Ozzy Osbourne got pretty candid about his first marriage in his 2010 book, “I Am Ozzy,” recalling that he first met Thelma Riley at a nightclub in Birmingham, England, back in 1971. It didn’t take long for Ozzy to put a ring on it either, as the two married that summer, just a few months after they first met. The whirlwind only continued, as the couple welcomed their first child, Jessica Osbourne, the following year, and later welcomed son Louis Osbourne, while Riley was already mom to a son, Elliot Kingsley. But their marriage was hardly a fairytale. “If I loved Thelma, I certainly didn’t treat her like I did. If I’ve got any regrets about my life that’s one of them,” Ozzy wrote in his memoir. “I put that woman through hell. I should have never married her. She didn’t deserve it: she wasn’t a bad person, and she wasn’t a bad wife.”
Jessica and Louis both spoke candidly about what it was like growing up with Ozzy as a dad in the 2012 documentary “God Bless Ozzy Osbourne.” The latter admitted while Ozzy was a good father when he wasn’t drinking but claimed that sadly didn’t happen too often, as he recalled how his dad would often be chasing drugs during his childhood. Jessica then noted, “I don’t remember ever being bathed or put to bed by dad. I wouldn’t say he was there for us.”
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