Sharon and Kelly Osbourne accepted the Lifetime Achievement BRIT Award on behalf of the late Ozzy Osbourne on Saturday night.
Following a video tribute from country music legend Dolly Parton, the Black Sabbath rocker’s wife and daughter went on stage at the Co-op Live arena in Manchester, England to accept the posthumous honour on his behalf.
“I wish he was here to accept it himself so you’ve got the booby prize, you’ve got me doing it,” Sharon told the audience. “I know that Ozzy is looking down on us all right now and I know what he’s thinking. He hated to make speeches, he hated listening to speeches and he’ll be saying, ‘Hey, shut the f**k up… just say thank you and get off that stage’ but I’m not going to.”
The TV personality went on to praise Ozzy’s “one-in-a-million career” and celebrate the fact that he was “at the top of his game” for 56 years.
“Ozzy was authentic. He was gifted. Totally unpredictable. A wild man. He was a true artist,” she continued. “He came from a small working-class neighbourhood in Birmingham and he rose to become one of the most recognisable and respected musicians of his life. And it was filled with extraordinarily wonderful high times, but very, very real low times, but he never stopped tirelessly pushing himself to be better. He always wanted to do better, both personally and professionally.”
Sharon went on to thank Ozzy’s fellow musicians, crew, his fans and those who lined the streets of Birmingham during his funeral last year.
“Thank you for loving my father as much as we do,” Kelly added, before receiving boos from the Manchester crowd for giving a shout-out to Birmingham football club Aston Villa and yelling, “Birmingham Forever!”
Concluding her speech, Sharon said, “As Ozzy would say at the end of every show, I love you all and God bless you.”
To honour Ozzy further, the BRITs closed with a tribute performance to the late rock legend. Robbie Williams sang a rendition of his hit No More Tears alongside Zakk Wylde, Adam Wakeman, Robert Trujillo and Tommy Clufetos, musicians who have played with Ozzy over the years.
The musician died on 22 July 2025 at the age of 76.
