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The former reality star, who has been in mourning since her dad, rock icon Ozzy Osbourne, died in July, is clapping back at fans who say she’s gotten too thin
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- Kelly Osbourne is hitting back at critics who are criticizing her appearance on social media
- She says she’s been struggling to eat since the death of her dad Ozzy in July
- Osbourne previously told PEOPLE that she hid during her pregnancy with son Sid, now 3, because she was scared of being called “too fat”
Kelly Osbourne is taking on her critics with some help from her mom.
Sharon Osbourne joined British broadcaster Piers Morgan to talk about the final days of her late husband, rock icon Ozzy Osbourne. During the interview, Morgan showed an Instagram clip of her daughter Kelly slamming online critics who have been commenting on her dramatic weight loss, saying she’s been struggling to eat since the death of her dad on July 22.
“To the people who keep thinking they’re being funny and mean by writing comments like ‘Are you ill,’ or ‘Get off Ozempic, you don’t look right.’ 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 I choose to share my content with you and share the happy side of my life not the miserable side of my life,” Kelly said in the since-deleted clip.
She added, “So to all those people, ‘f— off.”’
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Sharon was quick to agree and defend her daughter.
“She’s right,” Sharon said around the 54-minute mark. “She’s lost her daddy, she can’t eat right now.”
Kelly, 41, who first rose to fame as a 15-year-old on her family’s reality show The Osbournes, has long been open about her struggles with body image and weight.
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While speaking to PEOPLE last May, the mom to son Sid, 3, got candid about about being constantly targeted and harassed for her appearance.
“I have been a drug addict, an alcoholic … I’ve been a complete mess, disrespectful to people, horrible — but I got more s— for being fat than I did for anything else. It’s insane,” she told attendees.
“You’ll never read an article about me that hasn’t got a comment about my weight,” she continued, saying that it was just as bad when she was heavier as it is now that she’s skinny.
“People [would] say, ‘You’re so pretty. Why don’t you just lose a little bit of weight, and then you’ll be the total package,’ “ she recalled. She noted that the insults took their toll mentally.
“I tried probably everything that there is out there, whether it be surgery, medication, diet and exercise,” she explained. “I got my mind where I needed it to be, and everything started to fall into place,” she said.
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Osbourne previously told PEOPLE that during her pregnancy with Sid, she stayed inside for the entire nine months for fear of being labeled fat.
“I gained 100 lbs.,” Osbourne said.
“Long story short, I saw what they did to Jessica Simpson and I thought it was disgusting,” she said, nodding to when Simpson was mocked by trolls for her pregnancy weight gain. “I was so frightened that would happen to me too that I hid. I just didn’t want pictures out there. I didn’t want to face it, and have people be like, ‘Oh she’s a moose!’ So I just cut the problem out.”
Osbourne noted that there was a plus side to staying lowkey during pregnancy: Getting to bond with her dad Ozzy.
“My partner Sid [Wilson] was on tour, so I just moved back in with my parents and hung out with my dad and we did everything together,” she said.
“We played Jenga, we played cards, we had like 20 different TV shows we were watching at once. He would go on my diet and I’d go on his diet, and then we’d work out in the pool together, because his physical therapy was similar to what I was supposed to be doing. We had the best time together.”
Sharon Osbourne Defends Kelly Osbourne Against Weight Loss Criticism
Sharon Osbourne will always have Kelly Osbourne’s back.
The America’s Got Talent alum came to the defense of her daughter during an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored after he played a video of Kelly calling out those who had criticized her current appearance following the death of her father Ozzy Osbourne in July.
“To the people who keep thinking they’re being funny and mean by writing comments like ‘Are you ill,’ or, ‘Get off Ozempic,’ or, ‘You don’t look right,’” Kelly said in the clip played on the Dec. 10 episode, “my dad just died, and I’m doing the best that I can.”
The 41-year-old added, “The only thing I have to live for right now is my family. And I choose to share my content with you and share the happy side of my life, not the miserable side of my life.”
Kelly concluded her message by telling her critics to “F–k off.”
And Sharon—who is also mom to Aimee Osbourne, 42, and Jack Osbourne, 40—was in complete agreement with Kelly.
“She’s right,” Sharon told Piers. “She’s lost her daddy. She can’t eat right now.”
The reactions to Kelly’s weight loss also prompted Sharon to reflect on the nature of social media, noting that negative comments are often “a shield for people that are unhappy” and that they sometimes have an incorrect perception of those in the spotlight.
“How many times have we been wrong about somebody because of our perception?” she asked. “But you and I don’t take the point where we’d spend a second—wasting a second of our lives in writing something about them. Going on their site, taking their time, writing. That’s a lot of effort goes into that.”
The 73-year-old admitted that she often feels sorry for those people.
“They’ve something wrong with their lives,” she added. “They’re not happy.”
And that was a sentiment Kelly—who shares son Sidney, 3, with fiancé Sid Wilson—also echoed in a follow up post to Instagram Stories Dec. 10. While she noted that she’s gotten “many lovely, lovely, lovely comments from people” that have helped her since losing Ozzy, she once again hit back at those who had negative comments about her appearance.
