Sharon Osbourne Exposes Music Industry Secrets, Ozzy’s Darkest Days, and Her Biggest Regret in Explosive Billy Corgan Interview! Saturday July 12 2025, 2:53 PM
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Sharon Osbourne Exposes Music Industry Secrets, Ozzy’s Darkest Days, and Her Biggest Regret in Explosive Billy Corgan Interview!

In a deeply personal and revealing interview on The Magnificent Others, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan sits down with Sharon Osbourne for a wide-ranging discussion covering everything from the post-war scars of her childhood to her groundbreaking career as a music manager and television icon.

🎙️ A Childhood in Post-War Britain


Sharon paints vivid memories of growing up amid the ruins of bomb sites in London, where gas masks still hung by the door and air raid shelters dotted the backyard. She shares how this era shaped her worldview — a world where survival was paramount, and confrontation was a way of life.

🧬 Born Into Showbiz


With a dancer mother and a manager father (Don Arden), Sharon was raised in the thick of the music industry. Her stories of meeting Little Richard, Sam Cooke, and Jerry Lee Lewis as a child are as nostalgic as they are historic. Despite the glitz, Sharon describes a household filled more with business than birthdays.

🎸 Black Sabbath, Ozzy, and Betrayal


Sharon recounts her first impression of Black Sabbath—sweaty, packed clubs, and the sheer power of Ozzy’s presence. She reveals how her father initially missed managing Sabbath due to office betrayal, only to later regain the band—until Ozzy was ousted. Her fierce belief in Ozzy led her to manage him herself, despite her father’s resistance, sparking a family feud that lasted years.

💔 Family vs. Business


The most emotional part of the interview centers on Sharon’s split with her father. After navigating legal wrangling to free Ozzy from exploitative contracts, Sharon took on managing him independently. When her father demanded $1.5 million and an album to release Ozzy, Sharon delivered—only to be harassed by intimidating emissaries demanding publishing rights.

💡 From Ozzy to Ozzy the Brand


Sharon discusses building Ozzy’s solo career, working with Randy Rhoads, and turning Ozzy into a brand before it became standard industry practice. She confesses one major regret: turning down a chance for Ozzy to audition for Pirates of the Caribbean, believing it was a misstep in hindsight.

📺 Reinventing with The Osbournes


What began as a short TV experiment turned into a cultural phenomenon. Sharon reflects on the unexpected success of The Osbournes, and how it resurrected Ozzy’s popularity with a whole new generation. Yet she also admits feeling disturbed, in retrospect, at how much her family—especially her children—was exposed.

💥 The Fire That Never Fades


Throughout the interview, Sharon remains unapologetically herself: fierce, loyal, shrewd, and surprisingly sentimental. She speaks of surviving abuse, addiction, and industry backstabbing, always with her family—and especially Ozzy—at the center of it all.



This is one of the most authentic, emotional, and musically insightful interviews you'll hear this year. You can watch it here:


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