Jack Osbourne admitted he was ‘not close at all’ to older sister Aimee

Jack Osbourne revealed that he and his sister Aimee were ‘not close at all’ in a podcast chat recorded weeks before they reunited for their father Ozzy’s funeral.

The Osbournes launched in 2002 and ran for four series’ on MTV, following the lives of the late Ozzy Osbourne, his wife Sharon and two of their children – Jack and Kelly.

However, Aimee, who is Jack and Kelly’s eldest sister, chose not to star in the reality show as she tried to carve out her own career in the music industry.

Jack, 39, appearing on the Disrespectfully podcast, said: ‘Back then she really wanted to be a musician and the kind of musician she wanted to be was like a Fiona Apple, Mazzy Star, like this kind of obscure, mysterious, moody…

‘And she deemed doing a show on MTV as low-hanging fruit. She was like, “I’m not going to be seen riding coat-tails,” kind of thing, that’s how she perceived it. 

‘Once the show was hugely successful I think she was kind of like, “Well I can’t now come on because I don’t want to be seen even more so as jumping on the bandwagon”. And she dug her heels in and wanted to be relatively private and obscure.’

While Aimee has remained away from the limelight compared to her siblings, the 41-year-old has previously released music under the name ARO, which is her initials. 

Jack revealed on the podcast they weren’t on close terms when he was quizzed on whether Aimee regretted not taking part in the family’s reality series.

He admitted: ‘I’ve never had the conversation with her, we’re not close at all. We don’t have a great relationship, she’ll be the first to tell you that, so it’s no secret.

‘I’ve never asked her outright, “Do you regret it’” I think there must be a level of like, “Hey, my life would have probably been different than what it is if I’d done that”, so I don’t know, I think I would feel like I would have regretted it.’

Aimee courageously put herself in the spotlight for her beloved father at his funeral procession last month. 

The Black Sabbath rocker died aged 76 on July 22 and his funeral cortege travelled through his hometown of Birmingham, passing thousands of fans who lined the streets. 

Her brave decision to step into the limelight and pay respects with the world also forced her to put differences aside with her estranged sister Kelly.

Kelly and Aimee have had a fraught relationship for years, but were pictured with their devastated mother and brother for the rock legend’s send off.

In recent years the vastly-different siblings had admitted they weren’t on speaking terms, with Kelly saying in an interview they just ‘didn’t understand each other.’ 

Kelly, who appeared on the Dax Shepard podcast Armchair Expert, revealed in 2021 that she and her older sister had been estranged for a long time.

‘We don’t talk,’ Kelly said. ‘We’re just really different. She doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand her.’

Meanwhile, back in 2015 Aimee shared with The Independent that her and Kelly were not on close terms.

‘I wouldn’t say there is an ease between us, but there is an acceptance,’ she said. ‘Do we socialize? No.’

Sharon previously admitted she was devastated when Aimee moved out, saying on The Talk in 2018: ‘She felt too that she didn’t want to grow up on camera. She hated the idea – it was appalling to her. 

‘And so she left at 16 and I regret every day that she did. It broke my heart when she moved.’ 

Ozzy shared daughters Kelly and Aimee, as well as son Jack, with his wife of 43 years Sharon, and also had three children, Louis, Jessica and Eliot, from his first marriage to wife Thelma Riley.