Former Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters is under fire from Jack Osbourne after Waters shared a less than savory opinion about his late father, Ozzy Osbourne. The Black Sabbath frontman passed away on July 22 following a celebratory farewell concert, and Waters has since implied that he disapproved of Osbourne’s long legacy in rock and roll.
Waters’ comments came during an appearance on The Independent Ink podcast. His argument was that pop culture and celebrity often distract citizens from serious political issues. Taking on the opposing point of view for argument’s sake, he proposed how those in power might use pop culture to their advantage.
“‘How can we push this to one side? I know how to do it! We’ll do it with Taylor Swift or bubble gum or Kim Kardashian’s bum,’” he said. “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.”
Jack Osbourne Takes offense to Roger Waters’ comments about his late father ozzy
That wasn’t all he said, however. Waters then proceeded to make his comments about Ozzy Osbourne a bit personal.
“The music, I have no idea, I couldn’t give a fuck. I don’t care about Black Sabbath, I never did, I have no interest in … ‘Wahhhh!!!’” said Waters, sticking his tongue out and apparently imitating a Black Sabbath sound, before continuing, “and biting the heads off chickens or whatever they do. I couldn’t care less.”
Waters was even more disturbed when he was informed that Ozzy Osbourne actually bit the head off a bat (accidentally, thinking it was fake) and not a chicken. “Oh my God, that’s even worse, isn’t it?” he exclaimed. “I don’t know, is it worse to bite the head off a bat or a chicken?”
In response, Jack Osbourne stuck up for his late father by posting a comment in an Instagram story. “Hey Roger Waters – fuck you. How pathetic and out of touch you’ve become. The only way you seem to get attention these days is by vomiting out bullshit in the press. My father always thought you were a cunt – thanks for proving him right,” he wrote.
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