Jack Osbourne’s ex-wife is remembering the late Ozzy Osbourne.
Following the rocker’s demise at age 76 on Tuesday, July 22, Lisa Stelly took to Instagram to share a touching tribute.
Osbourne, 39, and Stelly, 38, had been married from 2012 to 2019 and share daughters Pearl, 13, Andy, 10, and Minnie, 7.
On Thursday, the mother of three shared photos of Ozzy together with his grandchildren through the years. Pictures included the musician holding his granddaughter on a non-public airplane, mendacity on the sofa with the kiddos, and carrying one of many ladies on his shoulders.
Stelly additionally shared an image of herself and Ozzy at a dinner desk.
Rounding out the candy publish was a video of a cat crawling on the Prince of Darkness, in addition to a clip of Ozzy and Sharon, 72, enjoying with one in every of their granddaughters.
Stelly shared the carousel to her Instagram Tales, writing, “Love you, Papa,” and set it to Ozzy’s 1995 track, “See You on the Other Side.”
Ozzy’s household confirmed his demise to The Submit on Tuesday, sharing, “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family’s privacy at this time.”
Together with Jack, Ozzy and Sharon, who tied the knot in 1982, are dad and mom to daughters Aimee, 41, and Kelly, 40.
The heavy metallic icon can also be dad to Louis and Jessica from his first marriage to Thelma Riley. Moreover, he helped increase Riley’s son, Elliot Kingsley, from a earlier relationship.
Ozzy and Sharon introduced up their three youngsters in California, with the household touchdown their very own present in 2002.
The MTV actuality collection “The Osbournes” ran for 4 seasons till 2005.
Aimee selected to not take part within the venture and lives a principally non-public life.
“It definitely worked great for the rest of my family, but for me, and who I am, I just knew it was never something that I would have been able to consider realistically,” she advised New York’s Q1043 radio present in 2020.
On Tuesday, Sue Kolinsky, who labored as a producer on “The Osbournes,” advised The Submit simply how excellent Ozzy was for the present.
“We realized early on that anything Ozzy did was going to be funny,” she shared. “Like making a milkshake – we were gonna have [that be] three minutes of an episode. He was so funny, and he had no idea how funny he was.”
Kolinsky added in regards to the Black Sabbath frontman: “Everything he did was kind of like a crazy rocker version of ‘Father Knows Best.’ And he was kind.”
In the meantime, Osbourne, who additionally shares daughter Maple, 3, with spouse Aree Gearhart, continued to work carefully together with his dad through the years.
In 2009, the podcast host starred within the selection present “Osbournes Reloaded” together with his dad and mom and Kelly.
Jack additionally produced the 2011 documentary “God Bless Ozzy Osbourne,” which gave followers a behind-the-scenes look into Ozzy’s life and profession.
From 2016 to 2018, Jack and Ozzy collaborated on a particular venture, “Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour.”
The daddy-son duo hit the street to go to traditionally important places and landmarks that had been on their bucket record. The present ran for 3 seasons.
Jack additionally executive-produced “The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne” in 2020.
Together with having a tight-knit relationship together with his youngest son, Ozzy had additionally shaped an in depth bond together with his grandchildren.
In 2023, Osbourne opened up about Ozzy’s philosophy as a grandfather.
“My dad is like, ‘Hell, no. Like, no,’” he advised Fox Information Digital about altering diapers. “Because my dad’s in that era where, like, men don’t touch diapers. Like, that’s not that’s not what dads do.”
“It’s funny if my kids are at the house and like they all want to get into bed and watch TV with my mom, my dad is like, ‘Nope.’ And he like, gets out of the bed and like, goes. He’s like, ‘No, I’m not doing that,’” Jack continued. “I’m like, ‘Why?’ He’s like, ‘I don’t want them going to school being like, ‘I was in bed with my grandpa.’ He’s like, ‘No, not dealing with it.’ And I’m like, ‘OK.’ I’m like, ‘Fine, that’s your boundary. That’s your boundary.’”
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Together with the actor’s youngsters, Ozzy was additionally a grandfather to Kelly’s son Sidney, whom she shares along with her fiancé, Slipknot’s Sid Wilson.
Jessica, 45, can also be mother to youngsters Isabelle, Kitty, and Harry. Louis, in the meantime, is dad to Maia and Elijah.
Weeks earlier than Ozzy’s demise, Jack spoke candidly about his dad throughout a screening of his 2020 documentary, “The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne.”
“What are my three words to describe my dad? I would say funny, unique and powerful,” he stated whereas on the Millennium Level Centre in Birmingham, England, on July 4. “He is an incredible man. He really is. His contribution to music is bigger than his faults. This whole weekend has been emotional.”
A day later, Ozzy would carry out for the ultimate time at Black Sabbath’s “Back to the Beginning” farewell live performance.
Jack additionally advised the viewers on the Millennium Level Centre {that a} deliberate Ozzy biopic is within the works.
“We do have the film on the way. We have a lot of good forward momentum on the Ozzy biopic. We have a director attached now and the script is done and Sony Studios is going to be producing it,” he revealed. “We are really excited about it so maybe we will do the premiere here in Birmingham. It is about to go through a script rewrite. It’s going to be raw.”
“We are not pulling any punches, we are really laying it all out,” Jack admitted. “The director we have is absolutely phenomenal.”
