Is Ozzy Cheating On Sharon and Why I Don’t Care

Sharon Osbourne and Ozzy are splitting up. Ozzy has allegedly been cheating on Sharon… I don’t care.

Why don’t I care? It doesn’t matter to me if Ozzy is cheating on his wife or if he is a good father or any other such nonsense that isn’t “Is Ozzy a good artist?”

I do care about Ozzy’s next live performances, his next album, a book he writes, a painting he paints or other art that he creates. I don’t think the personal details of artists’ lives should matter unless they negatively affect the creation of their art?

Now I know what you are thinking… Ozzy getting divorced can affect his mood and that affects his music. I don’t think that is an issue. All of Ozzy’s music has been affected by his life; he is a human after all (well at least we think so). Everything that Ozzy has seen and been through has shaped who he is and the music and art he creates.

I just wish we, as fans, would stop assuming our heroes don’t have normal problems and issues like the rest of us. Our heroes also fuck up, they have their hearts broken, they celebrate good things, etc. They are just people who happen to make music we love. Let’s let the music be the focus and not who is sleeping with who, what are they wearing on a Sunday morning at 3am, etc.

On a related topic, Sharon (Ozzy’s soon to be ex) is also still his manager, so stop all of the chatter about “she can’t tell Ozzy what to do anymore, etc.” Sharon is still the manager of the business side and she has done a pretty good job of it so far. Ozzy and Sharon are grownups. They can take care of themselves. The issues the two of them have personally are just that… personal. I don’t care.

Even more recently, there are rumblings and rumors that this whole topic has been a publicity stunt to help draw attention to the announcement of Ozzfest Meets KnotFest. Again, I don’t care. Since it doesn’t matter to me who Ozzy or Sharon sleeps with or if they stay married, I also don’t care if this is all made up. Bring on Black Sabbath performances, bring on more art from Ozzy, the rest… I don’t care.