Jack Osbourne opened up on I’m A Celebrity about his late relative, who his mum Sharon told him was dead until he was in his teens.
Hannah McGreevy Assistant Editor
22:15, 28 Nov 2025
Jack Osbourne got candid about his late relative(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
One I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! contestant has revealed details about reconnecting with a long-lost family member who he claims carried out “all sorts of screwed up things”.
Tonight’s (November 28) episode of the ITV show saw one jungle star discuss a family “fallout” with his fellow campmates.
Jack Osbourne, famous for appearing in MTV’s reality show The Osbournes alongside mum Sharon Osbourne, sister Kelly Osbourne and his late dad Ozzy Osbourne, spoke frankly to campmate Kelly Brook about his late grandfather Don Arden.
Don, who was a renowned music manager and Sharon’s father, died in 2007 aged 81.
During their conversation, Jack disclosed that he hadn’t encountered his grandfather until he reached 17, as Sharon had previously informed him “he was dead”.
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Kelly mentioned to Jack that she’d heard rumours Don would threaten to dangle bands out of windows unless they agreed to sign with him, to which Jack responded: “He pulled guns on people, everything.”
Jack went on to detail how his mother, Sharon, had a falling out with her father after she took over managing her husband, Ozzy. He revealed his grandfather’s extreme reaction: “He sent hitmen after them, mobsters would show up with guns at gigs…”
He continued: “She was his protégé, he taught her everything and he did all sorts of screwed up things. Had my mum sign all these documents and everything was in her name so he would never get in trouble….they would firebomb other record companies. That’s why my grandfather knew the Krays.”
Jack explained that Sharon eventually discovered her father had allegedly been embezzling money from bands during that period.
The I’m A Celeb stars were nervously awaiting an elimination(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
He shared with his fellow campmates: “After she left and took management of my dad, they took them to court, they had to essentially pay him a million dollars to break the contract.”
Discussing why he didn’t meet his grandfather until his teenage years, Jack confessed: “My mum actually told me he was dead..”
On the show, Jack has also previously opened up about his late father Ozzy, who tragically died in July at the age of 76.
He became visibly emotional as he described Ozzy to campmate Eddie Kadi, saying: “He had this force, so hard to describe. But he had this energy. It was like he swallowed the galaxy and didn’t know what to do with it. It’s the only way to ever describe it.”
In an attempt to comfort Jack, Eddie responded: “What a man, your dad did more than enough.”
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues tomorrow at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