“What do you expect me to look like right now?” she said. “The fact that I’m getting out of bed and facing my life and trying should be more than enough, and I should be commended for that.”
Kelly told those leaving these “sick comments” to “take a strong, hard look at yourself.”
“Because most of the things you’re saying about me,” she concluded, “is how you feel about yourself.”
And Kelly isn’t the only star to call out body shamers. Keep ready for more stars who have clapped back at critics.
TikTok / Ava PhillippeAva Phillippe
“NBD but I just achieved a major milestone as a woman online,” Reese Witherspoon and ex-husband Ryan Phillippe‘s daughter wrote in a TikTok video posted May 3. “I saw 2 different strangers commenting on my body.”
She continued, “The first said I should get on Oz*mpic because I’m too fat. The second accused me of starving myself because I’m too thin. My weight did not change in the time period between their comments. (& it wouldn’t be any of their business if it did!)”
Ava said that “no one deserves to be picked apart for what they look like.” She added, “You don’t always know what someone’s gone through or what they struggle with. But no matter who you are… Your beauty exceeds such superficial measures.”
Steve Granitz/FilmMagicBebe Rexha
After receiving body-shaming comments, the “I”m Good” singer clapped back at the critics and explained why she’s tired of receiving criticism over her appearance. “I know I got fat,” she captioned her June 23 tweet. “I’m just so sick of people talking about it. NEXT!!!!!!”
In a separate post, the 33-year-old added, “Human beings go through weight fluctuations,” she continued, “it’s life and you don’t know what people are going through. Meds, disease, etc…”
Instagram / Rumer WillisRumer Willis
After some critics accused the House Bunny actress of looking too skinny in an Instagram photo, the star fired back, writing, “I know I don’t need to do this but in an effort to spread some awareness and shed some light on body shaming tactics i felt the need to share. After the barrage of some really inappropriate comments left on my pic I posted yesterday I was left really bummed cause I was really enjoying the silly pics I took. It was a weird angle that even made me feel life I looked smaller than I do in real life. But regardless even though you may think it’s your job or even your right to leave unfiltered thoughts or judgements about my body for me and others to read… it’s not.”
“Coming for me in my comments and telling me how I’m too skinny or I need to eat is absolutely not helpful and extremely body shaming,” she continued.”Body shaming of any kind is something I will not stand for.”
More than a week later, she shared a photo of herself sunbathing in a bikini, writing, “For the haters….with love and gratitude kindly [kiss emoji] my [peach emoji], I’ll keep smiling regardless [peace sign emoji].”
Steve Granitz/WireImageNatalie Portman
In February 2021, the actress was the target of public pregnancy speculation, based on online photos of her wearing a dark blue tank top on set in Australia. She called out the news outlet that posted them in a rare Instagram Story post, writing, “Hey, so I’m totally not pregnant…but apparently, it’s still OK in 2021 for anyone to speculate and comment on a woman’s body shape whenever they want? Do better @nypost.”
InstagramChristina Anstead
The Flip or Flop star spoke out after online trolls kept judging her appearance on social media. “People are commenting that I look really skinny or that I need to eat,” she said on an Instagram Story video on Friday, Feb. 7. “This is actually the weight I’ve always weighed… You guys have just watched me have babies and then go back to my original weight. So don’t worry, everything’s fine.”
(Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage)Nelly Furtado
After becoming the subject of various posts scrutinizing her body and weight, the “Promiscuous” singer clapped back at body-shamers without even uttering a single word.
Indeed, while performing at Manchester Pride 2025, she graced the stage wearing an oversized T-shirt with a woman’s silhouette—dressed in a cropped tank top and black pushup bra underneath—printed on the front.
Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for iHeartMediaMeghan King Edmonds
Following her split from Jim Edmonds, the former Bravo star asked fans to stop leaving messages about her figure. “‘Eat a burger.’ That’s what they say. I’ll be real with you: I’m too thin,” she shared on Instagram in December 2019. “But please, I deserve some grace. I am doing the damn thing with all of the dignity I can muster as I put my kiddos before anything else.”
Philippe Blet/REX/ShutterstockCeline Dion
After being called “too skinny,” the legendary singer addressed the negative comments, telling Entertainment Tonight, “Is there anything wrong about my body? I’ve always been very thin. I do ballet. I do a lot of stretching and I work out because it helps my mind, body and soul.”
“If you don’t want to be criticized, you are in the wrong place. I take what’s good for me. I leave behind what is not good for me,” she explained. “I let my management take care of that, and if it hurts anyone, they will take care of that. And I need to focus on what’s right for me, how I feel and, last but not least, you can’t please everybody.”
David Fisher/ShutterstockLizzo
In June 2020, the “Good as Hell” singer had a message for body shamers. “Hey, so I’ve been working out consistently for the last five years, and it may come as a surprise to some of y’all that I’m not working out to have your ideal body type,” she said in a TikTok video. “I’m working out to have my ideal body type, and you know what type that is? None of your f–king business, because I am beautiful, I am strong, I do my job and I stay on my job.”
