Kelly Osbourne Opens up About Why She Does Not Talk to Her Sister Aimee – Details

Years of family tension have followed Kelly Osbourne into adulthood, but one part of the fractured relationship still cuts especially deep. Her latest reflections reveal the emotional wound she says never truly healed and the boundary she no longer seems willing to cross.

Kelly Osbourne has never hidden that she and her older sister, Aimee Osbourne, lead very different lives. But her latest comments reveal that the distance between them runs considerably deeper than simply choosing opposite paths.

When Kelly was asked whether there was still any chance the sisters could find their way back to each other, her answer left virtually no room for ambiguity.

The Osbourne family has spent decades living unusually public lives, with Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne and two of their children becoming household names through MTV's "The Osbournes."

Aimee, however, famously wanted no part of the cameras. That decision became one of the defining differences between the eldest Osbourne daughter and her younger siblings, Kelly and Jack Osbourne. More than two decades later, Kelly is now explaining how she experienced that divide from the other side.

Aimee Chose a Very Different Path

During a September 15, 2026 appearance on "We Need To Talk," Kelly was asked about the period when "The Osbournes" was being developed. Aimee was living in the guest house at the time but chose not to participate in the reality series.

Asked what happened when her sister opted out, Kelly immediately made it clear there were limits to what she was prepared to reveal. "I can't tell the whole truth because I don't want to speak on behalf of her," she said.

Kelly added that although she and Aimee are not close, she still respects her sister enough to protect parts of her story. "We're not close, but I do respect her enough to, you know, keep her anonymity, if you understand," Kelly explained.

She ultimately framed Aimee's absence from the series as something that simply was not meant for her: "I believe there's a reason for everything. It just wasn't meant to be for her." But as the conversation continued, Kelly began opening up about what the sibling dynamic had felt like long before either sister was discussing it publicly.

'It Was Always Me and Jack'

According to Kelly, she and Jack formed a particularly close unit growing up. "But it was always me and Jack [sic]," she said. Kelly told Host Paul C. Brunson that she felt Aimee rarely acknowledged either of them when they were younger because their older sister was largely occupied with her own world, doing her own thing.

That feeling eventually led Kelly to a painful conclusion: She said she had sometimes wondered whether Aimee was embarrassed.

Asked whether she meant that Aimee was embarrassed by herself and Jack specifically, Kelly replied, "The whole family." Still, she stopped short of claiming to know exactly what her sister felt: "I'll never really truly understand. It just felt that way."

What Kelly did seem certain about was just how fundamentally different the sisters were. "We're very different. Everything I am, she's not. Everything she is, I'm not," she explained. "Like, you couldn't be more polar opposite. We're like oil and water." For Kelly, however, there was another part of growing up with Aimee that seems to have hurt even more.

Kelly Says She Felt She Never Really Had a Big Sister

At one point during the discussion, Paul compared Kelly's experience to watching a younger sibling seek approval and guidance from an older one. That observation appeared to strike a nerve.

Kelly admitted that missing that particular sisterly bond has remained one of the hardest parts of their relationship. "I will tell you it's one of the hardest things of my life that I never got a big sister," she said. "And I had to learn how to do certain things that a big sister should have taught you on my own."

Then came an admission that showed just how lasting the hurt has been: "And I do have a resentment there. I'll have that forever." It was at this point that the host asked the question hanging over the entire conversation: Is there any hope for reconciliation? Kelly's response was immediate: "No."

While Kelly said she could accept the fact that the sisters are profoundly different, she also revealed what appears to be at the heart of why she does not want a relationship with Aimee now.

Why Kelly Says There Is No Hope for Reconciliation

Kelly first emphasized that she was not asking her sister to become like her. "I respect her, I accept her, but we're different, and that's okay…" she said. But she then described behavior she said she simply did not want to continue accepting from anyone, family or otherwise:

"If you're not going to accept me for who I am, and constantly be trying to change me and say horrible things about me, and truly seem to thrive when I'm not doing well, I don't want you in my life."

It was one of Kelly's clearest explanations yet of why the sisters remain estranged. Her comments suggest that, at least from Kelly's perspective, the rift is not simply about Aimee refusing to appear on reality television more than 20 years ago.

