Ozzy Osbourne Details the Injury That Forced Him to Quit Touring

Ozzy Osbourne has offered a extra in-depth description of the spinal harm that pressured him to stop touring in 2019.

“I went to the bathroom one night,” he says throughout a brand new episode of The Osbournes Podcast. “The lights were out, it was pitch black, and I misjudged the bed and missed it and landed flat on my face. I hit the ground so hard and I just lay there. I went smack on the floor, face down.”

The Black Sabbath frontman stated he wasn’t in ache, however he might inform one thing was mistaken. “Sharon [Osbourne] said, ‘What are you doing down there?’ I said, ‘Call us an ambulance,'” Osbourne continued. “She said, ‘Are you joking?’ I said, ‘I think I’ve broken my fucking neck.'”

How a Fall Almost Paralyzed Ozzy Osbourne

Osbourne’s fall knocked pins out of alignment that had earlier been inserted after a bike accident. He was advised, at the time, that if he did not have surgical procedure to repair it, he risked paralysis from the neck down.

“Ozzy, the other day, put together an X-ray of his upper chest and his neck,” Sharon Osbourne stated again then, “and no wonder they call him ‘Iron Man,’ ’cause I tell you, he’s got bolts. He’s got so much metal in his body, it’s frightening.”

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The incident primarily led to Osbourne’s retirement from the highway. He’s nonetheless feeling the results a number of years later: Osbourne was pressured to pull out of the Power Trip competition set for October.

“My head is alright. My creativity is OK, My singing’s OK, but I just can’t fucking walk much now,” he stated final 12 months. “I can’t tell you how fucking frustrating life has become. … I’ve never been this ill this long in my life.”