Rich Polk/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesDemi Lovato
The “Confident” singer has always been open about speaking against body shamers. She told Glamour in 2016, “If somebody calls me fat, even in a vulnerable moment, I laugh to myself and think, I’m doing everything I can, so there’s nothing I can do about it.” She added, “I don’t have a six-pack. Maybe I don’t even want a six-pack. It doesn’t sound very appealing.”
TwitterHalle Berry
After the Oscar winner shared a naked photo of herself online, one commenter criticized her post in a since-deleted tweet, “Imagine being in your 50s, still posting nudes for attention in menopause when you should be chilling with the grandkids. Aging with dignity is no longer a thing.”
Halle then clapped back with a cheeky response, “Did you guys know the heart of a shrimp is located in its head?”
Chelsea Lauren/REX/ShutterstockCamila Cabello
The “Señorita” star previously took to Instagram Stories to send a message to her haters. “I haven’t gone on social media AT ALL with the conscious intention of avoiding things that hurt my feelings,” she began her lengthy post. “My eyes accidentally ran over a head line of people ‘body shaming me.’ Honestly, first thing I felt was super insecure over just IMAGINING what these pictures must look like, oh no! My cellulite! Oh no! I didn’t suck in my stomach! But then I was like…of course there are bad pictures, of course there are bad angles, my body’s not made of f–king rock, or all muscles, for that matter. But the saddest part of young girls growing up in an airbrushed world is they’re seeking a perfection that’s not real. I’m writing this for girls like my little sister who are growing up on social media. They’re constantly seeing photoshopped, edited pictures and thinking that’s reality and everyone’s eyes get used to seeing airbrushed skin, and suddenly they think THAT’S norm. It isn’t. It’s fake. AND FAKE IS BECOMING THE NEW REAL. We have a completely unrealistic view of a woman’s body. Girls, cellulite is normal. fat is normal. It’s beautiful and natural. I won’t buy into the bulls–t today!!!! Not today satan and I hope you don’t either.”
Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Warner MusicBebe Rexha
In May 2019, the singer posted a video of herself performing at Hangout Music Festival in a black leotard. After seeing the video, a social media user tweeted, “Okay don’t mean to disrespect but aint too thiccccck!?? I mean never saw her like that BEFORE!! from the song with other two country dudes!!” However, the pop star quickly clapped back, replying, “I gained weight get over it.”
She also called out the fashion industry after she claimed several designers refused to dress her for the Grammys because of her size. “Empower women to love their bodies instead of making girls and women feel less then [sic] by their size,” she shared on Instagram in January 2019. “We are beautiful any size! Small or large! Anddddd My size 8 ass is still going to the Grammys. #LOVEYOURBODY.”
Timothy Hiatt/Getty ImagesAyesha Curry
The celeb previously posted a picture of her family celebrating after her husband Stephen Curry and his Golden State Warriors teammates beat the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals. In the photo, the star can be seen holding her son Canon. A follower then asked, “Are you pregnant again?”
“Absolutely not LOL,” she replied at the time. “My 30 lb son is just breaking my back in every photo.”
Another commenter then wrote, “If that kid is 30lbs he’s got some serious health issues going on.” The cookbook author shut the shamer down, saying, “Excuse you? No. Just no.”
Presley Ann/Getty Images for TellTaleJana Kramer
Just a week after she welcomed her baby, the podcast host took to Instagram to send a message to her followers.
“A few things because honestly I’m so frustrated and I need to vent this,” she wrote in December 2018. “I wanted to post this photo (showing my stomach) because I wanted to show my journey back to healthy and my goodness I’m so glad I didn’t which is why this photo is now cropped. It’s amazing the comments and how rude some people can be from my last photo I took yesterday. A few things, no I didn’t get a tummy tuck, no I don’t have a personal chef, no I don’t have fortunes so I didn’t train everyday. Yes I had a c section, yes I am still in pain and on meds but I do have a high pain tolerance. I have had 3 stomach surgeries before this (appendix, gallbladder, and c section).. In that photo I had a belly bandit wrapped tightly, and high waisted pants and wow here I am defending myself. Why?!? If I would have posted the photo of my actual stomach in this photo I would have probably been shamed too even when I was wanting to be vulnerable with my journey. Why do we women have to compare ourselves to each other and then shame? I say this to myself as much as I say this to y’all…why can’t it be that we are all different. Our bodies are all beautiful and crafted differently, they heal different, they react different, they simply look different. Why do we need to shame someone for not looking a certain way? Or feel bad about ourselves for looking a certain way? Can we be kinder to ourselves and know that every women has a different journey but yet we are all beautiful? Can we lift women up but not tear yourself down in the process with comparing? Let’s give that a try…..I love y’all. Back to my baby.”
Chelsea Lauren/Variety/REX/ShutterstockCandace Cameron-Bure
Back in April 2018, the Fuller House star shared a picture of herself enjoying a dinner with her son Lev Bure. A troll then commented, “All that [exercising], and you still look like you weigh more than your husband, did you change your diet?”
However, the actress was quick to shut down the hater. “If a 25 inch waist looks big to you…then you’re looking through an altered lens. Be well,” she replied.
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