Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne's dream plan to leave US forever on hold due to 'terrible' property market in LA
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Fans of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne will have to wait to watch the 10-episode docuseries 'Home To Roost' that will show them readjusting to rural life in Buckinghamshire, UK. Even though the program was announced in August of last year, and the family listed their enormous LA house in September, they are still living on this side of the Atlantic.
Although BBC assured a "funny, moving and honest insight" into their new life in the UK, the Osbournes haven't returned to their original location even after nine months. According to sources close to Ozzy, 74, and Sharon, 70, the couple is waiting for extensive renovations to be completed in the UK, some of which are intended to enable Ozzy to receive live-in care for his Parkinson's. Sources also blame the 'terrible' housing market in LA. Additionally, the Osbournes have determined that they don't want to permanently abandon their base in California and instead want to maintain some form of residence there.
This brings us to the question, has BBC actually begun filming? Not a lot, is the response. From 2002 until 2005, 'The Osbournes' reality TV series on MTV, which included Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly, and Jack, was a major success. Aimee, their other daughter, declined to participate.
'I don't know how The Kardashians have done it for so long'
In a recent interview, Ozzy said, "I don't know how The Kardashians have done it for so long. It sent us crazy at the end. I am not sorry I did it, but after three or four years I said, 'Do you know what, we're going to lose somebody because it is getting too crazy.'"
Ozzy adds, "There is rock and roll fame, which is pretty intense, but that Osbourne level was just unbelievable. The kids paid for it. They all ended up doing drugs. Jack got clean and sober on that show, Kelly messed up on that show, I was messed up and Sharon got cancer," as reported by DailyMail.
In another interview from last November, Ozzy admitted, "To be honest with you, if I had my way, I'd stay in America. I'm American now... to be honest with you, I don't want to go back. F*** that."
But Sharon, who was spotted this week carrying furniture out of her LA home, has also previously explained her reasons for relocating as well as the resistance she encountered from family.
She told Hello, "Oh they're not happy, they are saying "You can't do this" and it's like, I just don't feel content [in the US] anymore." She added that she felt she "never really belonged there,' despite being welcomed by US citizens. 'I've always been very English."
'God knows how many people have been shot in school shootings'
Ozzy had to be persuaded, according to Sharon, but in August of last year, he told The Observer, "I'm fed up with people getting killed every day. God knows how many people have been shot in school shootings. And there was that mass shooting in Vegas at that concert… It's f*****g crazy."
'I'm English. I want to be back'
Ozzy made it quite clear that he doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of famous people like Paul Walker, Brittany Murphy, and Bette Davis who chose California's Forest Lawn cemetery as their last resting place. He added, "I'm English. I want to be back. But, saying that, if my wife said we've got to go and live in Timbuktu, I'll go. But, no, it's just time for me to come home."
Sharon clarified, "It's not the United States of America at all," putting an end to any speculation that the change may have been motivated by Ozzy's struggle with Parkinson's disease. Nothing about it is cohesive. Right now, it's a pretty strange place to live.
In the meantime, another long-time Californian, Rod Stewart, has listed his home for $70 million. This comes after an increase in tax and crime rates. Elon Musk and Mark Wahlberg are two more celebrities who have migrated from Los Angeles, with the latter going to Texas. Both states have no income tax.