Sharon Osbourne is filled with overflowing emotion as she speaks on her life changing, now that husband Ozzy Osbourne suffers from Parkinson’s disease.
Ozzy, 73, was diagnosed three years ago with Parkinson’s disease and it’s had a huge effect on his family, mostly his wife Sharon, 69, as they take care of him.
Sharon shared intimate details of Ozzy’s diagnosis during a sit down talk with broadcaster Jeremy Paxman, who was diagnosed 18 months ago, in his ITV documentary Paxman: Putting Up With Parkinson’s.
The documentary, which aired on Tuesday night, saw Jeremy meet with Sharon to find out what it is like for the partner of someone who has been diagnosed.
The University Challenge presenter asked Sharon whether it is harder for those looking after someone with Parkinson’s, than actually having the disease, something she disagreed with.
Speaking about Ozzy, Sharon emotionally said, “I just think of my husband, and like you, who was very energetic, loved to go out for walks, did a two-hour show on stage every night, running around like a crazy man. Suddenly, your life just stops, life as you knew it.”
“When I look at my husband, my heart breaks for him, I’m sad for myself to see him that way, but what he goes through is worse. When I look at him and he doesn’t know, I’m like crying,’ Sharon continued.
Jeremy also asked Sharon the positives about the disease.
“The positive thing is we spend much more time together as a family and I love my husband more than I do three years ago,” Sharon responded.
She also talked about how Ozzy uses cannabidiol, known as CBD, because, like Jeremy, he experiences unsettling dreams as a result of Parkinson’s, before joking that she will sneak the substance through customs from the U.S.
Sharon laughed as she told Jeremy, “Ozzy was always on something, he always loved to dabble with the old drugs. But now he takes this stuff at night. I’ll bring some over for you, you’ll love it. I’ll bring it back for you, Jeremy. I’ll probably get arrested coming through customs, but that’s nothing new.”
