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!

You couldn't buy flowers in Glasgow, florists were travelling all over the place to restock. George Square, Glasgow was covered feet deep in crushed totally wasted flowers and people were wandering through it all sobbing. It was utterly baffling then, but pretty much the norm now.

The "up there in the bar with gramps" comment would have finished me off. Utter cringe, why do people always bring up a grandparent's death like that! I'm pretty sure if Ozzy made it to heaven he wouldn't be sitting at a bar with someones 'Gramps' for the rest of his heavenly days. So so weird!

I don't find it weird that people can have unexpected reactions to death, I always find deaths of icons somewhat emotional, Princess Diana for one was obviously tragic but I didn't cry for my personal loss, it was sad she left her sons behind and had such a troubled ending. People have insane parasocial relationships with celebrities and get way too attached.

You bring it all back. Yes, all those flowers. So sad though. She was so young. All that life left to live. She was coming into her own. I wonder if she would have remained as popular if she had lived.

She admits herself to having affairs. All the people that worked closely with them state that her affair with Mannakkee came first and Charles only went back to Camilla after finding out. Read all the interviews, like the one with the guy that was their bodyguard for nine years.

Yes, people will and do say anything for publicity but when there's that many people saying it it's usually true.

Weird isn’t it - Ozzy loved all around the world as a lovable rouge.

I was watching a documentary on him last night and he was showing photos of a bruised and battered Sharon - he looked at one pic where Sharon had a huge black bruise across her jaw and said “That’s when I clocked Sharon”.
The next pic shows Sharon with a black eye and he says “That’s when I smacked her in the eye”.

Oh bless him - he was adorable 🥰

I get what you mean, it can seem performative but things effect people in different ways.

I remember giving my Mum the side-eye when she was a bit teary when Jade Goody died. She wasn't a fan, she was just upset a young Mum had died tragically early.

My best friends brother had a seizure when she woke him up and told him Elvis had died. He had epilepsy and I think it was just being woken up to shocking news.

I remember a MNetter saying she was driving when she heard Victoria Wood had died and she had to pull over and 'howled' which I thought was a bit much.

SM doesn't help, people race to be the first person on e g MN to announce a death and then people seem to compete about being devastated or on the other hand, being completely disinterested. But not so disinterested that they don't feel the need to post and tell others how weird they're being to be upset.

I remember a MNetter saying she was driving when she heard Victoria Wood had died and she had to pull over and 'howled' which I thought was a bit much.

Not right in the head. 😂

Fucking ridiculous if it’s even true, which I doubt.

I was gutted when Rik Mayall died but if I’d “howled” over it DH would probably have quite rightly thought I was having a mental breakdown.

It might not be true that it happened but I definitely read it on MN.

Which as I said in my post, i thought at the time was a bit much.

Edit - found it. Page 4. I misremembered that the poster said they pulled over, they said they 'properly howled all the way home'.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2619011-To-be-properly-sad-about-Victoria-Wood?page=4

Sorry I wasn’t saying you were making it up, I meant the poster that initially said it. I had no doubt you had read it on here as I’ve read equally crazy shit on here myself. One that sticks in my mind was - “my toddler slipped in the kitchen and I screamed in horror”. Then she wondered why the neighbours thought she was noisy 🙄

Oh okay. I've read equally batshit things on MN too 😃

😂

I wouldn’t be able to control myself and I’d have to take the piss! Up there with gramps?? He wasn’t a good man . He burning !!

Is Rik Mayall dead …(completely misses point )

Oh yes Terry Wogan and Bob Monkhouse I was sad about. I did shed a little tear when the Queen died. Only because she’s been such a rock for that disfunctional family and I felt it was the end of an era.

Yes the Queen's death too a very sad time.

Sharon looked really frail when she got out of the car during Ozzy's funeral procession.

Mufasa still gets me. Even after all these years.