Anyone who tuned into The Osbournes in the early 2000s or has followed the family since then knows that Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne shared two children named Jack and Kelly. Certain fans may even know that Ozzy and Sharon have a third child together, a daughter named Aimee, who opted out of the reality-television series. However, it might not be common knowledge that Ozzy had a life – and a family – before he wed Sharon in 1982. A decade earlier, Ozzy met Thelma Riley at a nightclub called The Rum Runner, where she worked at the time, per Distractify. The couple married in 1971, and a year later, they welcomed their daughter, Jessica Osbourne.
Three years after Jessica’s birth, Ozzy and Thelma’s family grew when she gave birth to their son, Louis. Jessica had a son, Elliot, from a previous relationship, and Ozzy adopted him. Unfortunately for everyone involved, there wouldn’t be a storybook ending for the family. “Shortly after I became successful with Black Sabbath, I met Thelma in a nightclub,” Ozzy said in an A&R biography. “Then we got married, and we had two children, Jessica and Louis. We bought a house for 20,000 pounds. I thought, ‘I have arrived.’ Not realizing it was a giant mirage. Something ain’t feeling right.”
Ozzy was admittedly into drugs and alcohol at this point. “I thought money would buy everything, would fix everything,” he said in the biography, “but money would buy the alcohol and the drugs, and I behaved f-cking badly. The way I treated Thelma, it was wrong. I treated her really badly and the kids, two children. I was a very selfish, self-centered, egotistical guy, and I f-cked around from day one, and that ain’t cool. And my wife just had enough.” It all came to a head in 1982. Three years after Black Sabbath fired him for substance abuse issues, Ozzy and Thelma divorced.
Afterward, Ozzy went on to become a successful solo artist. He and Sharon built a home – though it wasn’t always a happy one – and they started a family of their own. The late rock legend is survived by all six of his children and his grandkids.
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Jessica Osbourne was born in 1972. Viewers of The Osbournes learned of her during the episode “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” per The Sun. Ozzy revealed the news that she had given birth to a baby girl, making him a grandfather for the first time.
She is reportedly a mother and has had a career in the film and television industry. Jessica has worked in front of the camera, appearing in Better Call Saul, Romeo & Juliet Vs. The Living Dead, and Manhattan. She has also worked behind the camera as a director, a key makeup artist, and a costume supervisor on various projects. She has also reportedly worked as a makeup designer in Hollywood.
