Kelly Osbourne has opened up about her distant relationship with one of her sisters, and why she has no plans to reconcile despite their family ties.

Background

Kelly, 41, and her younger brother Jack rose to fame on The Osbournes, the MTV reality series that aired between 2002 and 2005, though their older sister Aimee chose not to participate in the show. Their father, the late Ozzy Osbourne, who died in July 2025, was also father to Jessica Osbourne, his eldest biological child, along with Louis Osbourne and Elliot Kingsley, whom he adopted after marrying his first wife, Thelma Riley.

The reason behind the estrangement

Speaking on the We Need To Talk podcast with Paul C Brunson, Kelly declined to name the sister directly, saying: "I can't tell the whole truth because I don't want to speak on behalf of her and I do, you know, we're not close. But I do respect her enough to keep her anonymity, if you understand." She went on to explain that she believes her older sister never really acknowledged her or Jack growing up, saying: "She was just in her own world doing her thing. And I do to a certain extent, if I'm honest, feel as though she was embarrassed of us." Kelly admitted she doesn't fully understand why, describing the two of them as fundamentally different, saying: "We're like oil and water."

She said the distance has left her with lasting resentment, explaining she feels she "never got a big sister." Asked directly about reconciliation, she was firm: "No. I respect her, I accept her, but we're different, and that's okay. If you're not going to accept me for who I am, and constantly be trying to change me and say horrible things about me, and truly seem to thrive when I'm not doing well, I don't want you in my life."

Aimee's past comments on the family

In a 2015 interview with The Independent, Aimee Osbourne explained why she chose not to appear on The Osbournes, saying she was still figuring out her own identity within the family's chaos and wanted to protect her younger siblings, who she felt were too young and impressionable at the time. She described her relationship with her siblings as one of acceptance rather than closeness, saying: "I wouldn't say there is an ease between us, but there is an acceptance. Do we socialise? No."