Ozzy Osbourne Responds to Viral Internet Death Hoax Videos: 'I'm Not Dead'
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"I'm not going any-f---ing-where," Osbourne declared on the latest episode of 'The Osbournes' podcast
Ozzy Osbourne wants fans to know he's not ready to see anyone on the other side quite yet.
The Black Sabbath vocalist, 75, responded to a series of internet videos that went viral claiming he was dead during the latest episode of The Osbournes podcast.
“I’m not dead,” the iconic rocker declared. “I’m not going any-f---ing-where. And I’m gonna go up and do some more gigs before I’m finished anyway.”
“The thing on YouTube, it’s got ‘Celebrities Who Have Died Today,’ and there’s a picture of me. And I go, ‘I’m not dead. I’m not really dead … Just a little flesh wound,'” he continued, quoting Monty Python. “It’s a bit f---ing much, isn’t it?”
While his daughter Kelly called the death rumors "really rude," Ozzy noted that the clickbait video was strategically designed to avoid any potential lawsuits. “What they do is, they kind of say you’re dead-ish,” he explained. “It’s kind of weird the way they word it."
“There’s so many sick f---ers out there,” his wife Sharon remarked, pointing to the viral hoax creators.
Meanwhile, Ozzy's son Jack, quipped about a send-off for his father.
“We’ll do the Viking burial,” he teased. “I’ll shoot a flaming arrow on your raft.”
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The viral internet hoax comes after Ozzy has endured a handful of health issues over the past few years. In February, he canceled all of his upcoming performances and announced that he was quitting touring due to a spinal injury. At the time, revealed on Instagram that it was "one of the hardest things I've ever had to share."
In 2019, Ozzy had surgery after a fall, when he aggravated previous damage to his neck and back from an ATV accident 16 years earlier. After more three more surgeries and a Parkinson's disease diagnosis, the legendary artist told Rolling Stone UK that he "will" perform again if its possible, but that he's "taking it one day at a time."
"But it’s been like saying farewell to the best relationship of my life," he said. "At the start of my illness, when I stopped touring, I was really pissed off 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.'"
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