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 appeared 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 unhealthy sufficient already? If I get OK in the present day, if the physician stated to me in the present day, ‘Oh, you may tour,’ it will take one other six months to get it collectively, you understand?”
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 manner,” he stated on the time. Nonetheless, within the current 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 ft. I’ve come to the purpose the place Sharon says to me, ‘You realize what? The reality of the matter is you may’t preserve reserving excursions and failing, canceling,” Osbourne defined. “So, if I can ever get again to the place I can tour once more, fantastic. However proper now, in the event you stated to me, ‘Are you able to go on the street in a month?’ I could not say sure. I imply, if I may tour, I would tour. However proper now I am unable to e book excursions as a result of proper now I do not assume 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 bought that retains me going is making information. However I am unable to try this endlessly. I gotta get on the market,” he declared. “I do to the most effective I can to keep away from the ache medicine, however there are occasions after I go, “You realize, 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. Should you gotta torture me, simply preserve me awake for a few days. I will inform you regardless of the fuck you need me to say.”
Earlier this month, Osbourne received 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 have 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.’”
