By Sheri

OZZIE OSBOURNE WANTED TO GET SCREAMS FROM FANS

I love Ozzie Osbourne, and he seems like the most caring, loving wonderful guy, but, let’s face it, he can look a bit scary with his long hair, little round dark glasses, Prince of Darkness outfits and stilted walk. Imagine going to New York’s Madame Tussaud’s wax museum and sitting beside the seated wax figure of Ozzie Osbourne only to have the shock of your life when the figure moves and speaks!

That really happened recently and it sent fans screaming which was just the reaction Ozzie and wife, Sharon, hoped for as they took pictures. Ozzie explained: “The title of my new album is “Scream” and we wanted to get footage of people screaming in front of me.” (OMG hopefully there was no need for museum janitors to mop the floor if you know what I mean.)

It seems to me that Ozzie and Sharon can get away with more than most people for some reason. Is it that underneath their pranks and potty mouths you can just tell they have really kind hearts? Or is it the British accents? Anyway, I just think they’re cool. I really liked the reality show they used to have, minus the pet menagerie of dogs always growling and fighting and doing their business on the carpets — Well, it was kind of funny I guess especially since they weren’t *my* carpets!

In an unrelated story from a few months ago, Ozzie reportedly gave the large, gold crucifix necklace he was wearing (part of his signature Prince of Darkness ensemble) to a homeless man. The necklace was worth about 3K and Ozzie apologized for having no change in his pockets to give the man so he unclasped his jewelry and handed it to him instead telling him to “pray on it.” The homeless man probably had to pawn it for money as well as do some praying, but it still was cool of Ozzie since it would have been easy just to use the excuse of having no cash!