Jack Osbourne shocks I’m A Celebrity campmates as he reveals truth behind dad Ozzy biting off a dove’s head
JACK Osbourne has revealed the shocking truth behind the infamous moment his dad Ozzy bit off a dove’s head.
The heavy metal star’s legendary story was retold in camp leaving his I’m A Celebrity co-stars open-mouthed.
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Ozzy Osbourne is shown in this publicity photo. Osbourne is still battling the effects of alcohol abuse over his 25 year music career.Credit: Channel 5
Ozzy Osbourne with his son JackCredit: Getty
Jack retold his dad’s tale to his campmatesCredit: Shutterstock Editorial
Sat around the camp fire, Ruby told Aitch he looked a little bit like a young Boy George.
As Ruby quizzed him on whether he knew The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix too, Jack revealed to camp: “My grandfather [Don Arden] turned down the management of The Beatles.
“He was a big record exec and his big thing was he brought all the Black musicians from America to England, like Little Richard…”
He explained he wouldn’t manage The Beatles because he only managed Black artists.
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Speaking about his dad Ozzy, Jack said: “In like a three year period, he got fired, did his own solo thing – he released two albums, bit the head off a dove, bit the head off a bat, pi**ed on the Alamo and sadly Randy Rhoads the guitar player died in a plane crash all in three years and he had two top ten albums and just like, blew up. It was kind of a wild time…”
Speaking about him biting the head off a dove, Jack explained: “The record label wasn’t going to put any marketing behind the record, they didn’t give a f***”
He went on to tell the camp how Sharon got him to do a meet and greet with the marketing executives, where they gave him doves wanting him to release them from his jacket as a sign of peace.
However, Jack explained Ozzy was drunk, saying: “So he sits on the lap of this exec from CBS records and this dove lands on her knee, he grabs the dove, bites its head off and spits it on her.
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“It was pandemonium, and before they’d got to the hotel it got everywhere and instantly his album charted.”
Recalling the incident before his death, Ozzy said: “I just remember this PR woman going on and on at me.
“I pulled out one of these doves and bit its fucking head off. Just to shut her up.
“Then I did it again… that’s when they threw me out. They said I’d never work for CBS again.”
To find out more, tune into I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! tonight at 9pm on ITV1, STV, ITVX & STV Player.
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