Ozzy Osbourne's life-changing health woes as Sharon cuts CBB short for him
Sharon Osbourne returned to TV screens this week when she entered as a 'lodger' in the revamped version of Celebrity Big Brother.
However, the former X Factor judge, 71, confessed that she can't stay for the full series - and will only be in the house for five days - due to her husband Ozzy's health conditions. While the rest of the housemates - including Sharon's former X Factor co-star Louis Walsh - have all signed up for the full 19 days of the celebrity series, she will be on the show for less than a week.
Revealing the heartbreaking reason why, Sharon said it was too hard to be away from husband Ozzy, who has Parkinson's Disease.
She shared: "I don't want to stay away from Ozzy for too long. We're so close as a family. I don't think I have ever gone a week without talking to any of them, ever. Through fights, feuds, everything. We still talk and this will definitely be the longest."
Ozzy lives with Parkinson's disease (FilmMagic)
Ozzy believes he only has a few years left to live amid his health battles (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)When Ozzy was diagnosed with the illness three years ago, Sharon explained: "There's so many different types of Parkinson's. It's not a death sentence by any stretch of the imagination, but it does affect certain nerves in your body. And it's like you have a good day, and then a really bad day."
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Amid ongoing serious health concerns, Ozzy previously bravely shared details of his struggle, including how long he believes he's got left to live. Late last year, Ozzy announced his decision to quit touring with Black Sabbath, penning a message of regret to fans as he cancelled planned tour dates across Europe and the UK.
Ozzy's health battles first started back in 2003, when the TV star experienced a terrifying quad bike crash that ended with him having a broken neck bone, fractured collarbone and six ribs. He also damaged a major artery and nerves, leading to urgent surgery being needed.
His wife Sharon, aged 71, previously spoke to the Mirror about how his heart stopped after the incident at their Buckinghamshire house. She said: "He had stopped breathing and the guard spotted it immediately.
"He had stopped breathing for a minute and a half and there was no pulse. But thank God, the security guard was there to revive him. He resuscitated him and got him breathing and his pulse going again. We are so, so grateful to him."
Ozzy has accepted his health woes (Corbis via Getty Images)Then, in 2019, Ozzy took another painful fall at his LA house, making his old injuries worse. Speaking to the Mail Online, he described how he lost his balance in the bathroom and fell on his face. He said at the time: "I saw this big white flash when I hit the floor and I thought, 'You've finally done it now'. I knew it was bad, I thought I was paralysed, so very calmly I said, 'Sharon, I can't move. I think I've done my neck. Phone an ambulance'."
The music legend then shared about the 'constant' pain he suffered after the incident, which he rated as 55 on a scale of one to ten. Metal plates were inserted in his neck following the fall, but they had to be taken out as they only caused him more discomfort.
The Prince of Darkness has undergone several surgeries over the years to try and fix his neck, the second of which went 'drastically wrong'.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, Ozzy revealed: "The second surgery virtually left me crippled. I thought I'd be up and running after the second and third, but with the last one they put a … rod in my spine. They found a tumour in one of the vertebrae, so they had to dig all that out too. It's pretty rough, man, and my balance is all [messed] up."
After all of this, Ozzy opened up about his battle with Parkinson's disease in January 2020, during an appearance on Good Morning America. At the time, he told co-anchor Robin Roberts that the diagnosis had been 'terribly challenging' for his family.
"Coming from a working-class background, I hate to let people down. I hate to not do my job. And so when I see my wife going to work, my kids going to work, everybody's doing - trying to be helpful to me, that gets me down because I can't contribute to my family, you know," he said.
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Over the years, Ozzy has since made peace with his illness - but it hasn't been for him. During his Rolling Stone interview, the rockstar reflected that getting Parkinson's was in some ways similar to the end of a love affair.
Ozzy revealed his diagnosis in 2020 (Getty Images)He contemplated: "It's been like saying farewell to the best relationship of my life. At the start of my illness, when I stopped touring, I was really (annoyed) with myself, the doctors, and the world. [But as time has gone on, I've just gone, 'Well, maybe I've just got to accept that fact'."
Ozzy also detailed some of the more difficult effects of his condition, including nerve pain, depresion, blood clots, and mobility issues. Offering some insight into how it feels to live with Parkinson's day to day, he explained: "You think you're lifting your feet, but your foot doesn't move. I feel like I'm walking around in lead boots."
The singer and TV star has previously shared that he believes he has just 10 years left to live, 'at best'. He told Rolling Stone: "I said to Sharon that I'd smoked a joint recently and she said, 'What are you doing that for! It'll f*****g kill you'.' I said: 'How long do you want me to f*****g live for?!' At best, I've got ten years left and when you're older, time picks up speed!"
The NHS states that although although Parkinson's disease doesn't directly cause sufferers to die, it can place enormous strain on the body, which can make some patients more vulnerable to serious or life-threatening infections. With advances in treatment, most people living with Parkinson's are now said to 'have a normal or near-normal life expectancy'.
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