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“I’m Choking Up!” Gene Simmons & Piers Morgan on Ozzy Osbourne

Piers Morgan Uncensored

Piers Morgan Uncensored

Sports, News, Society & Culture

3.7651 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Ozzy Osbourne has passed away at the age of 76 - and leaves behind an incredible legacy, from his pioneering mark on heavy metal music with his band Black Sabbath, to domineering reality TV with his chaotic family in ‘The Osbournes’. Piers Morgan had the pleasure of knowing Ozzy, having worked alongside his wife Sharon Osbourne on America’s Got Talent - and today shares some of his favourite memories of the Prince of Darkness, alongside some notable guests. First up, Piers speaks to KISS legend Gene Simmons, who shares his insights into Ozzy the man and musician. Then, Uncensored is joined by TV producer Howie Mandel and music critic from The Needle Drop YouTube channel Anthony Fantano. Piers Morgan Uncensored is proudly independent and supported by: OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code PIERS at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Take time to think.

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Yeah, but where I died for?

0:30.1

Before Ozzy, there was no such thing as Ozzy.

0:33.4

There never was an Ozzy before.

0:35.9

There's not going to be another Ozzy later. Good evening, Ozzy. Hello there. How are you? Five. I don't want to make anybody start doing all this devil worship crap, but that's not my intention. Drugs, they were okay at the time. But we outgrew them, you know. Directly meet you the cocktail of bar, and they all look at me as if I've just landed from Mars, you know.

0:55.4

Ozzy Osbourne.

0:58.7

You never know what you had until you've lost it, and I thought it's lost big time.

1:03.1

They've got to drive final son, pretty he ever.

1:06.6

Thank you for the bar.

1:09.7

Ozzy Osborne was truly a legend for his music, for his personality, for his second act as a reality TV superstar,

1:17.1

and also for the family that he raised who were beloved by millions across the planet for that TV show in their name, the Osbournes.

1:23.7

I did America's Got Talent for a few years with Sharon. I got to know both her and Ozzy really well.

1:30.7

I'm proud to call them both good friends. And 56 years ago, Ozzy and his band Black Sabbath

1:36.4

taped their first album in one session in their home city of Birmingham. Ozzy made sure

1:41.3

they rapped in time to get to the pub for last orders. I'm pretty sure he had no idea. He just invented a whole new genre of music and that he would end up getting shout out some of the United States president for starring in the biggest TV show in the world. But he took everything in his stride, even though his life was a bit of a fairy tale. And if he could have scripted a fairy tale ending, it would have surely been playing his final show,

2:03.3

just two weeks ago,

2:04.6

at his favourite team stadium in his hometown,

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