For the second time in the last three years, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have reportedly separated. However, this time it’s not his substance abuse issues that have caused the rift between the couple - it’s another woman!
The heavy metal singer, 67, is reportedly having an affair, which caused “The Talk” co-host, 63, to ask him to move out of their Beverly Hills house temporarily. The couple has been married for more than 33 years.
“This has happened before,” a source close to the Osbournes said. “Hopefully it will blow over.”
The woman Ozzy is reported to be having an affair with is celebrity hairstylist Michelle Pugh. The 45-year-old music lover has worked on TV shows like “Girls,” “Pretty Little Liars” and “White Collar” and with A-list celebs like Jennifer Lopez and Alicia Silverstone. She canceled several work appointments at the Mèche Salon in Los Angeles since news of the affair broke, telling her boss she had a “personal emergency.”
A source said Sharon went “ballistic” upon discovering Ozzy’s infidelity. “She said she had suspected something had been going on for some time and now had proof,” said an insider. “People are wondering whether Sharon went though Ozzy’s phone before accusing him. She has done that before, but in the past she was checking if he’d been using drugs.”
“Sharon is absolutely furious - like a woman scorned,” said another source. “Ozzy and Sharon are always arguing and she’s kicked him out before but it feels more than that this time. It’s hanging by a thread.”
Sharon and Ozzy met in the early 1970s when she was just 18 years old and working for her father, Don Arden, who was managing Ozzy’s band Black Sabbath at the time. They wed in Hawaii July 4, 1982, and are the parents of three children together (Aimee, 32, Kelly, 31, and Jack, 30).
However - despite what viewers saw from 2002-2005 on the family’s hit MTV reality show “The Osbournes” - their marriage was far from perfect. The singer’s abuse of drugs and alcohol often caused troubles in their relationship.
In 1989, a drunk Ozzy told Sharon “I’ve decided you have to go” and then attempted to strangle her to death. He was arrested for attempted murder, but Sharon wound up not pressing charges. Ozzy then entered rehab for three months to fight his demons.
And, in 2013, after the rocker fell off the wagon, divorce rumors plagued the couple. “For the last year and a half I have been drinking and taking drugs,” Ozzy wrote on Facebook at the time. “I was in a very dark place and was an asshole to the people I love most, my family. However, I am happy to say that I am now 44 days sober. Just to set the record straight, Sharon and I are not divorcing. I’m just trying to be a better person. I would like to apologize to Sharon, my family, my friends and my band mates for my insane behavior during this period……… and my fans.”
Ozzy is reportedly staying at Beverly Hills Hotel while him and Sharon sort things out.
