‘So sick’: Kelly Osbourne opens up for the first time about weight loss and backlash
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Kelly Osbourne has opened up for the first time about her concerning weight loss after the death of her father Ozzy Osbourne.
The 41-year-old former reality star admitted it has been a “slow process” of recovery, and that it was hard to handle the backlash and scrutiny she was facing at the time.
Kelly Osbourne has addressed her weight loss and backlash about it for the first time, admitting she was ‘so sick’. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
“How can you navigate something so cruel when you’re so sick?” she told Hello magazine.
“I’m getting a lot better. I’ve got all the help I need and I’m grateful for the support I have in my life.”
Kelly said she had an incredible team in her corner, and they were not just her friends.
“Because what you’ll find when you’re grieving is that people don’t know how to handle it, and you do lose a lot of friends,” she said.
“But the ones who stick around are the real ones.”
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The mum-of-one is now focusing on taking things day by day.
“You’ve got to fix the head before you can fix the body… It’s going to take me a minute,” she said.
“I’m not going to be fixed in a day. I’m not going to be fixed on one therapy session. This is a lifetime of work I’ve got to do and continue to do for the rest of my life.”
Osbourne added that her current mindset was “a lot more healthy” as she got to know herself in this new way.
Kelly, who is also in therapy, said it had been interesting to discover things about herself through this process too.
“I’m getting a lot better. I’ve got all the help I need and I’m grateful for the support I have in my life.” Instagram/@kellyosbourne
Ozzy Osbourne died in July 2025, and Kelly was open about her heartache when she shared her own tribute on social media.
But in the months that followed her weight became a huge topic of discussion on social media, with many slamming her sudden weight loss, and she blamed grief for it.
She first addressed the backlash to her sudden weight loss on Piers Morgan Uncensored in December 2025.
The former reality star has been accused of taking Ozempic - which she has denied - and instead put her weight loss down to the grief of losing her dad Ozzy in July 2025. Getty Images for The Recording A
“To the people who keep thinking they’re being funny and mean by writing comments like, ‘Are you ill, or ‘Get off Ozempic,’ or ‘You don’t look right’ … to all those people, f--k off,” she said.
“My dad just died, and I’m doing the best that I can.”
Kelly has repeatedly denied Ozempic use.
Her mum, Sharon Osbourne, doubled down and defended her daughter during the same interview.
“She’s right, you know. She’s right. She can’t eat right now,” she added.
