Jack makes the case for the existence of Big Foot and UFOS
How Jack Osbourne got his parents Ozzy and Sharon on board for his TV lockdown project
Sharon, Jack and Ozzy Osbourne are discussing whether Bigfoot is reality or fiction.
Jack, son of musician Ozzy and Sharon, has just shown them footage he says is “considered some of the most authentic”, that shows what many have debated is or isn’t the folkloric creature shown on a grainy black and white screen moving across a landscape.
It is all part of their new Really TV series titled The Osbournes Want To Believe, which sees Jack trying to talk his famous parents around into considering that supernatural activity and more may hold some truth.
“We did it all during quarantine and it was like ‘Hey, do you want to do this thing? And they were like ‘Absolutely, we’ll do anything’. So it didn’t take too much convincing,” explains Jack.
The family is no stranger to appearing on TV together, having been one of the pioneers of reality TV with their MTV series The Osbournes back in 2002, which also featured daughter Kelly.
Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy, dubbed the Prince of Darkness throughout his stellar music career, is resolute when asked by Jack about if he believes in Bigfoot.
“No,” he says emphatically, during the first episode of the programme filmed during lockdown, which sees Jack show his parents video footage of poltergeists, haunted dolls, UFOS and more, followed by a discussion and sometimes debate, about the veracity of various phenomenon.
Does Jack think father Ozzy, who spoke frankly about being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease earlier this year, is the most sceptical of them all?
He says: “Oh absolutely, he’s superstitious, but he’s a sceptic and a cynic when it comes to this kind of stuff ”.
The unexplained aside, Sharon, 68, is also no stranger to TV screens in the US and has been a co-host on American chat show The Talk since 2010.
She also appeared on UK screens as a judge on The X Factor.
She and Brummie Ozzy, 71, first met in 1970, and married in 1982. They went on to have three children – Kelly, Jack and Aimee, who has largely chosen to stay out of the limelight.
When Sharon reflects on filming the series, she says it was a “gift”.
“Because we were all so bored and had you know, wanting to see each other, no work, no nothing, so it was like a gift… it was so much fun,” she explains.
So has son Jack, 34, managed to change her mind on anything?
She says perhaps: “Probably about UFOS, because I’ve always been like ‘Nah, what are you on about, (it’s a) load of old rubbish but I do think that there is something to it, well more than something to it, now”.
Filmed during Covid, Jack says they were able to put a small crew together and everyone involved was regularly tested.
“The biggest thing was trying to get our ducks in a row to make sure had systems in place for filming during Covid. We just rolled. It was a lot of fun”.
● The Osbournes Want To Believe airs on Really from Monday