Sharon Osbourne is opening up about why she was MIA from one of the year's most significant tributes. The former Talk host was supposed to be at the unveiling of her late husband Ozzy's statue at Hellfest music festival in France on June 18—but a sudden hospital emergency forced her to cancel at the last minute.
"I'm sorry I couldn't be at Hellfest for the unveiling of Ozzy's statue," Sharon wrote in a June 18 Instagram post alongside footage of the sculpture. "Unfortunately I had an unexpected trip to the hospital earlier in the week."
The 73-year-old didn't divulge specifics about her hospitalization, but she thanked the Hellfest team. "A big thank you Olivier Garnier, Ben Barbaud and everyone at Hellfest. Special thank you to @philippe_pasqua_officiel for the absolutely stunning statue!"
Sharon has discussed her health battles publicly. Just months after a medical emergency in December 2022, she revealed details on U.K.'s The Talk in January 2023. "I was doing some filming and suddenly they told me that I passed out for 20 minutes," she recalled. "I went to one hospital, they took me to another hospital, and I did every test over two days, and nobody knows why."
The mother of Aimee, Kelly, and Jack has a long history of health challenges. She battled colon cancer and underwent a double mastectomy in 2012 after discovering she carried a breast cancer susceptibility gene.
Sharon is keeping Ozzy's legacy alive. She and Jack recently announced plans to create an AI avatar of the rock legend at Licensing Expo 2026 in Las Vegas. "You can ask Ozzy anything, and he will answer you in his own voice," Sharon explained. The project has drawn criticism, but Sharon is firm: this is for the grandkids, not a cash grab.
