Jack Osbourne

Jack Joseph Osbourne (born 8 November 1985) is an English-American media personality. He is the youngest child of Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne. He starred on MTV's reality series The Osbournes (2002–2005), along with his father, mother Sharon, and sister Kelly. Osbourne has since pursued a career as a fitness and travel reporter, presenting shows such as Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie (2005–2009) and BBC's Saving Planet Earth (2007). In 2016, he and his father travelled the world in the History Channel reality series Ozzy & Jack's World Detour.

Early life

Jack Joseph Osbourne was born on 8 November 1985<ref name="tvg">Template:Cite magazine</ref> in London to Ozzy Osbourne and his wife and manager, Sharon (née Levy).<ref name=tvg /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Jack Osbourne has stated that his childhood was "perfectly happy and contented".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> For the first six years of his life, Jack lived in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, then his parents moved the family to Los Angeles, but a year later the family returned to Buckinghamshire. When Osbourne was 11, the family moved back again to Southern California, this time to Beverly Hills. In spite of moving so many times at a young age, Osbourne did not find it disruptive.<ref>Osbourne, 21 Years Gone, p. 36.</ref>

One aspect of his life that constant moving did affect was his school life, and Osbourne soon despised going to school, which was not helped by the fact that he was diagnosed with a form of dyslexia at the age of 8,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Jack Osbourne profile at www.contactmusic.com</ref> and ADHD at the age of 10. At the time, he was studying at a Christian school in Los Angeles.<ref>Osbourne, 21 Years Gone, p. 54.</ref> He returned to England for a year before returning to Los Angeles, where he was enrolled into the special needs Park Century School.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> At 14, he was offered an internship at Virgin Records, where his mother was managing the band The Smashing Pumpkins.Template:Citation needed After Sharon stopped managing that band, Osbourne started A&R scouting for Epic Records, where his father had been on for many years. Osbourne also helped his mother in managing his father's annual touring festival, Ozzfest, advising her about up-and-coming bands.<ref>Gold, Todd Officially Osbourne, (Simon & Schuster UK) p. 17.</ref>

On his 13th birthday, Osbourne got drunk for the first time on whisky; by the time he was 14, he was drinking regularly and had started smoking marijuana.<ref>Osbourne, 21 Years Gone, p. 65.</ref> He started partying heavily, and made headlines on 21 April 2003, when he was admitted to a child psychiatric ward for an addiction to OxyContin.<ref>BBC (24 May 2004), Kelly Osbourne talks of drug hell. Retrieved 18 April 2007.</ref> Osbourne's drug addiction escalated after his mother was diagnosed with cancer; he was as well battling with his own depression. His self-destructive behaviour came to a head when he attempted suicide by taking a cocktail of prescription pills and cutting his hands with shards of glass after hearing his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend pick up her phone when he called her.<ref name=autogenerated1>Template:Cite web</ref> He woke up 12 hours later.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Osbourne continued with his drug use until he realised that he "never wants to feel this way ever again" and admitted himself into an adolescent psychiatric ward. He spent 10 days detoxing and was moved to an adolescent rehabilitation center in Malibu, where he enrolled in a recovery program.<ref>Exposay (28 July 2006), Jack Falls off the wagon at Princess Beatrice's Party Template:Webarchive Retrieved 21 April 2007</ref>

Career

Osbourne gained high visibility in 2002 after appearing in his family's reality television show The Osbournes, which aired on MTV and won an Emmy Award in 2002.<ref>BBC News Ozzy's Wife Collects Emmy Award.</ref> In the show, Osbourne was mostly shown as a rebellious teenager who liked to party and to fight with sister Kelly Osbourne. In a song by Tenacious D advertising The Osbournes,<ref>YouTube The Osbournes by Tenacious D Retrieved 27 November 2007</ref> Jack Black sings the line "and he's got a big 'fro on his head" to describe Osbourne's curly hair that grew longer until he eventually shaved it off in the third season of the show. In 2002, Osbourne briefly appeared in Austin Powers: Goldmember along with the rest of his family, and subsequently starred in a Super Bowl XXXVI advertisement for Pepsi Twist with sister Kelly. From 2002 to 2003, Osbourne appeared in Season 6 of Dawson's Creek, playing Audrey's childhood friend. He also made cameos in The X Factor (as a "Goth rapper"<ref>M&C Jack Osbourne fooled Simon Cowell into believing he was a white rapper Template:Dead link.</ref> who sings "Ice Ice Baby"), the fifth season of That '70s Show as a DMV customer and as a dining room guest in the eighth season of Hell's Kitchen. Post-rehab, Osbourne went on in 2003 to star in his own show on Channel 4, Union Jack. In 2004 he played a small role in New York Minute, a film starring the Olsen twins, in which he plays a music promoter named Justin.

