Sharon Osbourne this week held onto daughter Kelly during her first public appearance since Ozzy Osbourne’s death, at glitzy event at a restaurant near Oxford Circus, central London
Sharon Osbourne is so determined not to “let Ozzy down” she won’t fly to Australia where son Jack is on I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here, it is said.
The grieving mum reportedly faced a tough choice between staying in the UK — at the sprawling Buckinghamshire home in the grounds of which the rock legend is buried — or to move to the US where her children and grandchildren are. She decided to remain here, reluctant to stray far from her beloved Ozzy’s side since he died in July at 76.
It is fror this reason too that Sharon, 73, has not flown to Australia to support Jack, who is taking part in this year’s I’m A Celebrity. Sharon’s daughter Kelly, though, shared photographs on Instagram of her mum’s reaction to Jack’s plight as the pair watched on TV over here.
But no family members are, as yet, expected to meet TV personality Jack when he walks across the famous bridge to see Ant and Dec and become reunited with home comforts. A source said: “Sharon can’t go, she can’t leave Ozzy. She has been supporting Jack all she can but she just can’t be there to meet him. It is just so sad for her, she adores her children. But she is absolutely determined to keep Ozzy’s wish.”
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The former judge on The X Factor attempted to put on a brave face and clasped Kelly’s hand when, this week, she made her first public appearance since the tragedy. They went to a glitzy event at a restaurant near Oxford Circus, central London. Fans took to social media to praise the incredible show of strength for both Sharon and her 41-year-old daughter.
Long before his death, Ozzy had asked his wife and his children to bury him under a crabapple tree on the family’s estate in Buckinghamshire. So when the Black Sabbath vocalist died following a long battle with Parkinson’s, his wife Sharon dutifully followed his instructions.
But amid her grief, the former music manager has since struggled to stray far from the property. Speaking to the Daily Mail, the source added: “It [was] a toss-up between staying in the UK and being in the US where her children and grandchildren are. Sharon has opted for the former.
“The whole thing is devastating, but Kelly has been there for her. She flew back to see her and get her mum back ‘out there’. That’s all she wants now, to keep Sharon going.”
Jack, Kelly and their sister Aimee moved back to Los Angeles after their father’s passing. They want their mother to move to the US to be near them, it is understood.
However, speaking to the press in the wake of the tragedy, Sharon recalled Ozzy telling her: “Don’t cremate me, whatever you do. I want to be put in the ground, in a nice garden somewhere, with a tree planted over my head. A crabapple tree, preferably.”
