{"id":2306549,"date":"2026-03-01T14:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T14:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2306549"},"modified":"2026-03-01T14:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T14:32:11","slug":"kelly-osbourne-addresses-the-cruelty-of-receiving-body-shaming-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kelly-osbourne-addresses-the-cruelty-of-receiving-body-shaming-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Osbourne Addresses the &#8216;Cruelty&#8217; of Receiving Body-Shaming Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kelly-osbourne\/\"><strong>Kelly Osbourne<\/strong><\/a> is speaking out after her physical appearance has continued to foster body-shaming comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThere is a special kind of cruelty in harming someone who is clearly going through something,\u201d Osbourne, 41, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Sunday, March 1. \u201cKicking me while I\u2019m down, spreading my struggles as gossip and turning your back when I need support and love most. None of it proves strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Osbourne continued, \u201cIt only revealed a profound absence of compassion and character. I\u2019m currently going through the hardest time in my life. I should not even have to defend myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Without elaborating on her struggles, Osbourne stressed that she wouldn\u2019t accept the hurtful comments either.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/kelly-osbourne-wows-at-2026-brit-awards-with-mom-sharon-after-body-comments\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/kelly-osbourne-wows-at-2026-brit-awards-with-mom-sharon-after-body-comments\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Kelly Osbourne Attends 2026 Brit Awards With Mom Amid Defense of Slim Figure<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tKelly Osbourne hasn\u2019t let the body-shaming critics and ongoing concern about her weight get her down. Kelly, 41, attended the 2026 Brit Awards on Saturday, February 28, at Manchester\u2019s Co-Op Live, with her mom, Sharon Osbourne, on her arm. The mother-daughter pair coordinated on the red carpet in black gowns. The former Fashion Police host [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI won\u2019t sit here and allow myself to be dehumanized in such a way,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Several hours earlier, Kelly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/kelly-osbourne-wows-at-2026-brit-awards-with-mom-sharon-after-body-comments\/\">attended the 2026 Brit Awards<\/a> with mom <strong>Sharon Osbourne<\/strong>, where they received the Lifetime Achievement Award on <strong>Ozzy Osbourne<\/strong>\u2019s behalf. (Sharon, 73, was married to Ozzy for decades ahead of his July 2025 death at age 76.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cFirst of all, what a f***ing good evening it\u2019s been,\u201d Sharon said in her on Saturday, February 28, acceptance speech. \u201cI know that Ozzy is looking down on us all right now, and I know what he is thinking. He hated to make speeches. He hated listening to speeches. He\u2019d be saying, \u2018Hey, missus, shut the f*** up!\u2019 But I\u2019m not going to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sharon added, \u201cHe always wanted to do better, both personally and professionally. He never felt that words were enough to thank everybody for the life that he was given and for the life that he led. He may not be here, but he left us one amazing body of work that will never be forgotten by the country that made him.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:177.8%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium credit-added wp-image-4265923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Osbourne-IG_3843027819513303849.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Kelly-Osbourne-IG_3843027819513303849\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Osbourne-IG_3843027819513303849.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Osbourne-IG_3843027819513303849.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Osbourne-IG_3843027819513303849.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Osbourne-IG_3843027819513303849.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Osbourne-IG_3843027819513303849.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Osbourne-IG_3843027819513303849.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Osbourne-IG_3843027819513303849.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Osbourne-IG_3843027819513303849.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Osbourne-IG_3843027819513303849.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Osbourne-IG_3843027819513303849.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Kelly Osbourne\/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Shortly before the Brits, Kelly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/kelly-osbourne-fires-back-at-disgusting-body-shaming-comments\/\">hit back at online critics of her weight<\/a> when they claimed she appeared too thin and frail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLiterally can\u2019t believe how disgusting some human beings truly are,\u201d Kelly wrote via her Instagram Stories on February 22. \u201cNo one deserves this sort of abuse! This too shall pass, but like, holy f***.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kelly had <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/kelly-osbournes-ups-and-downs-weight-loss-sobriety-more\/\">struggled with her weight<\/a> for years, even undergoing gastric sleeve surgery in 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI lost, like, I want to say 35 pounds, 40 pounds, and then I stopped losing weight,\u201d the former <i>Fashion Police <\/i>host exclusively told <i>Us Weekly <\/i>in August 2020, referring to her procedure results. \u201cI just stopped because I didn\u2019t listen to what they said. I just thought it was going to be a quick fix. I\u2019d be done, I\u2019d be skinny. [I thought I] didn\u2019t have to work out or do anything. I could not have been more wrong. You have to do every single thing that they tell you to do when you do the surgery, or it doesn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kelly-osbourne-talks-her-son-addiction-turning-40-and-more-excl\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kelly-Osbourne-2446-Us-Weekly.jpg?crop=297px%2C145px%2C1523px%2C859px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Kelly Osbourne 2446 Us Weekly\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kelly-Osbourne-2446-Us-Weekly.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kelly-osbourne-talks-her-son-addiction-turning-40-and-more-excl\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Kelly Osbourne Gets Incredibly Candid at 40: &#8216;My Baby Saved Me&#8217;<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tKelly Osbourne is feeling herself. \u201cNot to toot my own horn or anything, but I don\u2019t think I look my age,\u201d Osbourne, who turned 40 on Sunday, October 27, shared in the latest issue of Us Weekly. She\u2019s right: It\u2019s hard to believe it\u2019s been 22 years since she entered our living rooms \u2014 along [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Nearly five years later, fans questioned whether Kelly was struggling with her body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI want to start by saying I received so many lovely, lovely, lovely comments from people that have really helped me get through this time in my life since losing my father,\u201d she said <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/kelly-osbourne-slams-rude-comments-about-her-looks-after-weight-loss\/\">in a December 2025 social media video<\/a>. \u201c[I\u2019ve seen some] disgusting, horrible, mean, rude comments. I\u2019m just here to say, what do you expect from me? What do you expect me to look like right now? The fact that I\u2019m getting out of bed and facing my life and trying to be more than enough, I should be commended for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kelly added at the time, \u201cMy life is completely flipped upside down. I don\u2019t understand how people expect me to bounce back and look like everything is just fine in my life when it\u2019s not. People\u2019s faces change when you grow older.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Osbourne is speaking out after her physical appearance has continued to foster body-shaming comments. \u201cThere is a special kind of cruelty in harming someone who is clearly going through something,\u201d Osbourne, 41, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Sunday, March 1. \u201cKicking me while I\u2019m down, spreading my struggles as gossip and turning your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2306551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[317594,24003,21928],"class_list":["post-2306549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-body","tag-celebrity-news","tag-social-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelly-Osbourne-Addresses-the-Cruelty-of-Receiving-Body-Shaming-Comments.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2306549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2306552,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306549\/revisions\/2306552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2306551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2306549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2306549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2306549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}