Osbourne Kids Says Some Shows Were Scripted

ByABC News via logo
November 25, 2002, 10:07 PM

Nov. 26 -- As a whole new season of MTV's The Osbournes kicks off, the Osbourne kids revealed some of the strange events in the last season weren't real, including their famous meeting with the dog therapist.

"The dog therapist; that was an MTV thing," Jack Osbourne, 17, said.

"I put that in my contract that I will not do anything like that ... f----- dog therapist," Kelly Osbourne, 18, said. "That was retarded."

Genuine Profanity

The cursing, on the other hand, is real, according to Mom and Dad Osbourne. Aimee, the daughter who was not in the first season, told ABCNEWS' Barbara Walters that the family didn't use the "F-word" so much before they were stars of their own reality TV show. But Sharon says they began using the expletive as soon as their kids were old enough to hear them.

"I mean, how can you have a two-year-old bouncing on your knee going, 'Are you having a f------ good time?' You know, you don't talk to babies that way," Sharon said. "Our children are now young adults."

Ozzy says he and Sharon have always shared the "F-word" with one another, however.

MTV had no comment on Kelly and Jack's complaints about scripting the dog therapist. Ozzy's publicist, however, told Good Morning America that despite what the Osbourne kids say, "nothing is ever scripted and nothing is ever planned on The Osbournes. Ozzy and Sharon would not have done it unless it were all real."

The Osbourne children say they're happy to give up their privacy, for a price.

"I'm not afraid to say that I only did this for the money," Kelly said. "Because after this I get to buy my own house I get to move out and I get to do what I want to do without having to live off my parents and I think that's the most gratifying thing ever," she said.

"While it's lasting, I want to live it up to the fullest," Jack said.

And it's not just the new season that the Osbournes are excited about. Kelly has a new album out called Shut Up, and her mother can't stop talking about it.