Kelly was in the city centre to receive an award on behalf of her late father today, Wednesday, December 3
Kelly Osbourne(Image: Nick Wilkinson/Birmingham Live)
Kelly Osbourne today shared the very Brummie thing that has become a Christmas tradition for her young family.
The star, 41, was in birmingham -city-centre>Birmingham city centre to receive the Lord Mayor’s Award on behalf of her late father Ozzy, who would have been 77 today, Wednesday, December 3.
Speaking to BirminghamLive in the Council House office of The Lord Mayor, Coun Zafar Iqbal, Kelly said that she had been taking her son Sidney, 3, to Birmingham’s Christmas Markets.
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Aside from when he was a month old, Kelly has taken the son she shares with Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson to Birmingham’s festive huts every Christmas since he’s been born.
Kelly said: “We have our little traditions – I wait until it’s night time and I go to the bench, and I do a bit of shopping at Selfridges with my mum.
“Now the Christmas Markets are here, it’s lovely to take my son around, showing him the city.
“This will be his second year of doing that so it’s really important to me.”
Kelly brought Sidney to the Black Sabbath Bench on Broad Street the day before Ozzy’s funeral, stopping alongside her dad’s coffin to lay flowers with her son among the tributes.
Kelly got engaged to Sid Wilson on the same day as her father’s Back To The Beginning show at Villa Park Stadium on July 5.
Ozzy died on July 22.
Kelly said that it’s Brummies that have sustained her family through their grieving period.
“The people of Birmingham have helped me through this time more than I can put into words and I’m so grateful for every letter of condolence,” Kelly said.
Kelly Osbourne visited the Black Sabbath bench with her family
“I’ve had letters from all over the world, people reaching out to me who are going through what I’m going through, losing their father.
“When you’re able to connect and share what you’re going through with someone else, even if you don’t know them, it helps.
“The outpouring of love has really, really helped.”
She added: “My dad died the happiest I’ve ever seen him in his life and that was because of the people of Birmingham and that final show.”
