Kelly Osbourne weight loss coverage breaks into three distinct, years-apart moments. In 2020 she named gastric sleeve surgery. In 2024 she praised Ozempic without confirming she took it herself. In 2026 she linked new weight loss to grief after her father’s death.
2020: she names gastric sleeve surgery, not a diet
On the August 20, 2020 episode of the Hollywood Raw podcast, hosts Dax Holt and Adam Glyn asked Osbourne directly about rumors trailing her changed appearance. She answered without hedging, as Prevention.com reported the next day.
“I had surgery, I don’t give a f*** what anyone has to say,” she told the hosts. “I did the gastric sleeve. All it does is change the shape of your stomach.”
“I got that almost two years ago. I will never ever lie about it ever. It is the best thing I have ever done.”
She tied the surgery to 85 pounds lost. She also said she completed a full year of standalone therapy before agreeing to the procedure.
She was careful to note the surgery alone did not do the work: “if you don’t work out and you don’t eat right, you gain weight.”
Video: Access Hollywood
2024: she calls Ozempic amazing, but does not say she used it
On February 16, 2024, Osbourne told Eonline that critics of the drug were misdirecting their anger. “The people who hate on it the most are the people who are secretly doing it or pissed off that they can’t afford it,” she said.
She framed weight loss as a menu of options: “There are a million ways to lose weight, why not do it through something that isn’t as boring as working out.”
At no point in that interview did she confirm personally taking Ozempic. The now-famous “three stone in four months” line, describing a nearly 42-pound drop to 98 pounds, belongs to her mother, Sharon Osbourne.
Sharon gave that quote to The Guardian the same month, as a warning rather than an endorsement. The two accounts get merged online constantly, but they are separate statements from separate people.
Ozempic sits in the GLP-1 drug class. How that class performs once the marketing settles is covered in this GLP-1 results and dropout-rate breakdown.
2026: grief after her father’s death changes the story again
Ozzy Osbourne died in July 2025. By the time the family gathered for a Grammys tribute in early 2026, Osbourne said she was hiding a weight loss she had not fully registered herself.
She told Eonline, in a piece published September 6, 2026: “I was scared. I wanted to be there to support my mum and to pay tribute to my father’s legacy.”
“But in all honesty, when I reflect on it, I don’t think I should have gone. I wasn’t very well.” She described the mechanism plainly: “You’re filled with so much pain that the feeling of hunger can’t even pop up.”
She told Hello Magazine in August 2026 that the worst had passed. “I’m getting a lot better. I’ve got all the help I need. I’m grateful for the support I have in my life.”
That disconnect between grief and appetite is not unique to her family. A similar pattern runs through Ryan Seacrest’s own dated weight-loss statements and through Amy Schumer’s before-and-after account, where the record is built statement by statement, dated, not diagnosed.
A dated record of what she actually said
Laid side by side, the three moments do not tell one continuous story. They are three separate disclosures, on three separate topics, six years apart.
| Date | Public statement | Source outlet |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2020 | “I did the gastric sleeve… it is the best thing I have ever done.” | Hollywood Raw podcast, via Prevention.com |
| Feb 16, 2024 | “There are a million ways to lose weight, why not do it through something that isn’t as boring as working out.” | Eonline |
| Sep 6, 2026 | “You’re filled with so much pain that the feeling of hunger can’t even pop up.” | Eonline |
Frequently asked questions
Did Kelly Osbourne ever say she used Ozempic herself?
No. She praised the drug publicly in February 2024 and defended people who use it, but she never confirmed taking it herself.
The specific dosage-style quote often attributed to her, about losing three stone in four months, was said by her mother, Sharon Osbourne, in a separate interview.
How much weight did Kelly Osbourne lose from her gastric sleeve surgery?
She said the procedure, which she had roughly two years before her August 2020 disclosure, contributed to an 85-pound loss, alongside a year of therapy she completed beforehand.
Why did Kelly Osbourne lose weight again in 2026?
She attributed it to grief after her father Ozzy Osbourne’s death in July 2025, describing a loss of appetite tied to grief rather than a deliberate weight-loss method.