Ozzy Osbourne didn’t hold back in a new documentary, joking that while his final years were tough, “at least I wasn’t Sting.”
The Black Sabbath frontman, diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019, passed away at 76 on July 22, surrounded by his family. He was laid to rest a week later, on July 30.
Now, fans will get an intimate look at his last six years in the upcoming documentary Ozzy: No Escape From Now, set to premiere on Paramount+ on October 7.
Throughout his career, Ozzy and Sting, 74, had their fair share of clashes. Footage from the documentary, seen by The Sun, shows that even in his later years, Ozzy’s sharp wit hadn’t dulled. Talking candidly about his health struggles, he quipped:
“I am really messed up with this body of mine… I went to the doctor and there’s a blood clot. My leg is about to fall off. But I can’t complain. I was rocking until I was 70… could have been worse. I could be Sting.”
The Daily Mail reached out to representatives for both Ozzy and Sting for comment.
The feud isn’t new—back at the 2003 Grammys, Sting even tried to make peace by speaking to Ozzy’s daughter, Kelly. At the time, Sharon Osbourne commented:
“We all bumped into each other on the red carpet and said how ridiculous it was… we’re all adults and all apologized. It was great.”
In the BBC documentary, Ozzy opens up about the day-to-day challenges of living with Parkinson’s. He admits that turning 70 marked a dramatic change:
“When I was 69, I thought, ‘I don’t feel that bad.’ Then I hit 70, and everything changed. I can’t walk very far without getting out of breath. I used to work out all the time… now I can’t.”
Sharon Osbourne added context about a serious fall Ozzy suffered:
“He got up in the middle of the night and tripped. He hit the floor so hard. At one point, he didn’t have fluid along his spine, and medics had to perform emergency surgery.”
Despite the setbacks, Ozzy’s attitude remained resilient:
“It knocks the crap out of you, but you just have to keep going… the best outcome is being fit enough to perform; the worst is not being able to.”
The documentary also follows Ozzy and Sharon as they prepared to leave the U.S. and return to the U.K. permanently. A BBC documentary about this period, initially titled Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, was delayed due to concerns from the family about its rushed production.
Paramount+’s Ozzy: No Escape From Now, directed by BAFTA winner Tania Alexander, is set to air October 7. The film offers an honest look at how Ozzy’s chronic pain affected his mental health and creativity, culminating in a final farewell concert, gifted to him by Sharon, as a poignant close to his remarkable life.
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