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He may have been the \u201cPrince of Darkness,\u201d but everything in Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s home was apparently above board. That is, according to his son, Jack, who\u2019s now coming to his father\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n
During\u00a0a recent interview\u00a0with comedian Jamie Kennedy, the younger Osbourne answered rumors that his famous dad, a heavy metal singer, was involved in some way in Satanic worship or the occult.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never seen it,\u201d Jack Osbourne said definitively. \u201cNothing evil was ever in our household in that capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Listen to the latest\u00a0episode\u00a0of \u201cQuick Start\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The 40-year-old Osbourne went on to tell Kennedy his father, the frontman for Black Sabbath, \u201cwas a believer in Christ\u201d and \u201chad the Bible [and] wore a cross every day of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n Ozzy Osbourne died of Parkinson\u2019s disease in July of last year.<\/p>\n Questions about his spiritual beliefs are not unfounded. The British-born rock star was known for disturbing theatrics, including an infamous stunt in 1981, when he reportedly bit the head off a dove in front of CBS Records executives during the signing of his first solo record deal. He did something similar during a 1982 concert after an attendee threw a bat on stage.<\/p>\n The late legend sought to put rumors of occultism to bed in 1986, when he\u00a0told SPIN magazine\u00a0he was a Christian and regularly attended Sunday school as a child.<\/p>\n Jack Osbourne blamed the media for spreading rumors and innuendo about his dad, telling Kennedy his father\u2019s experience is \u201cwhy you cannot \u2026 ever trust the news.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt would be all over CNN or news stations, \u2018Oh, Ozzy\u2019s a Satanist who\u2019s gonna do all this stuff because if you see this part in a song, it could be this and that,’\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Because of Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s checkered persona \u2014\u00a0and because Scripture makes it clear no one can fully know another person\u2019s heart (1 Corinthians 2:11) \u2014 it\u2019s not known for sure whether the singer was truly a Christian. The Bible does, though, indicate an individual\u2019s spiritual makeup should be evidenced by his or her actions and behaviors (Matthew 7:16-20).<\/p>\n It is worth noting Dylan Novak, known as the \u201cCelebrity Evangelist,\u201d\u00a0spoke to CBN News\u00a0last year about his 2023 encounter with Ozzy Osbourne. The interaction with both Ozzy and Jack Osbourne, he said, left him encouraged.<\/p>\n \u201cOzzy was incredibly kind,\u201d said Novak. \u201cSo, I get up to him, shake his hand, told him it was an honor to meet him, and after just kind of a brief introduction, I said, \u2018The reason I came to meet you today is because I love and care about you and your soul.’\u201d<\/p>\n During that same meeting, Novak recalled spending about 30 minutes talking with Jack Osbourne, with whom he also shared the Gospel.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the things [Jack] said was, \u2018Thank you for not thinking dad\u2019s evil,’\u201d Novak said.<\/p>\n The \u201cCelebrity Evangelist\u201d noted he came across Jack Osbourne two weeks later. The two spoke again and Jack Osbourne told Novak, \u201cYou have no idea how much dad loved that,\u201d referring to Novak giving Ozzy Osbourne a personalized New Living Translation Bible.<\/p>\n \u201cThat Bible and your gift \u2014 that\u2019s on his nightstand, and everybody that\u2019s come over, he has shown them the Bible, shown them that his name is on there, that it\u2019s where he can understand it,\u201d he told Novak. \u201cHe said, it\u2019s not in any way like, \u2018Oh, look, someone brought me a Bible.\u2019 It\u2019s like, \u2018I am honored I got this gift.’\u201d<\/p>\n Watch our full interview with Novak:<\/p>\n Please sign up for\u00a0Faithwire\u2019s daily newsletter\u00a0and download the\u00a0CBN News app\u00a0to stay up-to-date with the latest news from a distinctly Christian perspective.<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" He may have been the \u201cPrince of Darkness,\u201d but everything in Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s home was apparently above board. 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