The rockstar always knew that he was meant to be on the road but regretted not being there for his family.
Being famous comes with a lot of recognition but sometimes the fame and the ego which accompanies it tends to overpower the ability of a person to connect with their loved ones. Rockstar Ozzy Osbourne's life has never been without troubles hitting him all along the way. He's been in a mess almost always. From addiction to narcotics, alcoholism, attempted murder, infidelity, to fatal accidents, the rock'n'roll star has seen and faced it all.
In a preview of the upcoming A&E documentary, Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne, the 71-year-old rockstar confessed that he never enjoyed staying at home. He said, "I suddenly realized that Ozzy belongs on the road. I mean, I felt like a caged animal. I bought different toys and all kinds of things," but he always knew that he was the best on the road. Along with him, his family, wife Sharon Osbourne, and kids Jack Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne also shared their experiences of how he was as a person at home when he wasn't roaming around the world on tours.
His son Jack, 34, exclusively told People, "Whenever Dad was home, I always got the feeling he was bored. Even though he complains to this day about touring, he's not good at home. I literally just remember him as the dude on the couch. He'd pick me up from school occasionally, but I always got the feeling he was like, 'What do I do? I'm here. This is not what I'm good at.'"
Ozzy's daughter, Kelly, 35, shared details about one of the toys Ozzy mentioned, which he bought to get away with his boredom. She said, "My dad's like, 'I'm making a bicycle. I want to ride a bike'... It was like his purpose in life got taken away from him."
Ozzy has previously opened up about his shortcoming as a dedicated husband and father to his wife and kids. His troublesome past has always created a hindrance for him to be present entirely in his personal life. While talking about his regrets in life in an interview with The Daily Mail in 2014, he said, "I have thousands. Thousands of them. I've got so many regrets I can't even remember half of them. But wives and kids are right at the top."
He continued, "The way I treated both my wives (he was married first to Thelma Reese, mother of his children, Jessica, 42, and Louis, 38). I was a bad father, an abusive husband and I had an ego the size of India. I spent decades of my life being an absolute idiot... It’s pointless even saying sorry. I couldn’t say it enough times. All I can do is stay sober."
Recalling the time he was in prison for one of his many wild activities, he said, "I thought I wasn’t going to get out of there alive. It wasn’t the cops or the sheriffs, it was the guy in the cell with me."
He continued, "I was slammed up for six hours in a tiny cell with a wife-killer and there I was wearing make-up and a long green evening robe thinking, 'At least I made it to 30.”’ This was the time when he was infamous for his destructive activities and in order to keep him in his room, his wife Sharon Osbourne had removed all his clothes and hid them. But he wore one of her dresses and went out anyway.
Sharon, in an interview with The Telegraph, had revealed about the many affairs of the former lead vocalist of heavy metal band Black Sabbath. She had said that “there wasn’t just one woman; there were six of them.” For her, it was a shock when she found out about his infidelity with hairstylist Michelle Pugh. She said, “When I found out about the hairdresser, I couldn’t believe it. Because none of these women were show ponies; he was doing it to fill the void in some way.”
Sharon found out about the two of them when he sent an email meant for Pugh to Sharon by mistake. "'Why did you send me this stupid email?’ I asked, and when Ozzy told me that he hadn’t sent me anything, I grabbed his phone and said, ‘Look!’ And of course, it was a message meant for one of his b***** women," she said recalling the incident.
The documentary Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne will be a journey into Ozzy's life, beginning from his childhood and his time in the prison, the induction of Black Sabbath, and becoming the solo-artist Grammy Award winner, to transforming into the 21st century loving dad.
The two-hour journey would unfold through interviews with Sharon, Kelly, and Jack and also of close friends including Rick Rubin, Ice-T, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Jonathan Davis, and Post Malone. Ozzy's never-before-seen interviews about Parkinson's disease diagnosis which was revealed in January in an interview with RADIO.COM would also be a part of this documentary.
References:
https://people.com/music/jack-osbourne-ozzy-osbourne-not-good-at-home-complains-about-touring/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/sharon-osbourne-interview-ozzys-woman-six/
https://www.radio.com/music/rock/ozzy-osbourne-reveals-tour-postponed-not-cancelled
