Ozzy Osbourne says TV show won't return ahead of Buckinghamshire move

Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon are reportedly hoping to move into Welders House, their Grade-II listed mansion in Jordans, Buckinghamshire, ahead of the Christmas period, marking a return from the US that is contingent both on the state of renovations to the 120-year-old property and the health of the 77-year-old musician, who has suffered complications from Parkinson’s Disease and aggravation of his 20-year-old bike crash injuries.

Ozzy’s health problems were also assumed to be the driving force behind the delay of a new BBC-produced reality TV programme about the famous family which was announced last year to document their move back across the pond, but the status of which is now unclear. 

However, on an episode of The Osbournes Podcast, released on Tuesday, November 21, it seemed as though Ozzy had simply had enough of cameras following his every move, an opinion reiterated by his daughter Kelly, who said growing up on TV had a “massive negative effect” on her mental health.

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Ozzy said: “It’s so intrusive in your house. At the time, I said I wanted a safe room where I could go and pick my nose and squeeze a zit if I want to without being on camera, and they had a f***ing camera in there.”

The 77-year-old added that the show had become more “unreal” the longer it had continued, citing that as the reason why “it won’t ever happen again... never in a million years.”

Clare Sillery, Head of Documentaries at the BBC previously told Metro that the new series would show the Osbournes "coming home to roost" in Buckinghamshire, describing it as "a funny, moving and honest insight into their new life back in the UK".

Speaking on his SiriusXM radio show in January, Ozzy admitted that he was nervous about the relaunched programme, which he said had "messed up" his family in the past.