Australian Black Sabbath fan Helen Maidiotis has been making an attempt to get Ozzy Osbourne knighted since at the very least 2013. Although she received extra assist in 2014 – in addition to tried once more in 2019 – it’s but to occur. Luckily, although, she has a new motive to consider it is nonetheless attainable.
Last Thursday (Jan. 19), Maidiotis tweeted a picture of a promising letter she acquired from the U.Okay. authorities concerning her quest. Specifically, it got here from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Honours Team, and it reads:
As you might be conscious Mr. Osbourne has been into consideration for an honour for a whereas. Unfortunately thus far he has been unsuccessful. As I’m certain you’ll admire, there’s extraordinarily fierce competitors for the very restricted variety of awards accessible. The indisputable fact that Mr. Osbourne is just not recognised by an honour doesn’t imply that his contribution is just not appreciated. With some 1,000 awards accessible in every spherical, and maybe six or seven instances that variety of nominations, sadly it’s not attainable for each candidate, nonetheless priceless their service, to succeed.
However, I can verify his case stays into consideration presently. If you could have any extra supporting data you wish to share with us, you’ll be most welcome to take action. We can then guarantee his case continues to obtain full and cautious consideration. However, as we’ve got beforehand defined, we will sadly give no assure as to the eventual end result or timescale.
You can view her tweet beneath:
To date, her Change.org petition has secured almost 35,000 signatures, and she or he posted the next response/rationalization to the web site on Jan. 19: “Last night time I acquired this reply from the cupboard on her behalf and as you may see from the reply, it’s not precisely what we had been hoping for however it’s nonetheless a optimistic response however. It means we nonetheless have a probability as ‘he’s nonetheless into consideration.'”
She continued:
What we need to do now is to keep pushing the signatures and doing everything we can to keep spreading the word. Contact your radio stations and online music websites etc to get articles written about the need for this to happen for Ozzy Osbourne. The more we push for media exposure the better our chances for success! So start today, share the link to the petition, and contact your local radio stations, online entertainment websites, etc! Let’s get this done for Ozzy once and for all! Thank you for your continued support over the last decade! It’s very much appreciated.
As for Ozzy, he’s been keeping quite busy despite his recent physical ailment(s). For instance, he donated a signed Gibson SG electric guitar to Julien’s Auctions (as part of their annual MusiCares Charity Relief Auction, which will take place on Sunday, Feb. 5 in Beverly Hills, Calif.) He’s also been anxiously gearing up for a new reality show – Home to Roost – which will revolve around his and Sharon’s move back to England from Los Angeles.
Of course, those are just a few of the many reasons why he deserves to become Sir Ozzy Osbourne, right? So, if you’d like to join Maidiotis’ cause, make sure you sign her petition ASAP!
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