Jack Osbourne posted an Instagram video on May 19 to respond to mounting criticism about his appearance, saying he was fed up with suggestions that he is sick or “grossly underweight.”
“I cannot believe I’m having to actually make this f--king video,” Osbourne said, opening the clip by addressing headlines and social-media comments that framed his body as a crisis. “If I see one more article written about me saying how I’m ‘sick,’ I’m ‘grossly underweight. What’s going on? Health crisis Jack.’ It’s f--king insane.”
The numbers Osbourne gave in the video were specific: he said he has been slowly but consistently losing weight for the last three and a half years, after he “shot up to about 220 pounds about three and a half years ago and decided that I wanted to make some changes.” He told viewers he is “five foot eight and a half and 155 pounds. It is perfectly healthy.”
Osbourne reiterated that he has not shed weight recently, saying bluntly, “I have lost no weight since I got out of the jungle doing I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! six months ago. I’ve been the same f--kng weight.” He added that the only visible difference is grooming: “The only difference is I shaved my beard and opted for a creepy mustache. That’s the only f--king difference.”
His post drew quick public support from friends and family. Fellow commentator Chris Jericho told him, “Don’t listen to the haters dude. You look great.” Fellow public figure Kelly Rizzo wrote, “Love you Jack. You tell em!!!”
The video landed amid a family fight with online abuse directed at another Osbourne. Kelly Osbourne has been the target of body-shaming in recent months; in March she fired back at a commenter who described her as looking like a dead body, writing that she could not “believe how disgusting some human beings truly are!” and adding, “No one deserves this sort of abuse!”
Sharon Osbourne has publicly defended both children. In December, on Piers Morgan Uncensored, she said of Kelly, “She's lost her daddy” and warned, “She can't eat right now.” Speaking more broadly about online cruelty, she described negative comments as “a shield for people that are unhappy,” saying they’ve “something wrong with their lives. They’re not happy.” In March she told Extra TV she was proud of Kelly for “standing up for herself against the bullies.”
Context matters here: Osbourne framed his slimmer appearance not as a sudden change but as the result of a multi-year effort. He said he had “shot up” to about 220 pounds three and a half years ago, made changes and then steadily lost weight, and that the headline-friendly image of a recent collapse does not match what he says has been happening for years.
The tension is obvious. Public reaction treats appearance as newsworthy at two different moments: when someone is perceived as overweight and when they stop being so. Osbourne noted the contradiction plainly: “My entire life I was just brutalized by the press about being overweight, and the fact that I get down to a healthy weight, now I’m criticized even more? Get f--ked.” That frustration sits beside Kelly’s own online rebuttals and Sharon’s on-camera defenses, making the family’s complaints both personal and public.
The close is blunt: the Osbournes are pushing back. Jack Osbourne’s May 19 video was intended to end speculation by laying out his timeline, his measurements and his assertion that “it is perfectly healthy.” Kelly has publicly rejected abusive comments, and Sharon has spoken for both children. If the larger question is whether the family will accept public judgment in silence, the answer is no — they will speak up, and their responses are likely to keep this debate in public view for the foreseeable future.
