Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, together with their children Jack and Kelly, have unveiled the fifth episode of their rejuvenated podcast.
The episode delves into various subjects, including Sharon‘s revelation from her 2007 autobiography, where she disclosed that they had collectively decided to approach Dignitas, a Swiss organization aiding in euthanasia, if either of them were to be afflicted by the prevalent form of dementia.
When Jack asked if that is “still a plan,” Sharon responded: “Do you think that we’re gonna suffer?” When Jack countered with, “Aren’t we already all suffering?”, Sharon said: “Yes, we all are, but I don’t want it to actually hurt as well. Mental suffering is enough pain without physical. So if you’ve got mental and physical, see ya.”
Kelly then asked, “But what if you could survive?” to which Sharon responded: “Yeah, what if you survived and you can’t wipe your own a*s, you’re pissing everywhere, sh*tting, can’t eat.”
In 2014, Ozzy revealed to The Mirror that their agreement of assisted-suicide has been expanded to encompass any life-threatening condition, including Alzheimer’s disease.
He said at the time: “If I can’t live my life the way I’m living it now — and I don’t mean financially — then that’s it…[Switzerland]. If I can’t get up and go to the bathroom myself and I’ve got tubes up my a*s and an enema in my throat, then I’ve said to Sharon, ‘Just turn the machine off.’ If I had a stroke and was paralyzed, I don’t want to be here. I’ve made a will and it’s all going to Sharon if I die before her, so ultimately it will all go to the kids.”
In 2007, it initially came to light that Ozzy had consented to a suicide agreement with Sharon, driven by her desire to avoid the distress endured by her father, Don Arden, due to Alzheimer’s. Sharon had then asserted that she and Ozzy had jointly decided upon this route earlier that same year, following the demise of Arden, a prominent figure in the music industry, who succumbed to the neurodegenerative disease in July 2007, at the age of 81.
