Roger Waters Blasts Ozzy Osbourne, Son Jack Fires Back
Ozzy Osbourne died a little over a month ago, but that didn’t stop Roger Waters from stirring up controversy related to the “Prince of Darkness.” The former Pink Floyd bassist and co-founder blasted the late Black Sabbath frontman in an interview with The Independent Ink, prompting Jack Osbourne, Ozzy’s son, to respond.
Waters took part in a video interview around three weeks ago with The Independent Ink, and despite Ozzy only passing weeks prior, blasted the heavy metal pioneer for his “idiocy and nonsense,” among other things. Waters was talking about how pop culture can pull attention away from important political issues, and put Ozzy in his crosshairs as being a major contributor to that problem.
“How can we push this to one side?,” Waters said on The Independent Ink last month. “I know how to do it! We’ll do it with Taylor Swift or bubble gum or Kim Kardashian’s bum. Or Ozzy Osbourne, who just died, bless him, in his, whatever that state that he was in his whole life, we’ll never know. Although, he was all over the TV for hundreds of years with his idiocy and nonsense.”
Waters didn’t stop there, as the rock legend took a shot at Ozzy’s and Black Sabbath’s music:
“The music, I’ve no idea, I couldn’t give a [expletive],” Waters said. “I don’t care about Black Sabbath, I never did.”
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Ozzy’s son, Jack, took offense to Waters’ remarks, taking exception to them in a fiery response back at the former Pink Floyd member on his Instagram story:
“Hey @rogerwaters. [Expletive] you,” Jack said on his Instagram story. “How pathetic and out of touch you’ve become. The only way you seem to get attention these days is by vomiting out [expletive] in the press. My father always thought you were a [expletive] – thanks for proving him right.”
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Several fans of Ozzy have taken to social media, including Waters’ comment sections under his posts, to voice their disapproval with his words as well.
Waters has yet to respond to Jack’s comments.
This isn’t the first time Waters has been critical of Ozzy or Black Sabbath, according to the International Business Times. As far back as 1970, Waters criticized Black Sabbath’s debut single, Evil Woman, which he thought was “underwhelming.”
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In contrast, Ozzy was reportedly a big fan of Pink Floyd. In a 2004 Rolling Stone interview, the late singer cited Money as one of his favorite rock songs, and praised the band’s albums.
Ozzy died of a heart attack on July 22, 2025, at the age of 76. The late singer had also been battling Parkinson’s disease, which left him without the ability to walk.
