Kelly Osbourne is opening up about her weight loss after her father, Ozzy Osbourne, died in 2025.
The 41-year-old reality star told the Daily Mail on September 6 she had “no idea” how much smaller she was in 2025. She saw a photo of herself in a fitting the 2026 Grammy Awards and was shocked.
“I looked like the f—ing Crypt Keeper,” Osbourne said, referencing the skelton-like character from the Tales from the Crypt franchise.
“I said, ‘This is scary. I didn’t know I looked like this,’” she continued. “My spine — you could see every single bone. I couldn’t see what other people saw because I was in so much pain. I just saw a broken person.”
Her father died from “out of hospital cardiac arrest” and “acute myocardial infarction,” coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease with autonomic dysfunction stated as “joint causes,” according to the death certificate obtained by People. He was 76 years old.
She said her team looked for something for her to wear that would not emphasize the weight loss.
“They knew I was going through something. So, we were trying to find clothes to not make me look skinnier,” she recalled. “I was scared. I wanted to be there to support my mom [Sharon Osbourne] and to pay tribute to my father’s legacy, [but] I don’t think I should have gone. I wasn’t very well.”
After her father died she struggled with the loss to the point she couldn’t eat.
“You’re filled with so much pain that the feeling of hunger can’t even pop up,” she explained.
Osbourne is working on a three-part documentary that tells her experience with grief
“I’m [telling] my story because there’s a lot that people don’t know,” she said. “The person I was before my dad died is dead. That person doesn’t exist anymore.”
If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, help is available. Contact the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) at 1-800-931-2237 or go to NationalEatingDisorders.org.
