Kelly Osbourne has fired back at online critics who say she looks “too thin,” posting an emotional video defending her appearance months after her father, rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, died at 76 in July.
The since-deleted Instagram clip, later replayed on Piers Morgan Uncensored this week, showed the 41-year-old speaking directly to followers about grief, family and how her body has changed since his death.
According to People, the video quickly drew coverage as Kelly replied to comments asking if she was sick or telling her to “get off Ozempic,” criticism she says ignores what grief is doing to her body. One report mentioned that she ended the message with a blunt sign-off, telling those critics to “f— off” before stepping away from the camera.
Kelly hits back at cruel comments
Away from the latest headlines, Kelly’s history with weight and public judgment stretches back through her teen years on reality TV. Multiple sources including People’s look at her health journey and a compiled timeline say she underwent gastric sleeve surgery in 2018, lost a significant amount of weight, then gained much of it back during her 2022 pregnancy with son Sidney and stayed mostly out of sight because she feared more ridicule. She has said the surgery helped break her pattern of emotional eating.
“To the people who keep thinking they’re being funny and mean,” she began in the new clip, speaking to followers who speculated about illness or weight-loss drugs. She went on to say, “My dad just died and I’m doing the best that I can,” then asked in a follow-up Instagram Story, “What do you expect me to look like right now?” while saying getting out of bed should count as progress.
A family grieving in public view
Kelly’s mother, Sharon Osbourne picked up that theme during her appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored, where the grieving widow spoke quietly about her daughter’s state of mind. Fox News reported that Sharon told Morgan, “She’s lost her daddy, she can’t eat right now,” while E! News notes that she backed Kelly’s right to clap back at strangers who turn a mourning daughter’s body into a debate topic.
Beyond defending Kelly’s health, Sharon turned her focus to the people leaving those comments, calling social media “a shield for people that are unhappy” and suggesting jealousy and warped perception fuel much of the abuse. In her own Instagram Story, Kelly went even further, labeling her harshest critics “bullies” and “mentally ill,” saying it is “devastating” that women so often attack other women instead of lifting them up.
When weight becomes the story
Years of this kind of scrutiny have shaped how Kelly talks about her body now. Reports from Fox News and People suggest she told a wellness summit audience earlier this year, “We live in a fat-phobic world,” and said she has received more backlash for being overweight than for past struggles with drugs and alcohol.
People reported that she has repeatedly denied using Ozempic, explaining that she had her “stomach stapled” and that her current size comes from surgery and lifestyle changes, while interviews note that Sharon lost weight on the drug before deciding she had become “too gaunt” to stay on it.
According to several outlets, including Page Six, she has thanked fans for the compassion that has “carried” her through the weeks since Ozzy’s death and admitted she will not be okay for a while.
When I was growing up, celebrity weight talk mostly lived in magazines you could ignore, not in a constant scroll of comments. It is just hard to watch. Watching raw grief turn into a public trial over body size now feels less like entertainment and more like people in pain being picked apart.
The choice each viewer faces is simple, add to the noise about her body, or treat a grieving family with the grace we all hope to receive when our own lives fall apart.