Kelly Osbourne addresses extreme weight loss, claims one of Ozzy’s friends introduced her to cocaine

Kelly Osbourne has spoken out about her mental health and extreme weight loss after the death of her father, Ozzy, and also claimed that one of his friends introduced her to cocaine.

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The heavy metal icon, solo star and Black Sabbath frontman passed away on July 22 2025 aged 76, just weeks after Black Sabbath held a star-studded final show there dubbed ‘Back To The Beginning’.

Already there has been the first ever “Ozzy Day” held in his Birmingham hometown exactly one year after his passing. This saw fans show up to pay their respects, a brass band performing Black Sabbath classics, and the mechanical “Ozzy The Bull” statue in New Street station being decorated with the singer’s iconic glasses.

In the time since his passing, his daughter Kelly has batted off critical comments online about her weight loss – after being seen looking noticeably different at his funeral service and at various red carpet events.

Now, in a new interview with The Mail on Sunday, she has opened up about how she now is more aware of how grief has affected her mental and physical wellbeing, and admitted that she “couldn’t see what other people saw because I was in so much pain”.

Also in the interview, Kelly shared that she had dealt with “anticipatory grief” for a decade due to her father’s worsening health, and shared that she started wearing wigs that would cover the side of her face so that people “couldn’t see how skinny” her cheekbones were.

Kelly Osbourne admitted that she didn't realize how much weight she’d lost after her father Ozzy Osbourne's 2025 death: "I looked like the f–king Crypt Keeper." https://t.co/Ek9FPhfbbZ pic.twitter.com/S8HdcQgIRT.

Kelly has spoken out about comments regarding her appearance previously too – sharing that it felt “cruel” to see people talking online about her weight after she attended the 2026 BRIT Awards.

Earlier in 2025, she also hit out at the “fat-phobic” world, saying that people online gave her “more shit for being fat” than for being a drug addict.

As well as opening up about how grief has affected her weight, Kelly has also spoken about her previous struggles with drugs – claiming that she was introduced to cocaine by one of her father’s friends.

She shared the comments in a documentary called If These Walls Could Rock, which is about the Sunset Marquis hotel in Los Angeles.

In other Kelly Osbourne news, the presenter and television personality has also received an apology from Dee Snider for his comments about her late father, and also called off her engagement from ex-Slipknot’s Sid Wilson – a move that her brother Jack said has put her in a “happier place”.

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