Ozzy Osbourne expressed regret for his various infidelities in a new interview with GQ for its Men of the Year issue.
The 71-year-old Black Sabbath frontman admitted he had done ‘outrageous things’ in his life, but he expressed ‘regret’ for cheating on his wife Sharon, 68.
The singer also expressed hope about the future of the relationship and indicated that he had mended his his ways in the interview, which was published on Thursday.
Bad times: Ozzy Osbourne, 71, opened up about his past infidelities and said he regretted their impact on his wife Sharon in an interview published Thursday with GQ; seen together in 2013
Ozzy (real name: John Osbourne) delved into his marriage after the interviewer Tim Jonze asked about what things he regretted from his past.
‘I’ve done some pretty outrageous things in my life. I regret cheating on my wife. I don’t do it any more,’ he admitted.
‘I got my reality check and I’m lucky she didn’t leave me. I’m not proud of that.’
The heavy metal singer also claimed that he was torn up over his affairs with other women.
‘I was pissed off with myself. But I broke her heart,’ he aid.
Lucky: ‘I’ve done some pretty outrageous things in my life. I regret cheating on my wife. I don’t do it any more,’ he admitted. ‘I’m lucky she didn’t leave me. I’m not proud of that’
Marriage conflict: The Black Sabbath singer split from Sharon in May 2016, reportedly over an affair with his hairstylist Michelle Pugh; pictured in 2015
The Paranoid singer’s reality check appeared to be his 2016 split from Sharon, which came on the heels of reports that he had had an affair with his hairstylist, Michelle Pugh.
The two split in May of that year, but Sharon revealed in July on her series The Talk that she had forgiven him.
She said their split had ‘been very hard,’ but she downplayed it by calling him ‘a romantic fool.’
‘He’s very embarrassed and ashamed about his conduct,’ she said, before adding that she had forgiven him.
‘It’s going take a long time to trust, but we’ve been together 36 years, 34 of marriage… I just can’t think of my life without him.’
More to it: Sharon later forgave him publicly on her series The Talk, though she told The Telegraph in 2017 that he slept with six women, not just one; seen together in January in LA
In 2017, Sharon shared more information about Ozzy’s dalliances in an interview with The Telegraph, including her claim that he had slept with more women than just his hairdresser prior to their separation.
‘There wasn’t just one woman; there were six of them.
‘Some f**king Russian teenager… then a masseuse in England… our masseuse out here [in LA]… and then our cook.
‘Basically, if you’re a woman giving Ozzy either a back rub or a trolley of food, God help you,’ she added on a lighter note.
The TV host also revealed that she found out about the affair when Ozzy accidentally sent her an email intended for one of his paramours.
Ozzy has been married to Sharon since 1982, and they share three children: Kelly, 36, Jack, 35, and Aimee, 37, who avoided much of the limelight by opting not to appear in the family’s reality series.
The singer also has three older children from his first marriage to Thelma Riley from 1971–1982, including Jessica Osbourne, 48, and Louis Osbourne, 48.
He also adopted his wife’s son Elliot Kingsley, 54.
Going strong: Ozzy has been married to Sharon since 1982, and they share three children: Kelly, 36, Jack, 35, and Aimee, 37, who skipped out on appearing on The Osbournes; seen in 1985
Consequences: Elsewhere in the interview, Ozzy complained that Kelly and Jack had been introduced to drugs due to their fame from the reality series; seen together in 2015
Elsewhere in his GQ interview, Ozzy complained about the price his family paid for filming four seasons of The Osbournes for MTV.
‘After three years of filming it the kids were all on drugs, Sharon was battling cancer and so I said to the family, “Do you want to carry on?” and they said, “No,” so we pulled it,’ he explained.
When asked if he blamed the series for his children’s drug problems, the singer suggested others may have wanted to introduce them to illicit substances due to their fame.
‘They were kids getting led into bars and clubs and getting pills and whatever. By the end Jack was trying to get sober. I was trying to get sober,’ he admitted.