!!! Congrats!!!!" As one of Kelly's adoring fans wrote: "Congratulations, I am crying and this is Awesome." The engagement came backstage as Ozzy played his final ever show with Black Sabbath at Villa Park. Ozzy, 76, vowed it would be his final performance due to his deteriorating health. He went public with his Parkinson's diagnosis in 2020. His family sadly announced his passing on Tuesday, July 22. A statement from his family said: "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." 5 Sid proposed earlier this month Credit: instagram/kellyosbourne 5 The iconic singer is known for his electric performance with his Slipknot metal band Credit: Getty
The Irish Sun
an hour ago
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- The Irish Sun
‘He means business' – Ethan Nwaneri in amazing body transformation as Arsenal teen bulks up for new season
ARSENAL fans are ready to see what Ethan Nwaneri can bring to the team next season after spotting his impressive transformation during the summer. Advertisement 8 Arsenal fans have been impressed with Ethan Nwaneri's new filled out physique Credit: Getty 8 The 18-year-old appears to have bulked up over the summer Credit: Getty 8 Nwaneri looked less physical last season Credit: Getty The teen prospect looks to have bulked up after pictures emerged of him during the Gunners' pre-season tour in Singapore. Nwaneri has been tipped for a big future ever since he made his debut for Now supporters are ready to see him take the next step after he broke into the first team on a more regular basis last season. The versatile midfielder racked up nine goals and two assists in all competitions last season in what was effectively his first full campaign as a first team player. Advertisement READ MORE IN FOOTBALL Fans online have suggested that Nwaneri "means business" with his new filled out physique after The Nwaneri's current terms expire at the end of the season, but it's claimed he will sign the dotted line on a fresh five-year contract in the coming days. There had been suggestion that Advertisement Most read in Football 8 Nwaneri made his Arsenal debut aged just 15 Credit: Alamy 8 The midfielder impressed in his first full campaign last term CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS When he does officially sign on he will join pal and fellow academy graduate Advertisement Lewis-Skelly, 18, 'It's like Messi... there I said it' - Pundits rave about Arsenal ace Nwaneri as Shearer dubs him 'potential superstar' The breakout star of last season is understood to know be one of the highest paid teenagers in world football. Arsenal are thought to be ready to offer similar terms to Nwaneri. Arsenal fans have plenty to be excited about when it comes to the future of the club and their impressive crop of Hale End talent. Advertisement As well as Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly, While 8 Myles Lewis-Skelly signed a new five-year deal with the Gunners last month Credit: Getty 8 Highly-rated teen Max Dowman is part of Arsenal's pre-season squad Credit: Getty Advertisement 8 Young centre-back Marli Salmon has also made the grade for the Asian tour Credit: Getty
