Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne Split After 33 Years of Marriage

 

Goodbye to romance. Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne have split after more than 33 years of marriage, multiple outlets reported.


E! News first reported that the couple reached a mutual agreement that the rocker would move out of their house temporarily, but noted that the split “has nothing to do with Ozzy’s sobriety.”

Ozzy, 67, and Sharon, 63, met in the early ‘70s when she was 18. Her father, Don Arden, was managing Ozzy’s band, Black Sabbath, at the time. The pair tied the knot in Maui, Hawaii, in July 1982 and had three children — Aimee, 32, Kelly, 31, and Jack, 30.

The couple’s marriage was plagued by the heavy metal singer’s drug and alcohol use for years. In 1989, he was arrested for attempted murder after trying to strangle his wife while intoxicated. Sharon didn’t press criminal charges, but Ozzy briefly entered drug rehabilitation for three months.

The “Crazy Train” musician relapsed in 2013, but later explained to his dedicated fans that he and Sharon were working through it.

“For the last year and a half I have been drinking and taking drugs,” he wrote on Facebook at the time. “I was in a very dark place and was an asshole to the people I love most, my family. However, I am happy to say that I am now 44 days sober. Just to set the record straight, Sharon and I are not divorcing. I am just trying to be a better person. I would like to apologize to Sharon, my family, my friends and my bandmates for my insane behavior during this period………and my fans. God Bless, Ozzy.”