Ozzy Osbourne’s ongoing medical woes have been broadly publicized, so that you’d suppose that virtually anybody who’s ever been near him would’ve reached out by now. In line with Ozzy, nonetheless, Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler has but to cellphone him, and Geezer has since disputed his former bandmate’s accusation.
Within the newest challenge of Rolling Stone UK, Ozzy dove into his many issues relating to his present private {and professional} lives. Naturally, his struggles with Parkinson’s illness (in addition to his well being basically) got here up, and it was then that Ozzy lambasted Geezer for not contacting him.
“You do discover out who’s a real buddy if you’ve been by way of what I’ve had,” Ozzy started [via Rolling Stone UK]. “[Black Sabbath guitarist] Tony Iommi has been so supportive of me since my sickness. Geezer Butler hasn’t given me one fucking cellphone name. Not one fucking name.”
He continued [via Rolling Stone UK]:
When his son was fucking born, I phoned him each fucking evening regardless that we have been at battle with one another, Black Sabbath and me [after his sacking]. I assumed, “Fuck it, he’s my mate, I’m gonna name him.” However from him, not one fucking name. It’s unhappy, man. All of us grew up collectively, and he can’t decide up the fucking cellphone like a person and see how I’m doing. Even [Black Sabbath drummer] Invoice Ward has been in contact with me. I mentioned some issues about Invoice, and I don’t know why I mentioned it, however after I got here by way of my sickness, he contacted me. I’m not in shock, I’m simply very fucking unhappy that he can’t simply name me in spite of everything this time and say, “The way you doing?” Fucking arsehole.
Throughout the interview – and as Loudwire beforehand reported – Ozzy additionally mentioned how their quarrel stems their wives having “a falling-out!” He added [via Rolling Stone UK]: “However that’s received fucking nothing to do with me. Are you actually going to cover behind your spouse’s skirt due to that?”
Yesterday (Nov. 25), Geezer took to Instagram to put up his personal model of the scenario:
Hearsay has it; Ozzy is upset, saying he by no means obtained my get nicely messages. I made 2 completely different makes an attempt at getting in contact throughout his sicknesses. My first e mail (8 Feb, 2019) went by way of his workplace as a result of I didn’t have Ozzy’s new quantity to textual content him. Sharon responded however I didn’t hear again from Ozzy. 11 months later (21 Jan, 2020), I emailed Sharon to test on Oz. That e mail went unanswered. I don’t need to interact in a tit for tat. Having made 2 makes an attempt to want Ozzy nicely , and not using a reply, I figured it finest to privately preserve him in my ideas.
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As of this writing, Ozzy hasn’t responded to him.
In associated information, Sharon Osbourne not too long ago chastised the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame for not inducting Ozzy as a solo artist. Regardless of the unique Black Sabbath lineup being inducted in 2006 – in addition to Ozzy’s “43 years as a solo artist” amassing “practically 100 million albums bought,” as Sharon put it – he’s but to be an inductee in his personal proper.
Elsewhere, Kelly Osbourne revealed the “large adverse impact” The Osbournes actuality TV sequence had on her household’s psychological well being
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