The popularity of the MTV series The Osbournes inspired the boom in reality TV — and Ozzy Osbourne has a lot to think about where the genre is today.
The rock legend, 75, opened up in an interview with SPIN about how much reality television has evolved since his candid series with wife Sharon and their two children, daughter Kelly and son Jack, ended its run after four seasons in 2005. According to the frontman Black Sabbath, there’s a big difference in how “written” it is today compared to how their show wasn’t at all.
“I mean, what they call reality TV now isn’t really reality,” Osbourne said.
“What they are doing now is a kind of reality scenario. It’s not raw. This is not the real, real reality,” explained the musician. “In our show, what you saw is what really happened. It wasn’t made up. It was not written.”
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The Grammy winner even reflected on E!’s success Keeping up with the Kardashianswhich premiered in 2007, but highlighted what makes the series The Kardashians (now on Hulu as The Kardashians) different. “It’s really interesting because people love the Kardashians,” he noted.
“They went one step further. They saw what we did and said, ‘That’s a good idea,’ but they organized themselves,” Osbourne said of some of the show’s seemingly scripted elements.
In contrast, the rocker described the unfiltered elements of his family life that were captured in it The Osbournes what made it so unique and fun. “The reality show was no different from our normal life, because that’s who we are anyway,” he said. “We didn’t become the Osbournes you see just for the show. That’s who we are, and they just cut out the funny parts.”
He added that after MTV and producers “started asking [them] do things that [they] otherwise it wouldn’t be,” he was ready to end the show. “I lost interest in it at that point,” he said.
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The Osbournes remains one of the most legendary, most popular MTV series of all time. During its run, the fly-on-the-wall show won one Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program in 2002 — the second year the category was featured at the awards show.
This year, the famous four teamed up again The Osbournes podcast. (Osbourne’s eldest daughter, Aimee, famously refused to appear in the original series, and does not appear in the podcast.)
The family of rock royalty first launched their podcast — where they reflect on personal stories and discuss current events — in 2018, and after a five-year hiatus, they’re officially back in the fall of 2023.
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Although the podcast was a success, everyone agreed on the episode in November that there would never be another one The Osbournes.
“Will not be repeated. Never in a million years,” said the heavy metal star.
During their chat, Ozzy, as well as Jack, 38, and Kelly, 39, explained that over the years, they’ve realized how much it’s taken a toll on “everyone’s mental health”.
Despite a reboot not being in their future, the BBC’s 10-part reality series about Sharon, 71, and Ozzy’s move to the UK, Home of the Roostit was announced in 2022.
A release date has yet to be announced as the rock star recently underwent a series of surgeries, the most recent in September, following a fall in 2019.
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