Ozzy Osbourne Reflects on His Painful Final Days and Takes a Swipe at His Longtime Music Rival in Last TV Documentary Before His Passing

Published on October 03, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Ozzy Osbourne 'planned to say goodbye at 70' in emotional scenes filmed just weeks before his death - in first look at BBC doc

OZZY Osbourne joked that his final days may have been agonising but “at least I wasn’t Sting”.

The rocker made the dig in his new documentary, set to be released nearly three months after he died aged 76 in July.

Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne sit on a couch with their two pomeranian dogs.The new Ozzy Osbourne documentary will show his battle with his health before his death Ozzy Osbourne sitting in a black leather throne with a bat-like headrest, speaking into a microphone.Ozzy said that despite his health battle, he was grateful for being able to perform until he was 70

Throughout their careers, and The Police’s , 74, were embroiled in a war of words.

During the filming of his hit reality series , Ozzy was filmed making a number of insults about the singer.

And at the Grammys in 2003, Sting asked to speak to Ozzy’s , to patch things up.

At the time, wife Sharon said: “We all bumped into each other on the red carpet and we all said how ridiculous it was and how words can hurt so many people.

“We’re all adults and all apologised and it was great.”

In the new doc, Ozzy speaks about his , including battling and cracked vertebrae.

He said: “I am really f***ed up with this body of mine and as soon as I want to do anything.

“I went to the doctor and there’s a blood clot. My leg is about to fall off.

“But I can’t complain. 
I was actually rocking until I was 70 and then a trap door opened.

“I didn’t think I was going to live past 40. 


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Sting performing onstage while playing bass guitar.Ozzy took one last dig at long time music rival Sting, during the documentary

“But if my life’s coming to an end, I really can’t complain, I’ve had a great life.

“But, hey, it could have been worse. I could be Sting.”

Despite being in pain, he travelled from LA for his final show on July 5 at Aston Villa’s stadium, in .

Ozzy said: “The problem now is getting to . But I’ve got to be there.

I used to take pills for fun. 
Now I take them to stay alive

“As I am getting on, 
it’s worse. It’s crippling me. I can’t walk, I can’t bend down. I’ll be sitting in a chair.”

“That’s the thing about getting older, I used to take pills for fun. Now I take them to stay alive.”

In a separate documentary for the BBC, called Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, the rocker posed with Sharon and his .

He said: “LA is one thing but the English summer is fantastic.

“It’s a new thing for us both. I’m looking forward to getting this gig over, hanging my mic up and spending some time with you.”

Sharon added: “I just want to live a life. Find a little bubble somewhere and just live out our life together.”

Ozzy died on July 22, just weeks after his farewell gig.

  • Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, will be released on Paramount+ on October 7.

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