Aimee Osbourne's life now - the little-known family member who shunned fame

15 March 2024 , 20:00

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Aimee shunned reality TV to concentrate on her singing career (Image: @aro_officialmusic/Instagram)

She famously declined to appear in their smash hit reality TV show. Aimee Osbourne is the oldest of Sharon and Ozzy's three children and remains the most enigmatic to the public.

The star, who was born in London but mainly raised in California, moved out of the family's Los Angeles mansion aged 16 as they embarked on their TV project. "[Mum] was hurt and we definitely had a tough time with disagreements," she said. "I'm more reserved and my private life is very important."

"She felt that she didn't want to grow up on camera," said Sharon, the recent star of ITV's Celebrity Big Brother. "She hated the idea — it was appalling to her. And so she left at 16 and I regret every day that she did. It broke my heart when she moved."

Rocker Ozzy with his young family - Aimee, Jack and Kelly (Daily Mirror)

Aimee is now 40 and a singer in a synth pop band called ARO. The star was previously cast in MTV’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights and did voice work for Postman Pat: The Movie.

"I'm not some weirdo depressed daughter that's afraid of the world and locks herself in her room all day," she said. "I just didn't choose to do the show. I want to be a singer and I felt if I'd stayed with the Osbournes and done the whole thing I would have been typecast right away."

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In 2015 Aimee released debut single Raining Gold before in 2022, she made headlines when she was caught up in a fire at a Hollywood music studio. Music producer Jamal Rajad helped the singer and her producer escape the blaze, which took the life of musician Nathan Avery Edwards, 29.

The star remains close to her brother Jack, now a dad-of-four (Sara Jaye/REX/Shutterstock)

Sharon's heart was broken when her daughter moved out aged 16 (Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

"They are the lucky two that made it out alive," said mum Sharon, 71. "What happened today was beyond horrific."

Aimee is close to her brother Jack, 38, with the siblings running production company Osbourne Media together and rumoured to be co-producing a biopic about their Black Sabbath rockstar father and X Factor judge mum. Sadly, the singer is not so close to little sister Kelly, 38.

"We don't talk," said Kelly. "We're just really different. She doesn't understand me and I don't understand her." "I wouldn't say there is an ease between us but there is an acceptance," said Aimee. "Do we socialise? No."

Vikki White