Seven months after losing her legendary father, Ozzy Osbourne, the spotlight around Kelly Osbourne has shifted from red carpets to something far more personal.
According to sources who spoke to TMZ, those closest to Kelly are increasingly worried about her noticeable weight loss. While the transformation has sparked online commentary, insiders insist the real story is grief.
Friends “are concerned,” sources told TMZ, but they also understand what’s driving it. They believe much of her recent weight loss is directly tied to the death of her father in July at age 76. It has been just over seven months since Ozzy passed, and those in her inner circle say the toll has been visible.
Kelly, they say, is aware of how she looks. But right now, appearance is the least of her priorities. Grief has made it difficult for her to eat, and maintaining a healthy weight has taken a backseat to simply getting through the day. Her friends know she’s “working on it,” and they’re giving her grace as she navigates what sources describe as a deeply painful chapter.
© Samir HusseinPublic scrutiny, however, hasn’t slowed, and Kelly has been made aware of the negative comments. She shared a screenshot of one of the remarks to her Instagram Stories after one of her latest appearances, writing, “Literally can’t believe how disgusting some human beings truly are! No one deserves this sort of abuse!”
Back in December, she addressed the situation. “I am ill right now,” she said in an Instagram Story. “My life is completely flipped upside down. I don’t understand why people expect me to bounce back and look like everything is just fine in my life when it’s not.”
© Leon BennettShe added, “The fact that I’m getting out of bed and facing my life, trying, should be more than enough. And I should be commended for that.” Her mother, Sharon Osbourne, has been fiercely protective. Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Sharon defended her daughter, saying, “She’s right. She’s lost her daddy. She can’t eat right now.”
She also took aim at critics, adding, “They’ve got something wrong with their lives. They’re not happy.” Earlier this month, Kelly admitted publicly, “People usually say, ‘I’m great.’ [But] I’m not doing so great. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever been through in my life.” Still, she emphasized resilience. “We’re doing everything we can to try and just live in his legacy and be happy.”
© Gilbert FloresKelly has spent decades battling public scrutiny that began during her teenage years on The Osbournes. In a 2024 episode of The Osbournes Podcast, she recalled a painful early encounter with an industry executive who told her she was “too fat for TV” and needed to lose weight.
As an adult, Kelly underwent gastric sleeve surgery around 2018, later revealing on the Hollywood Raw podcast, “I had surgery; I don’t give a f— what anyone has to say. I will never ever ever lie about it ever. It is the best thing I have ever done.” The procedure, combined with lifestyle changes, led to an 85-pound weight loss.
© The Grosby GroupShe has also spoken about using semaglutide injections briefly in the past and clarified in 2024 that she did not take Ozempic for her recent weight loss. “I know everybody thinks I took Ozempic. I did not take Ozempic. I don’t know where that came from,” she said in an interview with Extra. Still, she later expressed support for those who find the medication life-changing.
After welcoming her son Sidney in 2022 with fiancé Sid Wilson of Slipknot, Kelly faced gestational diabetes and gained 100 pounds during pregnancy. She later admitted on Scheana Shay’s podcast that she became intensely focused on losing the weight. “I was on a mission after having the baby to lose all my baby weight. And then I was like, well I lost all the baby weight, lets see how far I can go with it. [I] went a little bit too far but [I] stopped.”
© Dave BenettIn December 2025, months after her father’s passing, she delivered one of her most pointed responses yet to critics questioning her appearance: “To the people who keep thinking they’re being funny and mean by writing comments like ‘Are you ill,’ or ‘Get off Ozempic, you don’t look right.’ My dad just died, and I’m doing the best that I can,” she said in a since-deleted clip, before concluding, “So to all those people, ‘f— off.'”
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