Ozzy Osbourne has given followers an replace on his well being, insisting that rumors of his demise have been exaggerated. “This fucking press drive you nuts. I imply, I regarded within the journal, ‘Ozzy’s on his final legs.’ I am fucking not dying,” the rocker declared throughout an interview on SiriusXM’s Ozzy Speaks. “Come on, guys. Have not I’ve had it dangerous sufficient already? If I get OK right this moment, if the physician stated to me right this moment, ‘Oh, you possibly can tour,’ it will take one other six months to get it collectively, ?”
A month in the past, Osbourne introduced he was retiring from touring after years of great medical setbacks. “By no means would I’ve imagined that my touring days would have ended this fashion,” he stated on the time. Nevertheless, within the latest SiriusXM interview, the Prince of Darkness struck a extra defiant tone.
“I have been working my guts out to attempt to get again on my toes. I’ve come to the purpose the place Sharon says to me, ‘You already know what? The reality of the matter is you possibly can’t preserve reserving excursions and failing, canceling,” Osbourne defined. “So, if I can ever get again to the place I can tour once more, high-quality. However proper now, in the event you stated to me, ‘Are you able to go on the highway in a month?’ I could not say sure. I imply, if I may tour, I would tour. However proper now I am unable to ebook excursions as a result of proper now I do not suppose I may pull them off.”
Osbourne additional detailed his ongoing well being issues, admitting that the cycle of illnesses and coverings made him really feel like “a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest.”
“The one factor I’ve obtained that retains me going is making data. However I am unable to try this endlessly. I gotta get on the market,” he declared. “I do to the very best I can to avoid the ache remedy, however there are occasions after I go, “You already know, I’ve gotta take one thing. … I imply, final week I could not, I have been sleeping nice and abruptly for 2 back-to-back nights I by no means slept a wink. If you happen to gotta torture me, simply preserve me awake for a few days. I will let you know regardless of the fuck you need me to say.”
Earlier this month, Osbourne gained two Grammys for his 2022 album, Affected person Quantity 9. He was unable to attend the occasion, and whereas he expressed appreciation for the accolades, he admitted the wins had been bittersweet. “I am not saying I do not like ’em, however I want I may tour to again it up,” he defined. “[Winning] makes it worse in the long term as a result of I’m going, ‘Oh, fuck.’”
