Kelly Osbourne Blasts Dee Snider’s “Attempt to Belittle” Ozzy Osbourne

Kelly Osbourne has lashed out at Dee Snider, accusing the Twister Sister singer of belittling her father Ozzy Osbourne by diminishing the late metal icon’s songwriting contributions to both Black Sabbath and his solo work. When one of Snider’s followers on X/Twitter mentioned Lemmy Kilmister’s writing contributions to Ozzy’s solo material, Snider responded, “I know too much about the truth behind the scenes. Let’s just say that Sharon [Osbourne] doesn’t like to share.” Later, when another person noted that bassist Bob Daisley wrote a “load” of Ozzy’s early solo songs, Snider replied, “A load? How about ALL the lyrics? Ozzy always had bass players write his lyrics. [Black Sabbath bassist] @geezerbutler wrote ALL of @BlackSabbath lyrics. Daisley wrote lyrics for the first two solo albums (I’m pretty sure he was paid to write on other records but not credited) & Lemmy wrote lyrics.” Seeing Snider’s remarks, Kelly took to her Instagram Stories to write, “My father’s legacy as a musician, songwriter, singer and bandleader speaks for itself. His friends, those who worked with him, those who loved him and millions of fans around the world that still continue to buy his records know ex...