Rebirth of Kelly Osbourne

Kelly Osbourne is feeling herself. Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I don’t think I look my age,” says the star, who turned 40 on Oct. 27. She’s right: It’s hard to believe it’s been 22 years since she entered our living rooms along with her famously outrageous family in the groundbreaking MTV reality series The Osbournes. Despite appearances, she’s certainly lived a lot of life over the past two-plus decades, battling addiction, mental health issues and body shaming, both from the media and her own inner voice.

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Osbourne’s milestone has inspired a lot of reflection. She tells Us everything she’s been through has made her who she is today. “I am just so grateful for every mistake I made, for every lesson learned, for all of it. I have such an incredible life.” In 2020, she revealed she’d lost 85 pounds after undergoing gastric bypass surgery two years earlier, and she’s been sober since 2021. But Osbourne says nothing has changed her as much as motherhood. “I truly believe my baby saved me and made me a whole human,” she says of welcoming son Sidney, who turns 2 on Nov. 6, with her partner, Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson, 47. “I don’t think I knew what love was before having a baby.”

Osbourne sat down with Us at the W Hotel in Hollywood to talk more about her exciting next chapter, people’s misconceptions of growing up with famous parents — “If you spent five minutes in my shoes, you couldn’t cut it,” she says — and her biggest regrets.

Happy birthday! How do you feel about turning 40?

It’s like a 50-50 for me. Half of me is excited and ready for it, and the other half is still holding on to my adolescent behavior. It’s a bit like, “Whoa. What’s going on?” You’re really an adult now.

You’ve made so much progress.

My life has come very, very far. What could I possibly complain about? I work, I have an incredible partner and an unbelievable baby who has completely changed me.

How is life different since welcoming your son, Sidney?