Ozzy Osbourne.Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty
Ozzy Osbournerecently returned to England for the first time in eight years, and he andSharon Osbourneplan to return to the United Kingdom permanently in the coming months.
Ozzy and Sharon, 69, will resume living in the U.K. in February 2023 after residing in Los Angeles for more than two decades in large part due to the U.S.’s fraught political environment and too-common gun violence, according toThe Observer.
“Everything’s f—ing ridiculous there. I’m fed up with people getting killed every day,” Ozzy toldThe Observer. “God knows how many people havebeen shot in school shootings. And there was thatmass shooting in Vegasat that concert… It’s f—ing crazy.”
“And I don’t want to die in America. I don’t want to be buried in f—ing Forest Lawn,” Ozzy added, noting the famous cemetery in Los Angeles. “I’m English. I want to be back. But saying that, if my wife said we’ve got to go and live in Timbuktu, I’ll go.”
“But, no, it’s just time for me to come home,” the formerBlack Sabbathsinger clarified.
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While Ozzy has experienced a number of health issues in recent years — he wasdiagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2003andunderwent a “major operation” in June, among other health scares — Sharon toldThe Observerthat the planned move back to England has nothing to do with her husband’s health.
“I knew people would think that. It’s not. It’s just time,” she said. “America has changed so drastically. It isn’t the United States of America at all. Nothing’s united about it. It’s a very weird place to live right now.”
While the Osbournes are leaving L.A., they don’t seem to think Ozzy’s music career has ended. In preparation for their return to England, the couple are having their Buckinghamshire home refitted with a swimming pool and a music studio for Ozzy — and he toldThe Observerhe will attempt to tour again after his next album,Patient Number 9, debuts Sept. 9.
“I’llgive it the best shot I canfor another tour. You have not seen the end of Ozzy Osbourne, I promise you,” he said. “If I have to go up there and die on the first song, I’ll still be back the next day.”
As the Osbournes spend their last several months in the U.S., they recently traveled toHawaii for a sun-soaked vacation.
Sharon firsttook to Instagramto showcase the tropical destination over the weekend, sharing a short video of her view of a sunset captioned, “Aloha ahiahi 🌴.”
On Sunday she went one better andposted a photoof her and Ozzy sharing a romantic kiss in a pool captioned, “🏝 ❤️.”
The sun-drenched trip came afterthe couple celebrated their 40th wedding anniversaryearlier this summer.
source: people.com
