Aimee Osbourne, his older sister, and his mother Sharon, Ozzy, and Kelly, all chose not to appear on the TV series The Osbournes, but Jack Osbourne did.
Jack Osbourne admits he and his sister Aimee are “not close at all” as he addresses her decision not to appear on The Osbournes. The pioneering reality TV show followed rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his family for four series.
While Jack, 39, and his sister Kelly, 40, starred in the MTV hit, 41-year-old Aimee opted not to appear at all. Aimee reportedly feared she would be seen as “riding on the coat-tails” of her family as she tried to make a name in the music industry.
She stated on the Disrespectfully podcast that, “back then, she really wanted to be a musician, and the kind of musician she wanted to be was like a Fiona Apple, Mazzy Star, like this kind of obscure, mysterious, moody… and she viewed hosting a show on MTV as low-hanging fruit. She said, “I’m not going to be seen riding coat-tails,” which was how she felt.
She used to say, “Well, I can’t come on because I don’t want to be seen even more as a jumping on the bandwagon,” but after the show was enormously successful, I think she was. And she hid her heels in order to remain a little obscure and private.
According to legend, The Osbournes allegedly opened the door for reality TV shows based on well-known families. It followed the family through difficult times, including Sharon’s battle with cancer and an ATV accident that nearly caused Ozzy’s death.
When Aimee asked how regrettable she had stopped watching the show, Jack said, “I’ve never had the conversation with her, we’re never even close. She’ll be the first to admit it, so it’s a secret that our relationship isn’t great.
Do you regret it? is a question I never directly asked her. I believe there must be a feeling of “Hey, my life would have probably been different than what it is if I’ve done that,” so I don’t know if I would have regretted it.
When asked if he was “glad” that he did the show, Jack responded, “Absolutely, it was such an interesting thing to be a part of, especially how much media has changed, there’s just not that level of excitement around TV anymore like there was back then.”
Aimee and her family recently spotted together at her father’s funeral on Thursday. Just weeks after his 82nd birthday, rocker Ozzy passed away on July 22.
The family made a stop at Birmingham’s Black Sabbath Bridge to read the messages that thousands of fans have left since Ozzy’s passing. Before the procession started, fans waited for about five minutes while chanting “Ozzy” in front of them.
On his 250-acre estate in Buckinghamshire, the Black Sabbath frontman was cremated aside an elaborate lake. Fans have left floral tributes outside the property since his death.
Source: Mirror
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