Osbourne at the signing of his autobiography, 21 Years Gone, in 2006

In 2005, Osbourne started to show more of an interest in fitness through co-hosting the ITV2 show, Celebrity Wrestling: Bring It On! In February that year, he appeared in Extreme Celebrity Detox in which he took part in tai chi and climbing exercises.<ref>Jack's Diary about Extreme Celebrity Detox (Feb 2005), [1] Retrieved 21 April 2007.</ref> He later appeared in his own programme, Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie produced by the same production company (Ginger Productions) as Extreme Celebrity Detox. Osbourne lost (50 lb) 23 kg<ref>Men's Fitness (February 2006), Rebourne. Retrieved 21 April 2007.</ref> in Thailand at a Muay Thai martial arts camp in Pattaya to be fit enough to climb El Capitan (which he achieved) while filming the first series of Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie. It aired on ITV2 in the UK, the Travel Channel in the United States, The LifeStyle Channel in Australia, GOtv in South Africa and on MuchMusic in Canada. Adrenaline Junkie focuses on Osbourne's training for sports like rock climbing, mountaineering and a jungle trek in Belize from the Chiquibul Chamber through dense jungle ending at Caracol ruins (guided by the UK extreme conservation organisation Trekforce). He showcased the effects of his weight loss with the two semi-naked photo shoots for Cosmopolitan magazine in 2005 to raise awareness of testicular cancer. The first, taken in June 2005, shows him sitting on a motorbike; the second appeared in the December 2005 issue.<ref>TV Squad (16 Nov 2005), Jack Osbourne goes nude for Cosmo. Retrieved 18 April 2007.</ref> After the first series of Adrenaline Junkie he began filling in for Stephen Mulhern on CITV's Saturday morning kids' show Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown (which has since ended). Osbourne took part in Sport Relief and faced former singer in the band S Club 7, Bradley McIntosh, in a boxing match of three one-minute rounds to raise money for the charity. Osbourne won by a unanimous decision.

He once claimed to be considering a career in law enforcement and was on reality television show Armed & Famous. The show was pulled from CBS in January 2007, and Osbourne was sued by a woman from Muncie, Indiana, whose house was accidentally raided during filming.<ref>TV Squad (5 June 2007), CBS, Jack Osbourne sued over reality TV show. Retrieved 20 June 2007.</ref> Osbourne also filmed a programme in Namibia for the BBC's Saving Planet Earth series. He also took part in the Mongol Rally with News Corporation director Andrew Knight's daughter, Amaryllis Knight.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Osbourne and his family reunited with reality TV show Osbournes Reloaded, which debuted 31 March 2009 and was cancelled after the first episode.

Osbourne in 2011

Osbourne made and produced a documentary about his father that was originally to be titled to Wreckage of My Past: The Ozzy Osbourne Story, but was changed to God Bless Ozzy Osbourne. This film premiered in April 2011 at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released on DVD in November 2011.<ref>Two Nights of Ozzy Doc at a Multiplex Near You MusicFilmWeb.com Retrieved 8 August 2011</ref> In early August 2010, Osbourne directed his first music video, for his dad's song "Life Won't Wait" from the album Scream. The video debuted on 23 August. Osbourne worked for Fuse News from February 2013 to early 2014. Osbourne also had a paranormal investigation show titled Haunted Highway that aired on Syfy for two six-episode seasons, during the summers of 2012 and 2013.

Between 2016 and 2018, Osbourne appeared with his father Ozzy in the US worldwide buddy travelogue series Ozzy & Jack's World Detour on the History Channel. He currently has three paranormal television shows featured on the Travel Channel, which are Jack Osbourne's Night of Terror, Portals To Hell and The Osbournes Want To Believe that starred both of his parents, until Ozzy’s death on 22 July 2025.

