Osbournes Fire Back After Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Slams Ozzy

Music icon and former Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne passed away on July 22, 2025, at the age of 76, leaving behind an undeniable legacy. Through his music with Black Sabbath, he helped the evolution of heavy metal with dark, grinding riffs and bleak, working-class lyrics. His solo career produced hit albums that pushed metal into the mainstream, influencing generations of rock, metal, and alternative artists.

In addition to his music, Osbourne and his family helped shape modern reality TV, with The Osbournes pioneering the fly-on-the-wall celebrity format that influenced an entire generation of unscripted series.

But apparently, not everyone recognizes Ozzy as a pioneer.

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In an interview with The Independent Ink, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters was sounding off about hot-button issues. During the chat, he says that Americans push important topics to the side by centering their attention on “Taylor Swift or bubblegum or Kim Kardashian‘s bum.” During the rant, he invoked the late Osbourne’s name.

“Ozzy Osbourne — who just died, bless him — in whatever state that he was in his whole life, we’ll never know. Although he was all over the TV for hundreds of years with his idiocy and nonsense,” said Waters.

“The music: I don’t know. I have no idea. I couldn’t give a f**k. I don’t care about Black Sabbath. I never did. I have no interest in biting the heads off chickens, or whatever they do. I couldn’t care less,” continued Waters.

“Just for the sake of artistic integrity, I think it was a bat he bit the head off,” corrected host Mr. Fish. “That’s ever worse!,” commented the musician.

His comments did not sit well with fans, especially Osbourne’s widow Sharon, his son Jack, or his daughter Kelly. In a video posted by the family titled “Remembering Ozzy,” the trio fired back at “Roger the Dodger” Waters and his unkind comments, especially so soon after his passing.

“He’s a f***king c**t,” replied Kelly. “He thinks he’s so superior to everybody, and his superiority complex is just so repulsive.”

Sharon then stated, “The guy is sick in the head. He is not relevant in today’s world. Nobody likes him. This is not just us. Nobody likes this man. Even his dad doesn’t like him. Unless you’re a fascist.” To which Kelly replied, “I don’t even think the fascists like him, Mom.”

“He’s boring. No charisma. He’s got no stage presence,” continued Sharon. “He’s just a bad seed. A bad, irrelevant seed. And he’s in his late years, he’s trying to remain relevant,” said Sharon. “Oh, he thinks he’s an anarchist. He’s just pathetic. “The guy’s got nothing good in him. He’s just a pathetic [and] lonely. I do not know how those guys in Pink Floyd put up with him as long as they did.”

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Jack later explained why he responded the way he did on X, saying, “That’s why I wrote, ‘My dad always thought you were a c**t because it was true.’ Dad used to say, ‘I love Pink Floyd. I just can’t stand Roger Waters.’ But he would never say that publicly, because that wasn’t his style.”

He was referring to his September 2 post on X in which he responded to Waters: “Hey @rogerwaters f**k you. How pathetic and out of touch you’ve become. The only way you seem to get attention these days is by vomiting out bulls**t in the press. My father always thought you were a c**t — thanks for proving him right.”

“You know the grandpa in The Simpsons? There was a Simpsons clip, and it was the grandpa…and it says ‘Old Man Yelling at the Clouds Again.’ And that’s what he is. He’s just like an old man yelling at the clouds.”

“Do you know what he is? He’s like a sad, irrelevant, old, miserable human being. A miserable, ugly human being,” said Sharon.

Roger Waters has yet to respond.