Ozzy Osbourne admits he was ‘scared’ to move home to the UK

Ozzy Osbourne admitted he was ‘scared’ to move back home to the UK in a new clip  for his highly anticipated BBC documentary following his death.

The Black Sabbath frontman, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019, passed away at the age of 76 on July 22 surrounded by his family. He was buried a week later on July 30.

In a clip from the documentary, Ozzy spoke with his daughter Kelly, 40, about returning to live in England after spending years in Los Angeles.

Sitting in the patio, Kelly asked him: ‘Are you excited to go back?’

‘I wouldn’t say I’m excited. I’m kind of scared to back,’ Ozzy replied.

‘I know what you mean,’ Kelly said.

‘I’m so used to being over here now but I’ve got to go back. I’ve got a house there and your mum said it’s beautiful,’ Ozzy said.

‘Oh my God dad, you’re going to love it so much. I’ve got to get ready and go to the airport. I’ll miss you,’ Kelly said before giving him a kiss. 

Ozzy’s wife Sharon then discussed their move home, telling the camera: ‘It’s Ozzy’s decision whether he wants to spend the rest of his life there or here. 

‘Home is where both of us are. As long as he’s with me, I’m alright.’

Ozzy then mused about the move, saying it would be a big change for him and Sharon to be living by themselves without their children close by.       

‘We’re so used to running after the kids, we don’t know what it’s like to be with ourselves, to be with each other. You know what, I can’t wait till I’m there,’ he said.

BBC cameras had followed Ozzy and his wife Sharon as they prepared to leave America and return to the UK permanently before his passing.

The footage will be screened from October 2, with a new trailer showing Ozzy as he arrived back on British soil.

Also on the documentary, Ozzy told producers: ‘I’m so looking forward to an English summer.’

Sharon can then be heard telling the cameras: ‘I always told Ozzy, when you’re 70, we say goodbye [to America].’  

Back in August, Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home – billed as a ‘moving and inspirational account of the last chapter’ of the star’s life – was suddenly removed from TV listings just hours before broadcast.

Soon after it emerged that the BBC allegedly had no choice but to take last minute action due to Ozzy’s family’s worry at the speed in which the show was made amid their ‘race’ against Paramount+ to air the rocker’s final months.  

Crews for both platforms were given access to Ozzy for the final three years of his life, with the channels said to have been battling to be the first to air the unseen footage.

Reports then suggested that it was this reason, as well as the family’s worries about the ‘overall tone and theme’, that the BBC documentary had been delayed.

Meanwhile, in a first look at Paramount+’s production revealed that Ozzy’s farewell concert was wife Sharon’s final gift to him, following his six-year health battle and struggle with depression.

Directed by BAFTA award-winner Tania Alexander, the feature-length film is set for release on October 7.

Titled Ozzy: No Escape From Now, the documentary explores how the Black Sabbath legend’s chronic pain affected his mental health and shaped the music he created during his last period. 

In the film, Sharon says: ‘What do you think, we do a big farewell show?’ Ozzy replies: ‘I want to say to my fans, thank you for the years.’

The clip then jumps forward, with Sharon telling him: ‘July 5th is the date.’

Smashing Pumpkins star Billy Corgan adds to the camera: ‘This is Sharon’s gift to Ozzy. You deserve this.’ 

The concert – three weeks before his death – saw him reunite with his original Black Sabbath bandmates for the first time since 2005.

More than 42,000 fans packed into the venue for the Back To The Beginning show, during which he told the crowd in his final speech: ‘You’ve no idea how I feel – thank you from the bottom of my heart.’

Official documents listed three causes of death for the rock legend.

This included an out of hospital cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease with autonomic dysfunction.

In a statement Ozzy’s family said he died ‘surrounded by love’, adding: ‘It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning.