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Sharon Osbourne 'heartbroken' over her children's drug addictions

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6 May, 2020 08:00 PM3 mins to read

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Sharon Osbourne says her kids experimenting with drugs ended badly and it 'broke her heart'. Photo / Getty Images

Sharon Osbourne says her kids experimenting with drugs ended badly and it 'broke her heart'. Photo / Getty Images

Sharon Osbourne is "heartbroken" that her children suffered the same drug and alcohol addictions that their father did.

The 67-year-old television personality would have hoped her children - Jack and Kelly Osbourne - wouldn't go through the same things as their father, Ozzy Osbourne, did after seeing how much he struggled.

Speaking on a US show, she said: "We've had this family history with drugs, it's not a good one. I felt that they've seen their dad go through so much, my kids, that they won't touch it - well they did and it ended badly. It did break my heart."

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Happy Birthday @KellyOsbourne!

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Sharon spoke out in response to Dax Shepard's comments, where he said he would be pro letting his children do mushrooms "at one point".

In the podcast, Dax said: "I'm so glad you just said that because I was going to ask you the same thing. I am pro my children doing mushrooms at some point ... I do think ... well, there are a lot of different studies that have pretty conclusively shown that you have long-lasting creative advantages, right."

"Like if you would've done mushrooms ... that lasts. So I guess yeah, I'm going to tell my girls to do shrooms and to smoke pot and to drink and to just don't do cocaine or opioids."

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with @OzzyOsbourne at the @RecordingAcademy #GRAMMYs Awards on Sunday

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And Sharon responded: "Call me old fashioned, I don't like it. Not at all, not to just entertain yourself. If it's under medical supervision, fine."

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Earlier this year, Kelly celebrated being two and a half years sober.

The 35-year-old star wrote on Instagram: "2019 has been one hell of a year. In many ways it has been amazing especially in terms of self-growth. In many ways it has been gut-wrenchingly difficult. However through all the good and bad it has been incredibly educational for me."

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Thank you @milesjeffrieshair and @kipzachary for giving me that #Hunty feeling this fine mornin!!! πŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œπŸ’œ #snatched

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"I have come to the realisation that I constantly put the needs of others before my own. I allow myself to be put in situations that make me feel uncomfortable for fear of upsetting someone else."

"Not forgetting the amount of times I co-sign the bulls**t of others. With almost 2 1/2 years of sobriety under my belt I still struggle with confrontation (which was NEVER a problem when I was using) Well this all STOPS today."

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"2020 is going to be the year of me!!! It's time to put myself first, stop taking on other peoples shit and be the badass sober women I was born to be. #HappyNewYear I love you guys (sic)"

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