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After decades of living in Los Angeles, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are heading back to their native England. But the Prince of Darkness is not happy about it.
During a new interview with Consequence, Ozzy expressed his true feelings about the move. The topic came up while discussing the Osbournes' upcoming reality series Home to Roost, which will document their return to England. “I’m getting a bit of flak from people,” he admitted. “To be honest with you, if I had my way, I’d stay in America. I’m American now.”
Unfortunately, after Sharon left The Talk, the couple no longer felt safe with where they lived. “When my wife got called a racist on [The Talk], she is absolutely not a racist,” Ozzy declared. “Her friend is Piers Morgan [who made disparaging comments about Meghan Markle]. She didn’t say, ‘I agree with him.’ She just respected his ability to have freedom of speech. That’s all that she said. And she got a lot of flak from that, so we actually had to have f**king armed guards and all that.”
Sharon added that she felt like living in LA was generally less safe than it was when they first arrived. “When I first came here, I thought I was in heaven. In the ’70s, if you loved music, this was the place to be," she said. "It’s not that hub anymore. It’s not exciting anymore. It hasn’t gone sideways, it’s gone down. It’s not a fun place to live. It’s dangerous here. Every big city’s got crime, but I don’t feel safe here. Neither does Ozzy.”
All that being said, Ozzy would still rather stay in LA. “To be honest with you, I don’t want to go back [to England]," he said bluntly. "F**k that.”