Roger Waters Stands by Insensitive Ozzy Osbourne Comments in Interview

Roger Waters reaffirmed the comments he made about Ozzy Osbourne following the singer’s death, insensitive remarks that drew criticism from Osbourne’s own family.

Following Osbourne’s death last summer, Waters said in an interview with the Independent Ink podcast, “Ozzy Osbourne, who just died, bless him in his whatever state that he was in his whole life. We’ll never know. The music, I have no idea. I couldn’t give a fuck.” Waters then added, “I don’t care about Black Sabbath, I never did. Have no interest in biting the heads of chickens or whatever they do. I couldn’t care less, you know.”

Those remarks drew the ire of the Osbourne family, with Jack Osbourne writing on social media, “Hey Roger Waters, fuck you. How pathetic and out of touch you’ve become. The only way you seem to get attention these days is by vomiting out bullshit in the press. My father always thought you were a cunt. Thanks for proving him right.” 

(The Osbourne family also briefly released a shirt mocking Waters; “Another Prick in the Wall,” the shirt read next to an image of Osbourne urinating on Waters’ The Wall: Live in Berlin album.)

In a new interview with Piers Morgan, Waters was asked about his Osbourne remarks, and whether he regretted the unempathetic timing in which he said them.