Kelly Osbourne Says She Has Cut Ties With Sister Aimée as Long-Simmering Osbourne Family Tensions and Privacy Differences Spill Into a Blunt New Podcast Interview

LOS ANGELES, CA — Kelly Osbourne says her relationship with older sister Aimée Osbourne is over, and she is not holding out hope for a reunion. In a new interview on the We Need To Talk podcast, Kelly described years of feeling overlooked and said the family divide has hardened into something she does not expect to fix.

She said Aimée never really acknowledged her or brother Jack while they were growing up and suggested that her sister was uncomfortable with the attention that came with being part of the Osbourne household. Kelly also said the two are “polar opposite” people, which has only made the distance between them feel wider over time.

Kelly says she felt ignored while Aimée kept to herself

Kelly framed the rift as something that started early. She told the podcast that Aimée was “just in her own world” and appeared to keep separate from the rest of the family, even as the Osbournes became one of the most recognizable households in reality TV.

Kelly said she has long believed her sister was “embarrassed” by the family’s visibility. She added that she may never fully understand the choice, but that the feeling of being shut out has stayed with her. In her telling, the split is less about a single event than a pattern that never changed.

That, Kelly said, has left her with resentment she expects to carry permanently. She described the emotional gap as one of the hardest parts of her life because it meant not having the kind of older-sister guidance she feels she missed out on growing up.

A broken sister bond and no sign of repair

Kelly was direct about the future, saying there is “no” hope of reconciliation between them. She said she respects and accepts Aimée, but also believes blood alone should not be enough to keep a damaging relationship intact.

Her comments pointed to a broader view of family, one that allows people to choose who stays close to them. Kelly said she does not want people in her life who refuse to accept her, try to change her, or appear to take satisfaction when she is struggling.

The bluntness of the remarks makes clear that this is not a passing disagreement. Kelly portrayed the break as a settled decision, rooted in self-protection as much as disappointment.

Aimée chose privacy over reality TV fame

Aimée Osbourne took a very different path from the rest of her family. While Kelly, Sharon, Ozzy and Jack became familiar faces through The Osbournes, Aimée opted out of the hit 2000s reality series and stayed away from the attention it brought.

She later focused on music, releasing her debut album Vacare Adamare in 2020 under the name ARO. Her decision to use a moniker was part of a clear effort to separate the project from the Osbourne brand and let the songs stand on their own.

Aimée has previously said she valued privacy inside a family already shaped by public life. She explained that she wanted the chance to develop as a person rather than be remembered only as a teenager in a famous household.

Why Aimée said she stayed off The Osbournes

Aimée has also argued that appearing on the reality show could have limited her music career before it started. She previously said she feared being typecast if she had stayed with the series and taken part in the full family TV experiment.

She told NME that releasing music as ARO was a deliberate move to reduce the associations that came with the Osbourne surname. For her, the goal was not to chase huge fame but to give the music a fair chance to reach listeners without the baggage of instant celebrity.

That approach helps explain why she has remained so separate from the public-facing side of the family. It also underlines how differently the two sisters see the same legacy: one as a source of frustration, the other as something to step around.

Sharon Osbourne once said the family felt incomplete without her

The tension around Aimée’s absence from The Osbournes has been discussed by the family before. Sharon Osbourne previously said it was painful that her daughter was not part of the show, especially while the rest of the household was traveling and working around the world.

Sharon said Aimée simply did not want the attention and was 18 at the time, which she described as a difficult age for a girl to be thrust into the spotlight. Her comments showed that the choice to stay away was never just a career decision; it also affected the family dynamic at home.

Aimée has not publicly responded to Kelly’s latest remarks. For now, the divide remains one-sided in public, with Kelly making the clearest statement yet that she does not see the bond being repaired.

The Osbourne name still carries two very different ideas of fame

The latest comments highlight a long-running split inside one of entertainment’s most recognizable families. For Kelly, the Osbourne name is tied to feeling excluded and hurt. For Aimée, it has been something to work around while building a private life and a music career on her own terms.

That contrast has shaped the public understanding of both sisters for years. Kelly embraced visibility, while Aimée repeatedly chose distance, first from reality TV and later from the kind of mainstream exposure that came with it.

Now those separate choices are colliding again in public. Kelly has made it clear that she sees the distance as permanent, and Aimée’s silence keeps the family rift unresolved for the moment.

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