BREAKING: Sharon Osbourne recalls MEETING Ozzy at 18 — “He Looked so Strange, So Hairy!” BUT Everything Changed the Second Time we Met!
BREAKING: Sharon Osbourne recalls MEETING Ozzy at 18 — “He Looked so Strange, So Hairy!” BUT Everything Changed the Second Time we Met!
“I met Ozzy when I was 18 – it wasn’t love at first sight” – Sharon Osbourne opens up about their unlikely beginning and brutal journey to forever
In a rare and moving interview, Sharon Osbourne reflects on the unlikely start to her decades-long marriage with rock legend Ozzy Osbourne – from total shock at his appearance to building a life from rock bottom together.
“I met Ozzy when I was about 18. He came into my father’s office for management with Black Sabbath.”
Sharon admits there was absolutely no romantic spark at first.
“No, not at all. I was like, ‘Oh Lord, look at them.’ They were hairy, rough – nothing like the slick American artists I’d been working with.”
But everything changed when she saw Black Sabbath perform live.
“It was electric. I’d never seen anything like it. I was blown away.”
Though romance came later, by 1980, after working closely together, something shifted.
When asked what drew her to Ozzy and kept her by his side, Sharon smiled:
“He was so funny, so quick-witted – and vulnerable. I found that incredibly sweet and attractive.”
But their story was far from a fairytale. Ozzy was still married when they met, with two children. His wife eventually divorced him – not because of Sharon, but because of his drinking.
Meanwhile, Sharon had her own war to fight – with her own father, Don Arden.
“Everything was in my name – taxes, companies, contracts. When he didn’t pay, I got sued. I thought he trusted me. He used me.”
She recalled being hunted by tax officials, having her home seized – while her father lived freely abroad.
“Ozzy had nothing. And I had lawsuits and debt. So we started with nothing – together.”
