Celebrity Big Brother SPOILER: Sharon Osbourne discusses Ozzy’s health

Published: 10:26 EST, 5 March 2024 | Updated: 10:41 EST, 5 March 2024

Celebrity Big Brother‘s first ‘lodger’ Sharon Osbourne will open up about her long-standing relationship with her husband Ozzy and his health in Tuesday’s episode.

The TV personality, 71, entered the house on Monday night but not as a contestant, with the show’s producers giving her and fellow X Factor judge Louis Walsh the power to critique their new co-stars from a secret lair.

After judging the celebrities on first impression, Sharon and Louis put David Potts, Zeze Millz and Gary Goldsmith in danger of facing a public vote.

Now the pair have joined the rest of the housemates at last, Sharon will begin getting to know the other celebrities, which include the likes of Fern Britton, Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Levi Roots.

Upcoming scenes will see the star chatting to Marisha Wallace, 38, about Ozzy, 75, and revealing she will be moving back to the UK from Los Angeles, next month.

The TV personality, 71, entered the house on Monday night but not as a contestant, with the show's producers giving her and fellow X Factor judge Louis Walsh the power to critique their new co-stars from a secret lair

Sitting in the bedroom together, Sharon admits: ‘I miss it here, very very much.’

American actress Marisha asks her how long she’s been living across the pond, and Sharon jokes: ‘A long ass time!’

She continues: ‘I first moved to America in 75. And I stayed. Even though Ozzy’s from England we met over there.’

Marisha remarks: ‘You have been together so long’ as Sharon agrees: ‘Forever, a lifetime.’

Sharon and Ozzy met when she was 18, as her father was managing Black Sabbath at the time.

After Ozzy was fired from the band in 1979, Sharon took over his management as a solo artist and the pair began dating.

They tied the knot in Hawaii in 1982 and went on to welcome three children, Aimee, 40, Kelly, 39, and Jack, 38.

Marisha asks Sharon: ‘What is it like to be with someone for that long, I can’t even imagine.’

Marisha remarks: 'You have been together so long' as Sharon agrees: 'Forever, a lifetime' (pictured together in 2007)

The couple tied the knot in Hawaii in 1982 and went on to welcome three children, Aimee, 40, Kelly, 39, and Jack, 38 (Kelly, Ozzy, Sharon and Jack pictured in 2015)

Sharon gushes: ‘It just becomes the most natural thing,’ as Marisha comments: ‘That’s real love’.

She then asked Sharon how Ozzy is doing amid his current health woes, after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2003 and left ‘virtually crippled’ from multiple back surgeries.

Sharon admitted: ‘He’s doing ok, it’s hard for him but he’s doing ok. He’s already started to complain. I had my last phone call with him on the way here and he was miserable.’

Ozzy recently spoke candidly about his health in the January issue of Rolling Stone UK, opening up about his operations since his quad bike accident in 2003 and a fall in 2019.

Doctors found a tumour in his spine during a fourth operation on his back, but the rocker candidly admitted he doesn’t fear dying as he doesn’t want a ‘long miserable existence’ but there’s still ‘plenty of life’ in him yet.

He said: ‘I don’t fear dying, but I don’t want to have a long, painful and miserable existence.

‘I like the idea that if you have a terminal illness, you can go to a place in Switzerland and get it done quickly. I saw my father die of cancer.

‘But look, I said to Sharon that I’d smoked a joint recently and she said, “What are you doing that for?

She then asked Sharon how Ozzy is doing amid his current health woes, after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2003 and left 'virtually crippled' from multiple back surgeries (pictured with Kelly in 2020)

The rocker recently candidly admitted he doesn't fear dying as he doesn't want a 'long miserable existence' but there's still 'plenty of life' in him yet (pictured in 2022)

‘It’ll f***ing kill you!” I said, “How long do you want me to f***ing live for?!” At best, I’ve got 10 years left and when you’re older, time picks up speed.

‘Me and Sharon had our 41st wedding anniversary recently, and that’s just unbelievable to me!’

Detailing the series of operations he’s had recently, Ozzy confessed: ‘It’s really knocked me about. The second surgery went drastically wrong and virtually left me crippled.

‘I thought I’d be up and running after the second and third, but with the last one they put a f***ing rod in my spine.

‘They found a tumour in one of the vertebrae, so they had to dig all that out too. It’s pretty rough, man, and my balance is all f****d up.’

In 2022, the musician underwent ‘life-altering’ surgery to remove and realign a series of pins in his neck and back from a quad biking accident, almost 20 years before.

Last September, Ozzy revealed on his family’s podcast The Osbournes Podcast that he had another surgery in the pipeline.

He said: ‘My lower back is, I’m going for an epidural soon because what’s happening, what they’ve discovered is the neck has been fixed, below the neck there’s two vertebrae where the bike hit me and disintegrated, there’s nothing left of ’em,’

Ozzy explained that he ‘didn’t know’ what the medical professionals were going to be doing but said: ‘All I know is right now, I’m in a lot of pain, I’m in a lot of discomfort.’

Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX