Ozzy Osbourne’s tragic health confession: ‘I should be dead’

The Black Sabbath star has spoken openly about his health struggles in a new interview.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JULY 29: Ozzy Osbourne attends the Ozzy Osbourne Album Special on SiriusXM's Ozzy's Boneyard Channel at SiriusXM Studios on July 29, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

Ozzy Osbourne has made a heartbreaking and candid confession about his health and shared that he “should be dead”.

The famous rocker has led a colourful life and over the last few decades has experienced numerous health struggles.

Ozzy Osbourne has confessed that he “should be dead” after having his stomach pumped so many times. (Photo by Bryan Bedder / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

Osbourne, now 74, chatted with Rolling Stone for a new interview and shared his sadness at outliving all of his closest friends.

He said: “I’ve been doing a lot of reflection while I’ve been laid up, and all my drinking partners, I’ve realised they’re all f*ing dead. ‘I should have been dead before loads of them. “Why am I the last man standing? Sometimes I look in the ­mirror and go, ‘Why the f*k did you make it?”

He went on to express his shock at still being alive, telling the magazine: “I should have been dead a thousand times. I’ve had my stomach pumped God knows how many times.”

Osbourne was diagnosed with a mild form of Parkinson’s disease in 2003, and has experienced numerous health scares since then.

He suffered a fall in 2019 which caused metal rods in his back, which were put there in 2003 following an accident.

“The second surgery went drastically wrong and virtually left me crippled,” shared the star.

“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.

Osbourne has been battling numerous health issues over the last two decades. (Photo by Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for Showtime)

“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*ed up.”

Meanwhile, Osbourne recently admitted during an Osbourne family podcast episode that the antidepressants he takes has put a damper on his sexual urges.

“The one thing about antidepressants is it kills your sex drive instantly,” the rocker said on Tuesday’s episode of The Osbournes Podcast.

“If you go on an antidepressant, with most of them, your sex drive goes. Every one that I’ve ever taken has just killed it,” he added

The musician has been open about taking antidepressants after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019 to help deal with the symptoms.

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