Kelly Osbourne is drawing a firm line when it comes to commentary about her body — especially while navigating profound loss.
The TV personality addressed criticism she’s received about her appearance following the death of her father, Ozzy Osbourne, in July, speaking candidly via Instagram Stories.
“First, I want to start by saying I received so many lovely, lovely, lovely comments from people that have really helped me get through this time in my life since losing my father,” she began, before addressing the negativity.
“I’m just here to say, ‘What do you expect from me? What do you expect me to look like right now?’ The fact that I’m getting out of bed and facing my life and trying to be more than enough, I should be commended for that.”
Kelly didn’t shy away from her truth. “You say that I look ill. Well, I am ill right now. My life is completely flipped upside down. I don’t understand how people expect me to bounce back and look like everything is just fine in my life when it’s not.”
Calling out cruelty directly, she added: “They’re just making you feel big and clever and like you’ve achieved something, but all you’ve achieved is being a bully. It’s sick.”
She also addressed unfair comparisons. “Another thing that is strange is that you compare photos of me now at 41 years old to a picture of me when I was 18 years old. People’s faces change when you grow older.”
Perhaps most striking was her disappointment in where the comments were coming from. “The thing that I find the most disappointing in all of this is that most of the comments are coming from grown a– women… And it’s absolutely devastating that women can’t support other women… It’s disgusting, and I’ve had enough of it. So, go f–k yourself.”
Her message was raw, unfiltered, and unmistakably human.
