Kelly Osbourne has revealed she was so concerned about her dramatic weight loss that she wore a wig to this year’s Grammy Awards – in a last-minute attempt to hide her thin appearance.
The TV personality says she had “no idea” how thin she had become following the death of her rock star father Ozzy until she saw a photo taken while trying on a dress for the awards.
“I looked like the bloody Crypt Keeper,” she told The Mail on Sunday. “I said, ‘This is scary.’ I didn’t know I looked like that.” My spine – you could see every bone.” The admission comes after months of concern about her frail appearance.
Friends and family repeatedly raised the alarm, but the 41-year-old told the MoS she was overwhelmed with grief when her father died in July 2025. “I couldn’t see what other people saw because I was in so much pain,” she said. “I just saw a broken person.”
Fearing her appearance would distract from Ozzy’s legacy – celebrated at the Grammys earlier this year – Ms Osbourne did her best to hide the weight loss. “I wore a wig to cover my face so you couldn’t see how skinny my cheekbones really were,” she said.
Her stylists started looking for a more flattering wardrobe. “They knew I was going through something. So we tried to find clothes that wouldn’t make me look skinnier.
‘I was scared. I wanted to be there to support my mother and pay tribute to my father’s legacy. But honestly, when I think about it, I don’t think I should have gone. I wasn’t doing so well.’
The grief of losing Ozzy made her feel nauseous when she tried to eat: “You’re in so much pain that the feeling of hunger can’t even arise.”
Kelly Osbourne attended the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in California in February
Sharon Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne attended a special cocktail hosted by Rebecca Vallance at Aki London on November 26, 2025
But Mrs Osbourne did her best to protect her three-year-old son, Sidney, from the suffering: ‘Every time he came into the room, something would come over me and I would fall against Miss Fun Mum.
“I didn’t cry in front of him; I would walk out of the room. I always took care that he was not exposed to undue grief.”
Ozzy and his grandson had an extremely close bond, with Ms Osbourne describing Sidney as a mini version of her father and saying he picked up mannerisms and personality traits.
Sidney still visits his grandfather’s grave most days, leaving a feather and telling “Daddy” about his day at daycare. Ozzy died at his home in Buckinghamshire on July 22 last year, aged 76, less than three weeks after his final concert at Villa Park in his home town of Birmingham.
Tens of thousands of fans lined the city streets for an emotional funeral procession, and his family laid flowers at Black Sabbath Bridge, named in honor of his band.
Ms Osbourne plans to document her grief and recovery in a three-part television series on bereavement. She is not yet allowed to mention the name of the broadcaster.
“I’m going to do a three-part documentary series about grief and mental health, and what I’ve been through, and tell my story because there’s a lot that people don’t know,” she said.
After nearly a decade of living with what she called “anticipatory grief” as Ozzy’s health deteriorated, Ms Osbourne said she had mistakenly believed she was ready for his death. “The person I was before my father died is dead,” she said. “That person no longer exists.”
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