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Roger Waters refuses to apologize for critical remarks about Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne.
Waters insists, “I regret nothing in life,” emphasizing honesty over Black Sabbath criticism.
Osbourne family, especially Jack, responded negatively to Waters’ comments on social media.
Roger Waters continues to double down on his inflammatory comments about the late Ozzy Osbourne, and now the Pink Floyd cofounder has taken aim at Ozzy’s widow, Sharon.
Waters, 82, appeared on the Friday, January 16, episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored, host Piers Morgan asked if he’d like to “apologize for the hurt” he caused Sharon, 73, with his remarks.
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“Yeah, of course I will,” Waters replied. “It’s not ‘cause I have any time for Sharon Osbourne. She’s a raging Zionist … and she’s accused me of all types of things. She’s constantly accused [me] because she’s part of the Israeli lobby.”
While he tried to continue, Morgan, 60, cut him off and repeated, “Would you like to apologize to the Osbourne family for the way you trashed Ozzy Osbourne?”
“Not really,” Waters shot back before adding, “Well, Jack [Osbourne]. If he wants to have a chat, I’ll have a chat with him and I won’t be nasty to him. Yeah, I’m sorry you lost your dad, Jack, but this is like conversations you have about things and about people. Like, ‘What do you think?’ Well, I was honest. I said I didn’t like Black Sabbath.”
He continued, “I’ve listened to some of it since, and the music is perfectly kind of acceptable. It was all a kind of histrionics. I don’t like people who bite the heads off bats. I just don’t. I think it’s disgusting. I know he’s dead and he can’t come back and go, ‘Yeah, I’m sorry I bit the heads off bats.’ If he ever did. Who knows whether he did or not?”
Morgan asked him one more time if he regretted the comments he made, but Waters made it clear that he didn’t.
“I regret nothing in life, except that I haven’t been more successful in getting people to understand how important it is that we as a human race recognize and empathize with all our brothers and sisters all over the world and make certain that they have equal human rights, one with another, under international law,” he explained.
In August, less than a month after Ozzy died at the age of 76, Waters appeared on an episode of The Independent Ink podcast and revealed his thoughts on the legendary rock star.
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“I don’t care about Black Sabbath, I never did,” the “Wish You Were Here Singer” said at the time. Have no interest in biting the heads of chickens or whatever they do. I couldn’t care less, you know.”