In November 2025, Osbourne joined the cast of the twenty-fifth series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

Osbourne became a naturalised citizen of the United States in 2012.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Osbourne and his then-girlfriend, actress Lisa Stelly, had their first child, a daughter, in April 2012.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Osbourne and Stelly were married in Hawaii on 7 October 2012.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 6 September 2013, Stelly said she had suffered a miscarriage in her second trimester; they had been expecting a son.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Their next child, a daughter, was born in 2015.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Their third daughter was born in February 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The couple announced their separation on 18 May 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Their divorce was finalised on 5 March 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Osbourne became engaged to interior designer Aree Gearhart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in December 2021. They welcomed their first child, a daughter, in July 2022.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Osbourne and Gearhart secretly married at the San Ysidro Ranch in California, September 2023.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In June 2012, Osbourne announced that he had been diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He had experienced symptoms for a number of years including blindness in one eye; numbness in both legs; and problems with his bladder, bowel, and stomach.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Osbourne injects Copaxone medication daily, uses vitamin supplements and hormone replacement therapy, and has travelled to Europe for stem cell therapy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="people.com">Template:Cite web</ref> He has also made lifestyle changes such as minimising stress, exercising regularly, and significantly altering his diet.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, he has spoken of his fear of a rapid decline and has admitted that his doctors have urged him to stop participating in highly intensive physical workouts: "Right now am I going to be in a wheelchair? No. But if I don't take care of myself, who knows?"<ref name="people.com"/><ref name="entertainmentwise.com">Template:Cite web </ref> While appearing on Dancing with the Stars in October 2013, Osbourne said that he did not suffer from "any severe symptoms other than the odd bit of tingling down my leg and the occasional bout of fatigue."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Television

Television appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–2005	The Osbournes	Himself	Main cast (52 episodes)
2002	Dawson's Creek		Episode: "The Kids Are Alright"
2003	That '70s Show	Andy	Episode: "Misty Mountain Hop"
2003	Union Jack (UK)	Host	Channel 4 | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/aug/29/channel4.broadcasting#:~:text=5pm:%20Hell%2Draising%20teenager%20and%20reality%20TV%20star,series%20on%20Channel%204%20later%20this%20year. Hell-Raising Teenager and Reality Star Series]</ref>
2004	The X Factor (UK)	Himself	Guest judge (Series 1, episode 1)
	The F Word (UK)		Contestant
2005	Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie		Host; also executive producer (2 seasons)
2007	Ozzy & Jack's World Detour (Pilot)		Unaired pilot for a travel series
	Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyers Cut)		Documentary miniseries
2008	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson		Documentary
2009	Jack Osbourne's Celebrity Adrenaline Junkie		Host
	You Don't Know Jack		Documentary miniseries
2010	Jack Osbourne: Fearless		Host; documentary series
2011	Dancing with the Stars (US)		Contestant (Season 17); Finished 3rd
2013	Haunted Highway		Co-host; investigator (2 seasons); also executive producer
	Fuse News		Correspondent
2014	The Osbournes: Reloaded		Pilot
	Jack Osbourne's Night of Terror		TV special
2015	Ozzy & Jack's World Detour		Co-host (3 seasons); also executive producer
2019–2020	Portals to Hell	Co-host / Lead Investigator	Main role (2 seasons)
2020–2021	The Osbournes Want to Believe	Himself	Host; also executive producer
2021	Home Sweet Home		Guest
	Jack Osbourne's Haunted Homecoming		Host; TV special
2022	The Conners		Episode: "The Wedding of Dan and Louise"
	The Kelly Clarkson Show		Guest
2023	Special Forces: World's Toughest Test		Contestant: Season 2 (6 episodes)
	The Osbournes: Home for the Holidays		TV special
2024	Jack Osbourne's Haunted Holiday		Host; TV special
2025	Cooking with the Stars		Runner up
	Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home		Documentary
	Ozzy: No Escape From Now		Documentary
	I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!		Contestant<ref name=":0" />

Film

Film appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Himself	Uncredited cameo
2004	New York Minute	Justin	Film
2011	God Bless Ozzy Osbourne	Himself	Documentary; also executive producer
2021	The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne

Books

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Further reading

• Osbourne, Ozzy; Osbourne, Sharon; Gold, Todd; Osbourne, Aimee (31 Oct 2004). Ordinary People: Our Story. Simon & Schuster. Template:ISBN

External links

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• The Osbournes
• Jack Talks About His Addiction and Recovery