The Sunday Times Magazine • 25ART STREIBER FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE, GETTY IMAGES, REX FEATURES, PLANET PHOTOS
“In the entertainment industry everyone’s
a hypocrite ... If Hitler were alive today,
they would give him a TV show”
“She’s doing so good.” Aimee, 38, is a singer
who still shuns fame. “Aimee doesn’t like
the life we lead. It’s not her,” Osbourne says.
“The kids don’t get on [with her], and I’m
not going to bullshit and say they do.”
Above everything else Osbourne loathes
fakery and prides herself on being genuine
in a city of charmers and blowhards. “In the
entertainment industry everyone’s a
hypocrite, everybody’s a jobsworth.
Everybody overnight became politically
correct and ‘walk on eggshells’,” she says,bringing up Will Smith’s Oscars slap.
“When he wins [the best actor award],
everybody stands up. It’s, like, you’re such
hypocrites. You’re going to go home and say
how disgraceful his behaviour was, but you
stand up and give him a standing ovation.”
Can Smith make a comeback? “Of course.
He’s probably making his next movie now,”
she says, griping that showbusiness will
always follow the cash. “You know, it’s like
I’ve always said, in this industry, if people
could make a buck off you ... If Hitler werealive today, they would give him a TV show.”
On the thorny political question du jour
— what is a woman? — Osbourne doesn’t
pause before answering. “It comes from
within,” she says. “It’s not for us to decide
what is a woman and what isn’t.” However,
she thinks it is unfair for trans women to
compete against women in sport, and
criticises what she sees as a celebrity trend
for having a child who identifies as trans or
nonbinary. “It’s, like, hey, it’s not an
accessory. This isn’t the ‘in thing’.” ➤