Black Sabbath legend Ozzy Osbourne’s son Jack Osbourne recently shared his thoughts on Roger Waters’ controversial remarks regarding Ozzy.
Jack Osbourne talks about Roger Waters
The comments came in response to a question about the music Ozzy would play at home. Jack reflected on his father’s eclectic taste before turning his attention to Waters’ behavior.
“He would play the most random sh*t,” Jack said in an interview featured on Rolling Stone UK.
“He went through a deep Michael Jackson phase at one point, and he went through a heavy Eighties phase. He always would play Peter Gabriel.”
Jack also expressed his disappointment with Roger Waters, particularly given Ozzy’s appreciation for Pink Floyd’s music.
“And the sh*tty thing is — one of the things that bums me out the most about the whole fucking Roger Waters bullsh*t — is that he was always playing Pink Floyd,” he continued.
“F*cking asshat how that guy is. I think it’s just jealousy. It’s like, ‘Dude, when you die, they might just do a cheers at the local pub.’”
Jack’s anger comes from Waters’ highly disrespectful comments made shortly after Ozzy’s death in July 2025. The controversy erupted when Waters publicly dismissed the Black Sabbath legend’s legacy and cultural impact.
Waters had described Ozzy’s lifelong public presence as “idiocy and nonsense.” He stated he didn’t care about Black Sabbath or Ozzy’s music. Waters even mocked the infamous bat-biting story, initially confusing a bat with a chicken and then calling the real story “even worse.”
“I couldn’t give a f[—]. I don’t care about Black Sabbath, I never did,” Waters stated. He characterized Ozzy’s cultural footprint as something trivial and unimportant.
Jack Osbourne initially responded to Waters on Instagram about six weeks following his father’s passing. He called the Pink Floyd co-founder “pathetic” and “out of touch.” Jack told Waters to “F— you” and condemned him for gaining attention through such disrespectful comments. Jack also recalled that his father himself thought Waters was a “c–.” He added that Waters had just proven his father right.
