Kelly Osbourne is opening up about the hardest year of her life. On the“We Need to Talk”podcast, she said she relapsed on alcohol after her father Ozzy Osbourne died in July 2025. She described becoming a shell of herself, unable to eat or speak, and said she hit what she called ground zero. It’s a raw look at how quickly sobriety can unravel when grief takes over.
The good news: Kelly says she’s now eight months sober. She also got candid about the people she lost along the way, friends who expected her to be over the loss long before she was ready. Instead of chasing them, she closed her circle and focused on her healing. And she shared the last conversation she had with Ozzy three days before he died, when he told her she would always know one man truly loved her.
Kelly’s story is a reminder that grief doesn’t follow a schedule, and healing isn’t linear. If you or someone you know is struggling with loss or addiction, you don’t have to do it alone.
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