Ozzy Osbourne’s death has left his widow and daughter out of their former selves, with family friends saying they are “really worried”.
A music industry source who knows the Osbournes told Page Six about recent photos of Kelly Osbourne, 41, “I’ve seen these pictures and they’re so scary.” “I didn’t recognize her.”
People have been shocked by Kelly’s weight loss over the past year, but reactions have become even more extreme over the past few months, especially since her father died of a heart attack last July while battling Parkinson’s disease.
“Even if you didn’t know the Osbournes, you would have been deeply perplexed and concerned as to why this cadaverous woman would appear on stage next to her equally frail mother without any rigorous medical treatment,” Times of London columnist Hadley Freeman wrote on February 28, after Kelly and her mother Sharon attended the 2026 BRIT Awards.
A music industry insider said of Kelly’s appearance, “It was shocking. I didn’t know what was going on.” “I’m really worried about her. I looked at the pictures and thought, ‘Wow, what the hell happened to her?'” She looks unwell.
“Is there anything else other than sadness?”
Sharon and Kelly did not respond to requests for comment.
Kelly has repeatedly claimed that her extremely thin figure is due to her grieving over her father’s death, and Sharon has said that her daughter “lost her daddy…and now she can’t even eat.”
The source said they were “really concerned” about the two women, as Sharon also appeared to be much thinner than before.
The 73-year-old has opened up about her weight loss journey over the years, revealing that she has taken medication and had gastric band surgery.
In 2023, she said she was struggling to gain weight after coming off Ozempic, a prescription drug approved by the FDA for weight loss related to type 2 diabetes.
She admitted to the Daily Mail that she felt “too thin” and said she weighed less than 100 pounds. At her heaviest, Sharon told E! Her weight was 230 pounds.
Family sources said Ozzy had encouraged Sharon to stop taking drugs because she had lost so much weight.
“The problem is, she’s eating now, but not enough to put the weight back on,” a family source said.
“This was what made Ozzy angry with Sharon,” a family source said. “As she was getting the jab and going into surgery, he kept saying, ‘Would you please stop?’ Ozzy stopped in his tracks.”
Sharon herself said that Ozzy was “scared that something would happen to me” and that “he didn’t like” the weight loss.
Kelly’s weight has also fluctuated over the years, and may have been influenced by her mother, a family source claimed, saying, “Kelly lived with Sharon after Ozzy’s death, and I think she was just copying her.”
Ozzy is buried in the grounds of Welders House, his family’s 250-acre estate in Buckinghamshire, England.
Kelly primarily lives on a farm in Iowa with her fiancé, Slipknot rocker Sid Wilson, and their three-year-old son, Sydney.
Ozzy, Sharon, and their children (Kelly, son Jack, now 40, and daughter Amy, 42) lived in Beverly Hills for years, including while filming the MTV reality show “The Osbournes” from 2002 to 2005. “Ozzy hated L.A.,” a family source said.
Music industry insiders say growing up with that level of public scrutiny took a toll on Kelly.
“Every pimple is under the light. It’s a real freak show,” the source said. “I don’t know how you can walk away from that situation with any sense of normalcy.”
During the show, Kelly, who endured public shaming for being too heavy, admitted to having gastric sleeve surgery to lose weight in 2018 and denied taking Ozempic.
After becoming pregnant with her son and developing gestational diabetes, she said on the podcast Shananigans with Scheana Shay, “After I gave birth, I was on a mission to lose all the baby weight. And now that I had lost all the baby weight, I thought, let’s see how far I can go.[I]went a little too far, but[I]stopped.”
Kelly also admitted to undergoing Emsculpt treatment, a non-invasive procedure that claims to use electromagnetic energy to burn fat and build muscle.
The former “Fashion Police” co-host sparked online commentary about her fragile appearance after she said on the red carpet after the Brits and Grammy Awards, “I’m not doing very well,” and Kelly addressed the issue on Instagram.
“There’s a special kind of cruelty in hurting someone who is obviously going through something. Kicking me when I’m down, questioning my paint, spreading gossip about my struggles, turning my back on me when I need support and love the most,” she said.
