When it comes to shielding her family, Kelly Osbourne leaves no room for ambiguity. Amidst swirling online rumors suggesting a rapid decline in her father Ozzy Osbourne's health, the "Changes" crooner didn't pull any punches while setting the narrative straight. "A video is circulating on social media, purportedly featuring my dad, but it's nothing more than AI-generated content," Kelly revealed on her Instagram Stories on July 11. "It mimics my dad's voice, akin to a David Attenborough impersonation. It begins with the words, 'I don't need a doctor to tell me I'm going to die. I know I'm going to die,'" she recounted.
"What on earth possesses you people?" she continued, her frustration evident. "Why invest your time in creating such a video?"
While the "Crazy Train" vocalist has been candid about his ongoing battle with Parkinson's disease, having openly shared his inability to walk, his daughter emphatically clarified that he's nowhere close to his final hours. "He's not dying," the 40-year-old insisted. "Granted, he has Parkinson's, and his mobility has drastically changed, but he's very much alive. What's wrong with you?"
Beyond the rumors surrounding her father's failing health, Kelly, who got engaged to Sid Wilson during her father's final Black Sabbath performance earlier this month, also addressed another fabricated tale: that her parents, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, had a suicide pact. "Cease writing articles or posting about my parents supposedly having a suicide pact," she declared. "That was a one-time comment my mom made for attention. And my dad's not dying. Enough is enough."
Regarding the origins of these rumors, they trace back to 2017 when Sharon, who married the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee in 1982, discussed the concept following her father Don Arden's death from Alzheimer's in 2007. "Ozzy and I have arrived at the exact same conclusion," she told The Mirror at the time. "We wholeheartedly believe in euthanasia and have made arrangements to visit a Swiss assisted suicide facility should we ever suffer from a brain-affecting illness. If Ozzy or I ever contract Alzheimer's, that's it—we'd be gone."
"I witnessed my father's suffering from the day he returned to my life in 2002 until his passing in July," she added. "There's no way I could endure what he did, or put my children through that ordeal."
