Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne’s wife, has spoken up about her husband’s health issues.
The 69-year-old former Talk show host described how the rocker’s Parkinson’s disease has affected her since his family announced his diagnosis in January 2020.
“I just think of my husband, who was very energetic, loved to go on walks, gave a two-hour performance on stage every night, dashing around like a lunatic,” she said in the ITV documentary Paxman: Putting Up With Parkinson’s. “Suddenly, your life as you know it ends.”
“Every time I see my spouse, it kills my heart,” she explained. “Although seeing him in that situation makes me sad, what he is going through is far worse. I feel like crying when I look at him, but he isn’t aware of it.”
According to Sharon, Ozzy’s diagnosis has been painful, but there has been one benefit. “The family,” she explained. “We’re spending a lot more time together now.”
Kelly, 37, and Jack, 36, appeared on Good Morning America with Ozzy’s wife and other family members to discuss his recent health issues.
“It’s been challenging for us all,” the Black Sabbath vocalist, 73, remarked of the previous years, which saw him receive a pneumonia diagnosis in February 2019 and fall in his Los Angeles home two months later. “My final performance at The Forum was on New Year’s Eve. Then I got a bad fall. My neck needed surgery, which ruined all of my nerves.”
At that point, Ozzy revealed his diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, a neurological illness that limits movement.
Sharon described the illness as PRKN2 at the time, stating that it “is not by any stretch of the imagination a death sentence.”
“It’s like having a wonderful day, a great day, and then a bad one.”
Ozzy recently shared an update on his difficult medical journey following his diagnosis.
“Even if you think you’re elevating your feet, nothing changes. “I feel like I’m wearing leaden boots.” On August 28, he confessed this to The Observer, adding that Parkinson’s has also significantly influenced his mental health. “I hit a plateau that wasn’t quite as high as I had imagined. Nothing felt particularly pleasant. Nothing. I started using these antidepressants, and they work.”
Despite his health concerns, Ozzy claims to have learned to “live in the now.”
“He continued, you never know when you’ll wake up and find yourself unable to get out of bed. But you simply don’t think about it.”
