Ozzy Osbourne shared a positive update on his health in his first TV interview since undergoing “life-changing” surgery.
“I’ve improved quite a bit since having the surgery,” the former Black Sabbath frontman, 73, said on “Good Morning America” on Wednesday.
Ozzy explained that he “can hold” [his] head up” these days, while tending to bend over before going to the operating room in June.
“These metal plates worked their way out,” explained his wife, Sharon Osbourne. “The debris rubbed his spinal cord. Some days he would literally cry in pain.”
Before Ozzy went to the hospital, Sharon called his surgery “major” and said it “would define the rest of his life.”
But on ‘GMA’ the former co-host of ‘The Talk’, 69, joked that her husband is ‘a pain in the ass’, adding: ‘I mean, everything from heartbreaking to soul-destroying to joy that he’s better is becoming .”
Ozzy, who performed for the first time since his surgery last month, added that he still has mobility issues.
“I have to negotiate everywhere I want to go, and I get tired quickly, but I’m fine,” he said. “My family was absolutely amazing while I was in bed.”
The “Crazy Train” singer has dealt with a myriad of health issues, including neck injuries after a quad bike accident in 2003 and a fall in 2019 that injured his back.
Ozzy was also diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019.
“You think you’re lifting your feet, but your foot isn’t moving,” he told The Observer last month. “It feels like I’m walking around in lead boots.”
As a result of the brain disorder, the rock star said he was on antidepressants after he “reached a plateau lower than I wanted.”
“Without my Sharon, I would be the fuck gone,” he explained of his wife of 40 years. “We have a few fights now and then, but otherwise we just carry on.”