Kelly Osbourne has hit out at ‘cruel trolls’ who ‘dehumanised her’ following her appearance at the Brit Awards in Manchester on Saturday evening.
The daughter of the late Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne attended the ceremony to collect a posthumous Lifetime Achievement for her father.
But as well as celebrating Ozzy’s life during the evening, Kelly, 41, also was seemingly subject to negative comments about her appearance.
Speaking on the backlash this morning, Kelly said: ‘There is a special kind of cruelty in harming someone who is clearly going through something.
‘Kicking me while I’m down, doubting my pain, spreading my struggles as gossip, and turning your back when I need support and love most.
‘None of it proves strength, it only reveals a profound absence of character. I’m currently going through the hardest time of my life. I should not even have to defend myself. But I won’t sit here and allow myself to be dehumanised in such a way.’
Kelly had previously hit back at ‘body-shaming’ trolls who criticised her recent weight loss ahead of her Brits appearance, where she stepped out with her mother Sharon.
Kelly posed for snaps with Sharon, 73, where the mother and daughter duo both dressed in black for the occasion as they arrived at the Co-op Live Arena.
Kelly oozed glamour in a black dress that featured a matching feathered jacket to keep her warm on the carpet.
Meanwhile, Sharon opted for a three-piece black suit as she proudly posed with her daughter before receiving Ozzy’s bittersweet award.
Kelly’s attendance at a variety of public events over recent months has prompted genuine concern for her health and wellbeing, notably during a front row appearance at London Fashion Week on Sunday.
The singer and TV personality, who denies using weight loss jabs, looked considerably slimmer while attending Ascot Millinery Collective’s latest catwalk presentation at Mayfair’s Claridge’s.
She has since called out her online abusers for subjecting her to a torrent of vile comments, among them an unsavoury remark about her late father, Ozzy, who passed away last July.
Taking to Instagram, Kelly shared a screenshot of the distasteful message, which read: ‘Looks like a dead body… she’s too thin and fragile… looks like she’s going to see her dad soon,’ followed by a string of laughing emojis.
Commenting on Monday, the mother-of-one, who also shared a handful of appalled responses to the post, wrote: ‘Literally can’t believe how disgusting some human beings are! No one deserves this sort of abuse!’
Sharing a second post, she added: ‘This too shall pass, but like, holy f**k.’
Kelly has been forced to repeatedly defend herself over her physical appearance following the sudden death of her father at his Buckinghamshire home last summer.
Over the years, the British TV personality has been open about her insecurities around weight, which dates back to her teen years while starring in her family’s reality show, The Osbournes.
‘I got pulled into the head of the agency’s office and he … gave me a whole speech about how I was too fat for TV and I needed to lose weight, and that if I lost weight, I would look better,’ she revealed on The Osbournes podcast last year.
‘And he was just saying, “You’re not a movie star, but you could be one if you lost weight.”‘
Since then, Kelly’s weight journey has been a rollercoaster.
She underwent gastric sleeve surgery in 2018, calling it ‘the best thing I have ever done,’ and credited a combination of surgery, strict diet and high-intensity interval training for shedding 85lbs.
But pregnancy added another twist. When she was expecting son Sidney in 2022, Kelly gained around 100lbs and developed gestational diabetes, later admitting she avoided the spotlight because of it.
‘She has told people that she got skinnier for her kid. She wants to be around for her kid and play and be with her kid for a long time, and now that she lost her dad, she sees that being something even more important,’ our second source said.
‘She doesn’t want to be the weight she used to be and she is going to do whatever she needs to do to stay skinny.’
Kelly has repeatedly fended off critics who scrutinize her dramatic transformation, most notably denying Ozempic rumours.
‘I know everybody thinks I took Ozempic. I did not take Ozempic. I don’t know where that came from. My mom took Ozempic,’ she previously told Extra.
But those close to Kelly are keeping a watchful eye, with a source telling the Daily Mail that ‘nobody near her is looking to provide an intervention, but people have noticed and are monitoring it’.
‘Kelly is definitely not concerned with how she looks and would tell anyone that would bring it up to her to go screw off, but she does get upset over people talking about it,’ the source added.
‘She is very skinny. She has been working on her weight her entire life and the stress of her dad passing away has been a major struggle to deal with that is taking a toll on her look and health.’