Kelly Osbourne Now: Fires Back at Online 'Cruelty' Following BRIT Awards Appearance
Kelly Osbourne Now took to Instagram after facing online criticism over visible weight loss following her appearance at the BRIT Awards, where she and her mother accepted a posthumous lifetime achievement award for Ozzy Osbourne. The actress and media personality said the attacks were unkind at a moment when she is grieving her father's death.
Kelly Osbourne Now: Instagram post confronts criticism
Kelly Osbourne wrote on her Instagram story that there is "a special kind of cruelty in harming someone who is clearly going through something, " listing behaviors she said had been aimed at her: "Kicking me while I’m down, doubting my pain, spreading my struggles as gossip, and turning your back when I need support and love most. " She added, "I’m currently going through the hardest time in my life. I should not even have to defend myself. But I won’t sit here and allow myself to be dehumanized in such a way!"
The visible weight loss that prompted the online comments followed public grieving after her father's death; Kelly has previously described grief as a "strange thing" that "sneaks up on you in waves, " and wrote that she would "not be ok for a while — but knowing my family are not alone in our pain makes a difference. I’m holding on tight to the love, the light, and the legacy left behind. "
Ozzy Osbourne: Posthumous lifetime achievement and family tribute
Ozzy Osbourne was posthumously honored with a lifetime achievement award at the BRIT Awards; he died on July 22, 2025, at 76 years old. During the ceremony, Kelly and her mother, Sharon Osbourne, accepted the honor on his behalf. Sharon said that "If Ozzy was here tonight with us, he would be showing us that gorgeous smile that he had and I know he would be so proud to receive this from the country that he loved. " She added that he left "one amazing body of work that will never be forgotten by the country that made him. " Kelly closed their remarks at the ceremony by saying, "Thank you for loving my father as much as we do. "
Sharon Osbourne: Public defense and comments to Piers Morgan
Sharon Osbourne publicly defended her daughter’s health and state of mind, telling Piers Morgan that "She’s lost her daddy, she can’t eat right now. " The mother’s intervention followed Kelly’s own earlier, now-deleted social video from last year in which Kelly confronted commenters who had written things like "Are you ill" or "Get off Ozempic, you don’t look right, " saying, "My dad just died, and I’m doing the best that I can, and the only thing I have to live for right now is my family, " and adding, "So to all those people, fuck off. "
BRIT Awards 2026: Night highlights and broader awards coverage
The ceremony that prompted this response also featured other headline moments: BRIT Awards 2026 saw Olivia Dean win Artist and Album of the Year. Coverage around the event appeared alongside other entertainment items, including a headline noting that family drama "Sundays" beat "Sirāt" at Spain’s Goya Awards and a mention of an "Awards Chatter" podcast episode in which Joachim Trier discussed his film "Sentimental Value" and its Oscar prospects. Those elements appeared in the same round of reporting that covered the Osbourne family’s appearance.
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Kelly Osbourne’s Instagram post, the family’s onstage remarks and Sharon’s public defense together map a short sequence of cause and effect: Ozzy Osbourne’s death on July 22, 2025 set in motion a period of visible grief; that grief coincided with noticeable weight loss and a public appearance at the BRIT Awards, which then produced online commentary that Osbourne has publicly described as cruel. What makes this notable is the confluence of a high-profile awards platform, an immediate social-media response, and a family willing to answer both onstage and in interviews, underscoring how personal loss can rapidly become public controversy.
Kelly Osbourne Now remains vocal about her experience, and the exchanges this week reaffirm her stated position that criticism of her appearance is misplaced while she continues to grieve.
