Kelly Osbourne makes surprising health confession after declaring her body is 'pickled from all the drugs'
Kelly Osbourne has said she hopes that her past substance abuse use will keep her from getting cancer.
The TV star, 39, made the admission during a recent episode of her family’s The Osbournes Podcast, and lightheartedly claimed she has “pickled” her body from “all the drugs and alcohol”.
Speaking to her family, she quipped: “I’m hoping that I’ve embalmed myself so I don’t ever get cancer.
“I’m pickled from all the drugs and alcohol, for sure.”
In response, her younger brother Jack quickly called out her flawed reasoning, remarking: “I don’t think it works that way. But I’m no doctor.”
Osbourne noted the family’s history of colorectal cancer, citing her mother Sharon's battle with cancer in the early 2000s, adding: “Apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree.”
However, Dr. Greg, an ER doctor who joined the show as a guest, responded sarcastically, “I, for one, have never heard of substances you put into your body causing ill effects of any kind.”
Osbourne has been transparent about her drugs and alcohol addiction over the years.
In 2021, the TV personality revealed how her struggles with addiction began when she was prescribed an opioid medication after undergoing surgery at age 13.
She shared on Red Table Talk: “I kept getting sick and I had a really bad case of tonsillitis, they ended up having to give me some crazy surgery, and then after that, they gave me Vicodin. And that was all I needed.
“I went from having every voice in my head being like, ‘You're fat, you're ugly, you're not good enough, no one likes you, you don't deserve this, people only like you because of who your parents are.’
“And then all of a sudden, every single voice was silenced and it felt like life gave me a hug.”
From there, she said, her addiction only grew worse, revealing: “I was like, 'Why am I so confident in all of this?' And then very quickly I went from Vicodin to Percocet, from Percocet to heroin eventually, because it was cheaper.”
That same year ,Osbourne bravely admitted that she was an "addict" as she explained how she relapsed after nearly four years of sobriety.
She told Extra: “This is something I am going to battle for the rest of my life. It's never going to be easy."
Osbourne, who has been sober for several years, welcomed her first child, a son Sidney, in 2022.
Frank offers confidential advice about drugs and addiction (email frank@talktofrank.com, message 82111 or call 0300 123 6600) or the NHS has information about getting help.