Rather, Kelly described a broader relationship in which she felt judged, unsupported, and fundamentally unaccepted. And her flat "No" when asked about reconciliation suggests she does not currently see those differences as something the sisters can simply talk through.

Unlike Aimee, Kelly and Jack Were Ready for Reality TV

The contrast between Aimee and her younger siblings became especially obvious when the family was approached about "The Osbournes." While Aimee recoiled from the idea, Kelly remembered being thrilled. "I was so excited," she recalled.

Asked whether she had any hesitation about agreeing to participate, Kelly responded, "No! I was like, 'Yeah, count me in.'" At the time, she admitted she barely understood what becoming a reality television star would actually involve. "Had no idea. Honestly, had no idea, I was just like, 'I'm gonna be on MTV, this is cool as [expletive],'" the star revealed.

Jack was similarly enthusiastic, and Kelly's account of their childhood makes it easy to understand why the siblings entered that experience together. "Me and my brother, we grew up very close, very, very, very close," she said.

They shared a bedroom, swapped clothes and spent so much time together that strangers apparently thought they were twins. "It was always me and Jack [sic]," Kelly repeated.

Their parents were also prepared to participate, as Kelly said Sharon had already been working behind the scenes and understood that because the project centered on the family, she would need to appear as well.

According to Kelly, the family's only condition for doing the show was that they retained approval over the final edit so nothing they objected to would air. Beyond that, she said, the approach was essentially: film whatever you want.

Looking at an old photograph from that time during the 2026 interview also prompted a surprisingly somber observation from Kelly. "I remember this photo being taken," she said. "It's weird how it's only now I look at it, and if you look at my eyes, I just look so sad."

Aimee Saw the Reality Show Very Differently

Aimee has previously offered her own explanation for staying away from "The Osbournes," and her account paints the decision less as rejection of her family and more as an attempt to preserve her identity.

In a 2015 interview with The Independent, she recalled being deeply uncomfortable with showing her adolescence on television. "Back then, I still felt I was trying to figure out who I was in the chaos of family life, so why on earth would I want that portrayed on television?" Aimee said. "I wanted to protect myself, my parents, my siblings, too. They were very young, very impressionable."

As Aimee continued to explain, the family did not exactly reach a peaceful agreement over MTV's plans. She remembered the discussions as "more shouting matches, really."

Still, Aimee knew the ultimate decision did not belong to her. "It didn't matter what I thought, ultimately," she said. "This was their path, their decision, and they were of course [sic] at liberty to take the opportunity. Which they did."

And with that, MTV moved into the Osbourne home while Aimee moved out. "Obviously, I would have liked to stay at home a little longer," she admitted, "but it wasn't to be."

While "The Osbournes" turned Kelly, Jack, Sharon, and Ozzy into an even bigger pop-culture phenomenon, Aimee remained determined to keep herself away from the cameras.

She briefly pursued acting, including an appearance in a 2003 MTV adaptation of "Wuthering Heights," but much of her adult focus went toward music.

By 2015, she was releasing music under the name ARO, taken from her initials, including the single "Raining Gold." Her outlook on fame also remained strikingly different from that of the rest of her family. "I never had to battle for my identity," Aimee said at the time. "I have always been me."

Aimee described herself as an introverted child growing up inside a family filled with far more outspoken personalities. "I suppose I was the one that had to be in control a lot of the time," she explained. "But then it came naturally."

For Aimee, watching those around her become dramatic or lose control simply did not appeal to her. She also spoke about experiencing depression and eventually turning to therapy and psychology to better understand herself and her family.

Over time, she said, she learned forgiveness and acceptance. However, that did not necessarily mean closeness with Kelly and Jack.

"I wouldn't say there is an ease between us," Aimee said of her siblings in 2015, before adding, "but there is an acceptance. Do we socialise? No." That distinction would prove important years later.

Sharon Said Aimee Leaving Home 'Broke' Her Heart

Their mother has also spoken openly about just how painful the fallout surrounding the reality show became. During a 2018 appearance on "The Talk," Sharon revealed that she still regretted what happened when Aimee decided she could no longer live in a home filled with cameras.

