Kelly Osbourne reflects on loss and healing following Ozzy Osbourne’s passing

Kelly Osbourne has opened up about navigating life without her father, describing grief as a “quiet weight you learn to carry” seven months after Black Sabbath legend Ozzy Osbourne passed away.

The 41-year-old TV personality lost her father, 76, to a heart attack in July 2025, following years of health challenges, including a Parkinson’s diagnosis in 2019.

Taking to Instagram Stories on Saturday, Kelly shared a heartfelt message over a black background, “Some grief doesn’t end. It changes shape. It becomes the quiet weight you learn to carry, the ache woven into your days.

Making it through doesn’t mean leaving it behind. It means finding the strength to live and love and keep going even with forever resting in your heart.

When grief feels endless and disastrous, like it’s unmaking you from the inside out, surviving isn’t about conquering it. It’s about enduring it.

It’s about standing in the wreckage of your own heart and whispering, ‘I am still here,’ even when every part of you feels shattered and like you don’t want to be here!”

Kelly has previously spoken about the role of falconry in helping her cope with her father’s death. 

In September 2025, she shared on Instagram that spending time with birds had helped her rediscover joy.

“In all my sadness and grief I have found something that truly makes me happy! I never thought I would find my smile again through falconry but I did. I absolutely love being with the birds.”

Her post featured photos and videos of her interacting with owls and other birds, including a clip where she praises an owl: “You are great!”

Fan support has also played a meaningful role in helping Kelly and her family, sister Aimee Osbourne, 42, brother Jack Osbourne, 40, and mother Sharon Osbourne, 73navigate the loss.

In August 2025, Kelly expressed her gratitude on social media:

“I’ve sat down to write this a hundred times and still don’t know if the words will ever feel like enough … but from the bottom of my heart, thank you. 

The love, support and beautiful messages I’ve received from so many of you have truly helped carry me through the hardest moment of my life. Every kind word, every shared memory, every bit of compassion has meant more than I can ever explain.”