Kelly Osbourne has taken to Instagram to share a deeply personal poem about enduring a 'cruel and relentless' time following the death of her father, Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away last July at the age of 76.
In the poem, addressed directly to grief, she wrote: 'Dear Grief, I hate you. I hate the way you slip into ordinary moments and ruin them. A song, a smell, a quiet room. Suddenly I can't breathe. You turn memories into knives.' She continued: 'I hate how you remind me, over and over, that he is gone. Not coming back. Not calling. Not laughing. Not singing. Just gone. And you make sure I never forget it.'
The 40-year-old, who has been open about her struggles since Ozzy's death, attended this month's Grammy Awards alongside her mother Sharon, brother Jack and partner Sid Wilson. Speaking to reporters, she admitted: 'To be honest with you, I won't lie – people usually say I'm great. I'm not doing so great. It's the hardest thing I've ever been through in my life. But I'm getting through.'
During the ceremony, a tribute performance was held honouring Ozzy's legacy, featuring artists including Post Malone, Andrew Watt, Chad Smith, Duff McKagan and Slash. Kelly said the moment 'means more than I can express into words' and praised her mother's role in Ozzy's life, adding: 'He wouldn't have been him without her, and vice versa.'
