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AIBU to cringe now at The Osbournes?

33 replies

AnotherBrickIn · 27/06/2025 19:18

Just started rewatching The Osbournes from the beginning and my god! Maybe it’s because I’m a lot older now but I see it so differently - I used to think it was funny and their house was amazing etc - now as I rewatch - Sharon and the kids were so cringy, constantly going on about money and how much stuff costs. The episode with the neighbours where Sharon is shouting “silly little British white boy” over the fence - I had second hand embarrassment for her! She sounded so silly! They must have been laughing their heads off at her.
“Living off daddy’s money” - I so wish they’d have thrown that back at her regarding living off her husbands money!

Also watching back - the house was an absolute tip! Every surface was full of clutter and mess, everything stained - I mean, I’m not house proud either but Christ - a million dogs shitting and pissing all over the floor, rugs, sodas, beds - the house must have stank.

I love Ozzy - and he’s the only one that comes across well in it. Don’t even get me started on the Courtney love stuff.

Anyone else rewatched it and see it differently? What did you think of it first time you watched it?

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ninjahamster · 27/06/2025 19:19

I thought it was shit first time round!

YesThatsATurdOnTheRug · 27/06/2025 19:20

She doesn't live off Ozzy's money. She works bloody hard and holds the pieces of that man together!

AnotherBrickIn · 27/06/2025 19:21

YesThatsATurdOnTheRug · 27/06/2025 19:20

She doesn't live off Ozzy's money. She works bloody hard and holds the pieces of that man together!

yes but she wouldn’t be a millionaire without him would she?

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Perimenoanti · 27/06/2025 19:23

AnotherBrickIn · 27/06/2025 19:21

yes but she wouldn’t be a millionaire without him would she?

Didn't she used to manage him and his band? Chicken and egg etc. She's rich in her own right.

YesThatsATurdOnTheRug · 27/06/2025 19:24

AnotherBrickIn · 27/06/2025 19:21

yes but she wouldn’t be a millionaire without him would she?

He wouldn't be without her!! He was booted out of Black Sabbath for his drug use, she built his career.

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 27/06/2025 19:25

It was hideous and cringy back when it was first on TV too 🤷🏻‍♀️

soupyspoon · 27/06/2025 19:31

They've always been a car crash but she is a businesswoman in her own right

Shedmistress · 27/06/2025 19:34

AnotherBrickIn · 27/06/2025 19:21

yes but she wouldn’t be a millionaire without him would she?

Opposite way round.

Coolasfeck · 27/06/2025 19:49

It was terrible at the time and Ozzy was the only one even remotely likeable.

From the start Sharon came across as nasty and spiteful, a person who will immediately go for the low blow in any disagreement. A ‘tell it like it is’ type. Not one redeeming feature. I was surprised she was hyped up to be a celebrity in her own right.

PhaseFour · 27/06/2025 20:12

Where can you watch it, OP?
I wouldn't mind giving it a second watch.

ChoccyJules · 27/06/2025 20:15

I remember being interested as it truly was a glimpse into how the rich live, but even now I just remember all the dog poop everywhere. Awful.

SilenceInside · 27/06/2025 20:19

I voted YABU because it was cringy the first time round. I thought that was part of the appeal, being able to gawk at the bizarre rich people!

GCDPAF · 27/06/2025 20:21

They've always been cringy attention seekers. They are the ones that had the massive drawer of chocolate bars, aren’t they?

wokemeupagain · 27/06/2025 20:39

I love the osbournes, ive just re watched it and now watching the basement tapes! my house was very much the same growing up bar the animals as my mum never liked pets lol dad was a musician (not famous lol) partying and bringing everyone back to ours was something we did too! im around the same age as Jack and kelly and couldn't imagine letting me kids do what I was allowed back then lol

LevelUpDown · 27/06/2025 20:40

I just saw their prices for meets, photos and autographs at an upcoming Comic Con. Fucking hell!!!!!

BeeryZ · 27/06/2025 20:41

Aw I think you’re being harsh I think they’re brilliant! I just wish that Sharon and Kelly would have realised they looked amazing as they were.

therewasafishinthepercolator · 27/06/2025 20:44

I saw bits of it back then and thought it was shit. I remember Sharon throwing a ham over the hedge to next door... Or was that just a spectacular dream?

What was the Courtney Love stuff?

IveGotAnUnusuallyLargePelvisISwear · 27/06/2025 20:54

I didn’t like it the first time round but my boyfriend at the time did. We were about 17 I think. I didn’t mind Ozzy and Jack too much but Sharon and Kelly were and still are (in Sharon’s case at least) just horrible people. And you’re right OP their house was minging from all the literal shit everywhere.

AnotherBrickIn · 27/06/2025 20:59

therewasafishinthepercolator · 27/06/2025 20:44

I saw bits of it back then and thought it was shit. I remember Sharon throwing a ham over the hedge to next door... Or was that just a spectacular dream?

What was the Courtney Love stuff?

Yeah a ham thing got thrown by Sharon, ozzy threw a big wooden log thing over, Jack was chucking all sorts across - pots, pans, food … it was ridiculous

Courtney Love turned up as one of Jack’s “friends”. He was 16 - she was in her 30s I believe. It was very inappropriate - especially considering her lifestyle at the time (which I realise wasn’t dissimilar to Ozzy’s.

OP posts:
AnotherBrickIn · 27/06/2025 21:00

PhaseFour · 27/06/2025 20:12

Where can you watch it, OP?
I wouldn't mind giving it a second watch.

Amazon ☺️

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Crinkleybottomburger · 27/06/2025 21:01

I never watched it the first time round but DD17 and I have just started watching it and we think it’s hilarious.

Pingiop · 27/06/2025 21:04
sharon osbourne martha & snoop GIF by VH1

I watched it when I was younger but understood early on they are just a really trashy family, uneducated bratty kids and entitled. I kind of wish they would disappear. KO is the worst, complained for years about the way she looked then ended up having all that plastic surgery to look like another clone. Weight loss doesn’t change a jawline. Bunch of talentless nobodies apart from Ozzy of course.

therewasafishinthepercolator · 27/06/2025 21:05

AnotherBrickIn · 27/06/2025 20:59

Yeah a ham thing got thrown by Sharon, ozzy threw a big wooden log thing over, Jack was chucking all sorts across - pots, pans, food … it was ridiculous

Courtney Love turned up as one of Jack’s “friends”. He was 16 - she was in her 30s I believe. It was very inappropriate - especially considering her lifestyle at the time (which I realise wasn’t dissimilar to Ozzy’s.

Oh, wow, I didn't know that. I always liked Courtney but that's just wrong. Ugh.

anytipswelcome · 27/06/2025 21:07

In fairness @AnotherBrickInshe is absolutely the reason he (and she) became a millionaire and remained one.

She launched and managed his solo career - before she did this he was fired, broke and drinking himself senseless.

I’m not a massive fan of hers but she’s a very savvy businessman and it would be wrong to describe her as living off his money.

missmollygreen · 27/06/2025 21:13

I think any reality TV from 20 years ago is going to have aged badly to be honest.