OZZY OSBOURNE’s Daughter AIMÉE Looks Back On Her Decision To Not Participate In ‘The Osbournes’ TV Show
Aimée Osbourne, the eldest daughter of Ozzy and Sharon, has opened up again about her decision to not participate in the family’s reality TV show, “The Osbournes”. Aimée, who was only 15 years at the time, reportedly went as far as to move out of the f…
Aimée Osbourne, the eldest daughter of Ozzy and Sharon, has opened up again about her decision to not participate in the family's reality TV show, "The Osbournes". Aimée, who was only 15 years at the time, reportedly went as far as to move out of the family home in an effort to stay away from the cameras.
"In regards to why I didn't didn't really want to do the whole spotlight thing, I always from a very young age knew what I wanted to do and knew what I was really drawn to," the now-37-year-old told Consequence Of Sound. "And it just wasn't in alignment with the flipside of what can come with coming from a well-known family name like that. And I really more than anything wanted to be respected and taken seriously in the music world. And I kind of felt that maybe in a lot of ways it was making my life much harder, but I really wanted to feel like I had earned that and done that myself without, I guess in a way, taking the easy way. And also I had very specific standards and boundaries and morals when it comes to my personal life, because I've seen firsthand what letting those slip can do to your day-to-day life and your family and your children and all of those kinds of things. And that's just not something that I was willing to set myself up for."
Earlier this month, Sharon said that she understood how Aimée felt when she chose not to participate in "The Osbournes". "It was chaos. We had about 30 crew, 24 hours a day," she said on her talk show "The Talk". "And the house wasn't a home anymore; it was a studio. So, I get why she didn't like it. But would I have done it differently? I didn't know what I was doing then. So, I wouldn't have done anything differently, because I had an unbelievable time doing it — great experiences. And it was just something in my life that I don't regret and I'm glad I did. I was just sorry that Aimée didn't come on the journey with us."
Sharon also talked about "Vacare Adamare", Aimée's debut album to be released under the ARO banner, due on October 30 via Make Records.
"With Aimée, she doesn't wanna be a celeb," Sharon explained. "She just wants to do her music and do her creative thing, and feel good about it. That's it."
After co-host Sheryl Underwood asked Sharon, "Has Ozzy heard it? What does he think about it?" she replied: "He loves it."
That was not the first time Aimée had spoken about her refusal to appear in "The Osbournes". A few years ago, she said: "I want to be a singer, and I felt if I'd stayed with 'The Osbournes' and done the whole thing, I would have been typecast right away."
She elaborated in a 2015 RollingStone.com interview, saying: "I don't think I will ever cross-contaminate my private life and my family life with my public and professional worlds. For me, nothing's more important than having a very clear boundary between the two. That's just part of who I am."
The "fly-on-the-wall" TV series, which became the highest rated original program in MTV's history, started in 2002 and ended in 2005. The show followed the lives of the BLACK SABBATH singer and his family, including Sharon's battle with cancer, as well as younger children Kelly and Jack Osbourne's stints in rehabilitation for drug and alcohol abuse.
"The Osbournes" was credited with being the first show where cameras followed celebrities around and led to a number of copycats like A&E's "Gene Simmons Family Jewels", which followed the life of KISS bassist Gene Simmons and his family, and A&E's "Growing Up Twisted", about the family of TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider.