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Kelly Osbourne hits back at body shaming after Brit Awards appearance

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Kelly Osbourne (left) and Sharon Osbourne at the 2026 Brit Awards on Sunday, when the late Ozzy Osbourne was posthumously honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Photo / @brits

Kelly Osbourne (left) and Sharon Osbourne at the 2026 Brit Awards on Sunday, when the late Ozzy Osbourne was posthumously honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Photo / @brits

Kelly Osbourne has spoken out after she was trolled online about her physical appearance and recent weight loss.

The 41-year-old television personality took to Instagram after she received a flood of negative comments after her appearance at Sunday’s Brit Awards in Manchester, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Her late father, rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, was posthumously awarded with a lifetime achievement award, which Kelly accepted with her mother Sharon Osbourne.

“There is a special kind of cruelty in harming someone who is clearly going through something,” Kelly Osbourne wrote on her Instagram story.

Kelly Osbourne took to Instagram to respond to hurtful comments about her appearance and recent weight loss. Photo / @kellyosbourne
Kelly Osbourne took to Instagram to respond to hurtful comments about her appearance and recent weight loss. Photo / @kellyosbourne
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“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.”

Red carpet images show Osbourne wearing a form-fitting black velvet gown with a matching shawl and clutch.

The former Fashion Police presenter wore smoky eye-shadow and fashioned her blonde hair in a blunt bob.

Osbourne said the hurtful comments were evidence of the online trolls’ “profound absence of compassion and character”.

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She said she was going through the “hardest time in my life” and questioned why she had to defend herself from cyber bullies.

“I won’t sit here and allow myself to be dehumanised in such a way!” she concluded.

Kelly Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne and Jack Osbourne attend an awards event in 2015 in London. Photo / Samir Hussein, WireImage
Kelly Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne and Jack Osbourne attend an awards event in 2015 in London. Photo / Samir Hussein, WireImage

People reported the episode came less than a week after she responded to another body-shaming comment.

“Looks like a dead body,” the comment read.

“She’s tooooo thin and fragile… Looks like she’s going to see her dad soon.”

Osbourne said: “Literally can’t believe how disgusting some human beings truly are! No one deserves this sort of abuse!

“This too shall pass, but holy f***.”

Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22 last year from a heart attack resulting from health issues, including Parkinson’s disease.

Kelly Osbourne wrote on social media she had lost “the best friend I ever had”.

Kelly Osbourne attends a 2015 Oscar party hosted by Elton John in Los Angeles. Photo / Jonathan Leibson
Kelly Osbourne attends a 2015 Oscar party hosted by Elton John in Los Angeles. Photo / Jonathan Leibson

“I have been body-shamed since I was 14, 15 by the media,” Osbourne said in a 2023 Fox News interview, saying she was known as “Ozzy’s chubby daughter”.

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She said she felt “penalised” for not being the “prettiest girl in the room”.

“I am totally fine with the way that I look... but other people aren’t, and that’s on them, not on me.”

Addressing the Brit Awards on Sunday, Sharon Osbourne called her husband “the most humble egomaniac you could ever meet”.

“I’m honoured to accept this award for my gorgeous husband, this Lifetime Achievement Award,” she said.

“God knows, I wish he were here to accept it himself.”

“Thank you for loving my father as much as we do,” Kelly Osbourne added.

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Robbie Williams led an all-star musical tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, belting out his 1991 hit No More Tears to a rapturous reception.

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