Jack, Sharon, and Kelly Osbourne move slowly together as they hold hands while approaching the messages and floral tributes left at the Black Sabbath Bench and Bridge on Broad Street in Birmingham on July 30, 2025. | Source: Getty Images
In an interview published by The Mail on Sunday on September 6, Kelly said she had not realized how thin she had become until she saw a photograph of herself during a dress fitting for the Grammy Awards.
“I looked like the [***] Crypt Keeper,” she said. “I said, ‘This is scary. I didn’t know I looked like this.’ My spine – you could see every single bone.” Kelly said friends and relatives had raised concerns, but she had been overwhelmed by grief.
Kelly Osbourne arrives for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 1, 2026 | Source: Getty Images
“I couldn’t see what other people saw because I was in so much pain,” she said. “I just saw a broken person.” She also revealed that she took an unusual step when attending the Grammys earlier in the year.
“I wore a wig to cover my face, so you couldn’t see how skinny my cheekbones really were,” Kelly said. Her stylists also searched for clothing that would not make her appear thinner.
Kelly Osbourne poses on the red carpet at the 68th Grammy Awards pre-Grammy gala at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on January 31, 2026. | Source: Getty Images
Looking back, Kelly said she had been scared and wanted to attend the ceremony to support her mother, Sharon Osbourne, and honor her father’s legacy, but acknowledged that she “wasn’t very well.” Kelly explained that grief had left her feeling nauseated when she attempted to eat.
She said the pain could become so consuming that hunger did not register. At home, she tried to keep that suffering away from her three-year-old son, Sidney. Kelly said she would become “Miss Fun Mum” whenever he entered the room and would leave rather than cry in front of him.
Kelly Osbourne is seen at the 68th GRAMMY Awards on February 1, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. | Source: Getty Images
She also said Sidney and Ozzy had been extraordinarily close. According to Kelly, her son has some of his grandfather’s mannerisms and personality traits. Sidney still visits his grandfather’s grave most days, Kelly said, where he leaves a feather and tells “Papa” about what happened during his day at nursery.
Kelly is now planning a three-part television series about bereavement, although she said she was not yet allowed to identify its broadcaster. She said the project would examine grief and mental health as well as experiences from her own life that the public does not know about.
