He may have been the “Prince of Darkness,” but clearly everything was perfect in Ozzy Osbourne’s house. According to his son Jack, it’s coming to his father’s defense.
In a recent interview with comedian Jamie Kennedy, the younger Osbourne responded to rumors that his famous father, a heavy metal singer, was somehow involved in Satanism or the occult.
“I’ve never seen it,” Jack Osborne said flatly. “There was nothing bad in our family in that sense.”
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Osbourne, 40, went on to tell Kennedy that her father, the Black Sabbath frontman, was a “follower of Christ” and “had a Bible and carried his cross every day of his life.”
Ozzy Osbourne passed away from Parkinson’s disease in July last year.
Questions about his spiritual beliefs are not unfounded. The British-born rock star was known for causing a stir, including his infamous stunt where he allegedly bit off the head of a pigeon in front of CBS Records executives while signing his first solo record deal in 1981. He did something similar during a 1982 concert after an audience member threw a bat on stage.
The late legend tried to quash rumors of occultism in 1986, telling SPIN magazine that he was a Christian and regularly attended Sunday school as a child.
Jack Osbourne blamed the media for spreading rumors and innuendos about his father, telling Kennedy that his father’s experience was “why you can’t trust the news”.
“There’s going to be a story on CNN or a news station saying, ‘Oh, Ozzy is a Satanist who’s going to do this, because when this part of the song comes out, it could be this or that,'” he said.
Because of Ozzy Osbourne’s checkered personality, and because the Bible makes clear that no one can fully know another person’s heart (1 Corinthians 2:11), it is unclear whether the singer was truly a Christian. However, the Bible indicates that a person’s spiritual makeup is to be evidenced by his or her actions and actions (Matthew 7:16-20).
It’s worth noting that Dylan Novak, known as the “celebrity evangelist,” spoke to CBN News last year about meeting Ozzy Osbourne in 2023. He said his interactions with both Ozzy and Jack Osbourne encouraged him.
“Ozzy was incredibly kind,” Novak said. “So I went up to him, shook his hand, told him it was a pleasure to meet him, introduced myself briefly, and then said, ‘The reason I’ve come to see you today is because I love and care about you and your soul.’
During the same meeting, Novak recalls talking with Jack Osborne for about 30 minutes and sharing the gospel with him as well.
“One of the things[Jack]said was, ‘Thank you for not thinking evil of your father,'” Novak said.
The “celebrity evangelist” said she met Jack Osbourne two weeks later. The two talked again, and Jack Osbourne told Novak, “You have no idea how much Dad loved it,” referring to Novak giving Ozzy Osbourne a personal New Living Translation Bible.
“That Bible and your gift, it was on his nightstand, and he showed everyone who came here the Bible and showed them that their name was on it, that they could understand that their name was on it,” he told Novak. “He said it’s never like, ‘Oh, look, someone brought me a Bible.’ It’s like, ‘I’m honored to receive this gift.'”
Read the full interview with Novak.
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