Friend 'sobbing in the kitchen' over Ozzy Osborne

[lronWoman]

I'm not generally a mean spirited person but I just can't take this seriously!

My friend has never been a Black Sabbath fan and I've never heard her mention Ozzy once in the 20 years I've known her. However, her and her sister are apparently 'beside themselves with grief' over his death.

I just don't understand this type of performative grief over A list celebrities that people have never met. It's sad and I get that it kind of marks the end of an era, but the guy lived to a ripe old age in the lap of luxury and was one of the most celebrated rock stars the world has ever known. It's not like a present day star has suddenly been cut down in their prime and will no longer be releasing new albums. They'd already released all their famous stuff before we were born.

She wasn't sobbing in the kitchen when an old mutual workmate died unexpectedly in his late 30s a fortnight ago. Guy wasn't a close friend of ours but we were friendly. Used to go to the pub as a group and he helped us move house, refusing to accept a penny for it. Really nice bloke! We hadn't seen him in close to a decade but both felt sad about it for a few days. But no sobbing in the kitchen!

Latest comment is "he's up there at the bar with gramps". I'm finding it hard not to make an inappropriate joke tbh!

Winder how sorry has for the animals he killed. If Sharon Osbourne hadn’t pressed the panic button he would be dead too.

He didn't live to a "ripe old age".

No but Paddington is leading him up the steps.

Given everything he ingested, he did. Destined either to die at 27 or, like Keith Richards and Bez, outlive all forms of life on earth.

He did given his lifestyle ……

As a massive heavy metal fan, this has hit the community pretty hard. We are a close community of performers and fans and it’s a lifestyle not a playlist. It was quite strange seeing the MSM scrabbling round last night having no idea about what are iconic photos etc. eventually they tracked down some HM people to say something sensible. Ozzy was a grandfather of our community, we are family, the shock and outpourings of love are very real here..

Although it’s nice that the MSM made such a thing about this important icon, it was rather perplexing given the usual radio silence (literally) when it comes to HM.

Now sadly his memory is going to be latched on by grief vampires like your friend who has probably immediately purchased a black sabbath shirt from somewhere like Next. Saying how she loved that “paranoia” [[sic] song and he was a cultural icon. We have long identified Poseurs in the HM community - likely going to be a lot more over the coming days.

Oh and yes he was a total twat at times, but nowhere near as bad as Sharon.

Ah but he’s dead now and become a saint my arse!

Maybe not as bad as Sharon 🤷‍♀️, but it’s not a race to the bottom, he wasn’t a twat, he was a vile piece of work.

They may have released their best stuff before her birth but she could still appreciate their music

OP said the woman doesn't even like their music, and never even watched the Osbornes, @HerNeighbourTotoro .

if you’re shrugging about Sharon you might need to do a bit of research.

I mean, I wasn't sobbing but I cried when Chester Bennington died. I'm also a big Linkin Park fan though, and their music meant a lot to me as a suicidal teenager, so that being how Chester died was very sad. I never got to see them live with Chester either, so there's that.

I can understand that. He killed himself while still fairly young.

Meh, depends on the circumstances I guess. I don't disagree with that poster, I will never in my life call Camilla Queen Camilla (and we were told she was to be Queen Consort, not Queen, Charles went back on that). Ever. I will die on that hill. I might not have a street party, but don't forget that some people are truly hated and some will celebrate a person's death. Remember Margaret Thatcher's death had a single released celebrating her death? Now that's cold.

I hope Keith Richards leaves his body to scientific reasearch. I'm sure gerontologists could learn a lot from it.

I thought he'd be lucky to make 40, never mind 80.

He’s just pickled!

Has nobody done one of him with Paddington yet?

Sounds like she was all for buying a Led Zeppelin t shirt, she was such a huge fan of Black Sabbath 😂

I have a friend like this.
Any death of a celebrity is followed by a stream of Facebook posts, saying how devastated she is.
They also check themselves into hospitals and then 'DMs' anybody who has shown the slightest interest.

All for attention

Jesus Christ, who has the time in their to contemplate this shit? 😅

To a lot of people he's Reality TV Star Ozzy Osbourne, I suppose.

Much like I was sad when Fitz died but everyone else seemed to be mourning Hagrid.

Love old Camilla. Good on 'er. Heard a funny story by Jimmy Carr about being at her home for a charity event.

Not technically true. The song was released on an album back in 2001, and because you can get a song in the charts now via streaming without it being physically released as a single, people started streaming it as a statement. The band themselves didn't specifically release it as a single at the time, or promote it as a thing people should do.

Oh, that's a classic.

I’m shrugging about it’s not a race to the bottom and this is about “grief” for Ozzie not Sharon!

Sharon may be worse, but that’s not who the post is about, it’s about crying in the kitchen about Ozzie.

I was with you on this, until Diego Jota the Liverpool footballer and his brother died a few weeks ago and I actually cried reading the news.

I have no idea what come over me as I am not even a football fan.

I didn't post anything on social media though