Osbourne and his spouse Sharon are returning to their Buckinghamshire residence after spending greater than 20 years residing in Los Angeles, the Black Sabbath singer told the Observer in a wide-ranging interview. Osbourne’s household life in California was famously documented on the MTV actuality sequence “The Osbournes” within the early 2000s.
Gun violence within the US is a part of what satisfied him to return to the UK full-time, he instructed the Observer.
“I am fed up with folks getting killed day-after-day,” he mentioned of American gun violence. “God is aware of how many individuals have been shot at school shootings. And there was that mass taking pictures in Vegas at that live performance … it is f*****g loopy.”
He additionally famous that he did not wish to die within the US. “I am English. I wish to be again.”
There have been greater than 440 mass shootings within the US in 2022, in response to the Gun Violence Archive, which up to date its information on Monday. The mass taking pictures in Las Vegas Osbourne referred to occurred in 2017 and killed 58 people, and it stays the deadliest mass taking pictures in US historical past.
Sharon Osbourne mentioned “America has modified so drastically” and mentioned there’s “nothing united about it.” She waded into divisive debates final 12 months, when she defended her pal Piers Morgan in an argument with Sheri Underwood on an episode of their daytime sequence “The Speak,” and she or he later left the show after former colleagues accused her of utilizing racist and homophobic language.
Ozzy Osbourne gave a unique purpose for wanting to go away to the Mirror earlier this 12 months: In March, the UK tabloid reported that Osbourne mentioned “the tax is getting an excessive amount of” and that whereas he’d miss Los Angeles, he did not wish to proceed paying present taxes to remain within the US.
The Osbournes will return to the UK in February, the Observer reported, the place Osbourne mentioned he’ll proceed to make music. His new solo album, which he recorded whereas experiencing a number of power well being points together with Parkinson’s disease, might be launched subsequent month.