"My eldest girl Aimee left home at 16 and she couldn't live in our house because we were filming and it drove her insane," Sharon shared, according to Entertainment Tonight. She also said Aimee "didn't want to grow up on camera" and found the entire idea "appalling."

"And so she left at 16," Sharon continued. "I regret every day that she did, but she was happy. But it broke my heart when she moved." For Sharon, then, the show that became a massive success came with a deeply personal cost.

And although Aimee eventually became close with her parents again, her relationships with Kelly and Jack seemingly never followed the same path.

Jack Has Also Said He and Aimee Are Not Close

Kelly is not the only Osbourne sibling who has publicly acknowledged the distance. Speaking on the “Disrespectfully” podcast in an episode released shortly before Ozzy's July 22, 2025 death, Jack was direct about where things stood.

"We're not close at all," he said. "We don't have a great relationship. She'll be the first to tell you that, so it's no secret." Jack also suggested that Aimee had viewed participating in MTV's reality series very differently from her younger siblings.

According to him, Aimee had considered doing the show "low-hanging fruit" and did not want to "ride our coattails." He said he and Aimee had never really discussed whether she later regretted sitting the show out.

"I guess, if I were her, I'd have wondered if my life would have turned out differently if I'd been on the show," Jack reflected. "But I don't know." Aimee herself had made clear years earlier that avoiding "The Osbournes" was not a rejection of her family.

In a 2002 interview, she said her decision had nothing to do with "not loving them" or not wanting people to know she belonged to the Osbourne family. "My private life to me is very important," she explained.

Aimee's stance continued years later. In a 2008 interview with The Independent, she pushed back against the idea that avoiding reality television made her some mysterious recluse.

"I'm not some weirdo depressed daughter that's afraid of the world and locks herself in her room all day," she said. "I just didn't choose to do the show."

Sharon similarly explained during a 2024 appearance on "Howie Mandel Does Stuff” that Aimee's resistance to the spotlight had never really changed. "She doesn't like it, no," Sharon said, explaining that Aimee loved writing and singing but "doesn't want to be a pop star."

The Siblings Still Came Together for Ozzy

Whatever divisions existed between them, one heartbreaking moment brought the Osbourne siblings back into the same space. Following Ozzy's death, Kelly, Aimee, Jack, and Ozzy's son Louis Riley from his first marriage were all included in the family statement announcing his passing, according to E! News.

Kelly and Aimee also reunited publicly alongside their mother, Sharon, during Ozzy's funeral procession through Birmingham in late July 2025.

The sisters were photographed together during the emotional farewell, a rare sight considering just how separate their lives had become.

But being united in grief did not appear to erase the history between them. Kelly had already said during a 2021 appearance on "Armchair Expert," "We don't talk."

"We're just really different," she explained at the time. "She doesn't understand me. I don't understand her." Now, during the "We Need To Talk" segment, Kelly has gone considerably further.

Ozzy's Final Words to Kelly Came Just Three Days Before His Death

Later in the interview, Kelly became visibly emotional while remembering one of her last conversations with Ozzy. According to Kelly, her father sat her down about three days before he died.

"He says, 'Tots,' and I said, 'Yes, Dada,'" Kelly recalled, her voice breaking as she revisited the moment. Ozzy then told her there was something he needed her to know.

"No matter what happens in this life, you can live the rest of your life knowing that there was one man on this planet that [sic] truly loved you," Kelly remembered him saying. "That truly loved you for every single thing that you are. And that one man is me."

Kelly immediately began crying. "Please don't talk like this. Please don't talk like this," she remembered telling him. But Ozzy continued.

"You know I'm not gonna be here forever," Kelly recalled him saying. "And I know you struggle with people and actually believing that you are loved." Then came the words that Kelly would be left carrying after his death: "I loved you more than anyone." Three days later, Ozzy was gone. For Kelly, the conversation now carries an especially poignant weight.

Her relationship with Aimee may be defined by distance, unresolved resentment, and an acceptance that the sisters are simply profoundly different.

Yet in one of her final conversations with her father, Kelly Osbourne received exactly the reassurance she said she had struggled to believe throughout her life: that she was loved completely for who she was.