Ozzy Osbourne's been having a rough time as of late. In 2019, Ozzy suffered from both a bad bout of pneumonia and then re-awakened some old (and serious) injuries during a bad fall. The Prince of Darkness has been recovering at home, saying in an interview last month "I'm getting better. It's a slow process, but I'm getting there slowly but surely." But, perhaps things aren't going so well. Although, the last update we got from his friend Nikki Sixx, wasn't positive at all. Thankfully, a new update from his wife offers a brighter outlook.
Sharon Osbourne was a guest on the Wild Ride Podcast and noted that Ozzy is doing much better, even though the injuries resulted in his Parkinson's Disease returning:
“He’s doing good. He’s doing really, really good. He’s had a terrible, terrible injury. At one point, they thought he would never walk again, but he is – he’s walking and he’s doing great.
“He’s been hit by so much, medically, but he’s doing good. He’s getting stronger every day. Oh, god, I mean, to be hit with the spinal injury, and then what it had done was it kind of started off the Parkinson’s that he had the gene for but was never activated – he just had the gene.
“It’s like having the breast cancer gene but it never comes into fruition – it never gets alive. And he had the Parkinson’s gene and this accident just sparked it off. So he kind of had a double dose of everything. But he’s doing good.
“It’s heartbreaking – it’s heartbreaking – to see this. He’s had this ride in his life, and then suddenly – boom! – you are floored. And to have your health taken away… No matter what you’ve got money-wise or anything in the world – can’t fix it.”
Ozzy was all ready to record a new album before coronavirus hit. Sharon offered an update on that as well.
“The album was sensational. He’s starting his second album with [‘Ordinary Man’ producer/guitarist] Andrew Watt right now. And you can’t stop him. He’s doing it.
“Ozzy says that as far as performing goes, he has to end it his way because it was his farewell tour that he was on, but he still had a year to do of that tour, and there were seats sold for the next year, but the accident stopped it all.
“But he said it’s not gonna end just like that – it’s gonna end his way. And he’s gonna go back out. And even if it’s just one huge show to say goodbye, he’s going to do it.”
I really hope, for Ozzy's sake, that he does not go back out on tour. We'd much rather he be happy and healthy at home.
[MetalSucks via Ultimate Guitar]
