Sharon Osbourne says she 'never lets Ozzy go to award shows'
Ozzy didn't attend The Grammys this year
Last updated 17th Mar 2023
Sharon Osbourne has explained why she never lets her husband Ozzy Osbourne attend awards ceremonies.
Appearing on Talk TV earlier this week, Sharon Osbourne was asked about her opinion on actor Angela Bassett at The Oscars, who looked unhappy when she lost out in the Best Supporting Actress category to Jamie Lee Curtis.
Commenting on Bassett’s “disgust” when the cameras panned onto her, Sharon said: “Listen, I get it, the disappointment. That’s why I never let Ozzy go to award shows. I just won’t do it. You don’t want to be on camera when you didn’t win!
“Listen, (Angela Bassett) knew she would be on camera. She did what she felt. She didn’t play the game. She didn’t pretend. She didn’t applaud. She’s got to live with it – she knew what she’s doing, she’s an experienced actress.”
In 2019, Sharon Osbourne revealed why she refused to let Ozzy pick up Black Sabbath’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys.
“I was just so pissed off at the Grammys this year because they gave them a Lifetime Achievement award, but wouldn’t give it to them on the TV show that we all know as The Grammy Awards,” Sharon said.
"They did it at a separate ceremony which goes out on another network later on. I wouldn’t let Ozzy go because I just thought it was shocking what they did to them.”
Sharon added “Listen, there were artists there that got awards that deserved it too. But I just thought because Sabbath’s catalogue still sells and their last record that was out 6 years ago was no.1 in many countries worldwide, so while the other artists they were honouring had great careers and deserved to be honoured, they still didn’t have the careers that Sabbath had.
“So not to put them on the proper TV show, it was like, ‘How dare you?’ I was so angry. I just thought, ‘F--- you. I am not going to give you the honour of having Ozzy at your s---ty ceremony.’”
Ozzy Osbourne scooped two Grammy Awards on Sunday 5th February 2023, however he didn’t attend the crypto.com Arena ceremony in Los Angeles.
Metallica’s Robert Trujillo and producer Andrew Watt accepted his Best Rock Album award for ‘Patient Number 9’ on his behalf.
Earlier in the night, Osbourne also won Best Metal Performance for his lascivious Tony Iommi collaboration ‘Degradation Rules.’
This year’s Grammy Awards ceremony came just four days after Ozzy Osbourne announced his retirement from touring and cancelled his UK & Ireland tour with Judas Priest.
Rob Halford has since said that Judas Priest are working “frantically” behind the scenes to try and arrange UK tour dates for 2023.
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Kurt Cobain’s childhood home
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