Six months after the seismic loss of her father, rock icon Ozzy Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne arrived at the 2026 Grammy Awards carrying a profound and visible grief. During the official red carpet live stream, the 41-year-old offered a raw and honest look into her mourning process, diverging from the typical celebratory glamour of the event.
When asked how she was doing, Kelly did not offer a perfunctory “great.” Instead, she confessed, “People usually say, ‘I’m great.’ [But] I’m not doing so great. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever been through in my life.”
Despite her pain, she was there with a mission: to witness and support a major tribute to her father. The ceremony featured a special performance by Post Malone, joined by Slash, Duff McKagan, and Chad Smith, honoring the late Black Sabbath legend. “It means more than I can express into words,” Kelly said of the honor. “To see his peers and this community cherish him in such a way, and in a way that he deserves. It’ll be very emotional.”
Accompanied by her fiancé, Slipknot turntablist Sid Wilson, Kelly emphasized that the night was also about her mother, Sharon Osbourne. “It’s just as much about her as well,” she noted. “He wouldn’t have been him without her, and vice versa.”
Kelly’s appearance follows months of her being candid about the struggle of navigating life after her father’s death from a heart attack at age 76. In December, she responded to critics who commented on her changed appearance, stating bluntly on Instagram, “I am ill right now. My life is completely flipped upside down.” She defended her right to grieve visibly, adding, “The fact that I’m getting out of bed and facing my life, trying should be more than enough. And I should be commended for that.”
At the Grammys, her message was one of resilience amid deep sorrow. “We’re doing everything we can to try and just live in his legacy and be happy,” she shared on the carpet. Her poignant presence served as a powerful reminder that behind the glittering trophies and performances, the industry was pausing to remember one of its own, through the eyes of a daughter still very much in the throes of loss.
