Kelly Osbourne has been open about her history of drug and alcohol abuse, which began when she was a teenager.
The daughter of rock legend Ozzy Osbourne has revealed that her first stint in rehab was more about learning how to get drugs than helping her achieve her sobriety goal.
“The first rehab I went to was like a college that taught drug addicts how to get better,” Osbourne claimed during an episode of TMZ Investigates: Matthew Perry and the Secret Celebrity Drug Ring.
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Kelly Osbourne struggled with drug and alcohol addiction and tried to go to rehab multiple times. (Bauer Griffin/GC Images)
“I learned a lot of tricks and a lot of things I'd never thought of before from my fellow addicts there.”
She added, “I've also seen people threaten to leave until they get what they want, whether it's Ambien to sleep or Valium to calm the nerves. And they end up getting it.”
“The first rehab I went to was like a university teaching drug addicts how to get better at it.”
Osbourne's struggle with drug addiction began at the age of 13, when he was prescribed opioid medication after a routine tonsillectomy.
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Her addiction continued to worsen over the years, even after her family was thrust into the spotlight on “The Osbournes,” one of the first reality TV shows, and she first tried rehab at age 19.
The Osbournes rose to fame in the early 2000s when MTV aired an unscripted series about the family, shining a light on their lives as A-listers and children of rock royalty. The series premiered in 2002 and ran for four seasons, concluding in 2005. (Dave Hogan)
Osborne, 39, has tried rehab seven times over the past few years. She remembers walking home from meetings and seeing “body brokers” waiting outside to lure vulnerable people back into the cycle of addiction.
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“They sit outside AA meetings, looking for people who are weak and vulnerable, encouraging them to relapse and then get back on their feet,” she said.
“I learned a lot of tricks and a lot of things I'd never thought of before from my fellow addicts there.”
“I swear it's true, and it's heartbreaking.”
Kelly is the youngest daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
The former “Fashion Police” host relapsed in 2021 after four years of sobriety.
“This is a bit painful for me to talk about, but I have committed to always be honest about where I am and what's going on in my recovery,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “I relapsed. I'm not proud of it. But I'm back on track.”
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She previously said during an appearance on “Red Table Talk” that Vicodin was her gateway drug to addiction.
“I had all these voices in my head telling me, 'You're fat, you're ugly, you're not good enough, no one likes you, you don't deserve this, it's because of your parents that people like you,' and all of a sudden, all those voices fell silent and it felt like life just embraced me,” she said.
When opioids stopped working, she switched to heroin.
Osbourne spoke about her struggles with addiction during an episode of “Red Table Talk.” (Jordan Fisher/Red Table Talk via The Associated Press)
“I thought, 'Why am I so confident?' And I quickly switched from Vicodin to Percocet and then from Percocet to heroin, because heroin was cheaper,” she said.
Osbourne has been sober since then and welcomed a son into the world with Slipknot frontman Syd Wilson in May 2022.
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“TMZ Investigates: Matthew Perry and the Celebrity Secret Drug Ring” premieres Monday, September 16th at 9pm ET on FOX and the following day on Hulu.
