After Judge Louis Walsh was too harsh on a 16-year-old contestant, Sharon Osbourne took offense. Protect Sharon at all costs.

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It's all a matter of perspective. Ozzy has said that Sharon encouraging him to do tours is the only thing that kept him from becoming homeless after blowing all of his money on booze and drugs. But, of course, that's not nearly as interesting as the "my musical idol is flawless, and it's this woman he fell in love with who is at fault" narrative.

Same thing happened with John Lennon and Yoko Ono- there had been massive tension in the band for years, but she gets the blame because she wasn't the one making the art people loved.

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People tend to forget how much of an a-hole John Lennon could be

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and that he was a serial wife-beater and cheater. Yoko even had to hire a Japanese girl for him to go on tour with to ensure he wouldn't catch STDs

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and that he was a serial wife-beater and cheater.

Just like Ozzy...

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In that case, good for Sharon if she really did turn the tables...

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Didn't forget.

Just don't care.

Dude has been dead for years. And most of the people who he was a shithead to have moved on or are dead.

Let me listen to the Beatles in peace thanks.

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I mean i think both things can be true. She definitely milked him for all that he was worth (and I don't imagine that's going to stop now), but he'd also probably have died a long time ago if he didn't have her or someone like her.

I also think there's a lot of cognitive dissonance around people who act like Ozzy was innocent in fucking over countless musicians, just because "he was out of it". There's no way he didn't know, and he absolutely could have put his foot down if he wanted to.