Who was Michelle Pugh? Ozzy Osbourne’s affair explored as Sharon Osborne recalls late rocker’s infidelities

Sharon Osbourne, who was married to Ozzy Osbourne from 1982 until his death earlier this year, recently opened about her husband's long list of affairs in the first interview since Ozzy Osbourne's passing. Sharon Osbourne particularly spoke about Michelle Pugh, who was reportedly in a relationship with the Black Sabbath lead singer from 2012 until 2016, when their relationship came to light. According to People Magazine, Michelle Pugh is a hair stylist who previously worked at the popular celebrity hotspot, Mèche Salon in Beverly Hills.

According to BBC, Ozzy Osbourne passed away on July 22, just seventeen days after he appeared on stage for a farewell show as part of the Back to the Beginning concert, which took place earlier that month on July 5. A week after Ozzy Osbourne's sudden passing, the cause of his death was revealed to have been "acute myocardial infarction" along with other combined factors that include complications from Parkinson's, which he was diagnosed with back in 2019.

More about Ozzy Osbourne's relationship with Michelle Pugh, as Sharon Osbourne opens up about her husband's past infidelities

Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne, who were married for forty-three years, shared three children. The musician, who was popularly known as the "Prince of Darkness," also shared three other children from his previous relationships. According to Daily Mail, Sharon Osbourne recently appeared on Piers Morgan: Uncensored on December 10, where she spoke about why she was not fazed by her husband's past infedilities until the incident hit close to home. She said:

"I know it’s a whole thing with a lot of women, "If you go with somebody else, that’s it. It’s over." But we’re all so different. It didn’t faze me. A couple of times, it was like, "I don’t like the fact you brought them to my house." And it is my f*ing house. I would go to him, "I furnished it!" That I didn’t like.'"

According to People Magazine, Ozzy Osbourne allegedly met Michelle Pugh for the first time back in 2011, after she was booked to color his hair. The pair reportedly began a relationship few months later in 2012, with Pugh claiming him to be "the greatest love" for her life. However, Osbourne's representative insisted that the relationship was "purely s*xual" after it was exposed to the public, adding, "Since his relationship with Ms. Pugh was exposed, Ozzy has gone into intense therapy."

After Ozzy Osbourne's relationship with Michelle Pugh was made public, he and Sharon Osbourne temporarily separated for two months before reuniting as a couple. In August 2016, Michelle Pugh later filed a lawsuit against Kelly Osbourne for defamation and for allegedly sharing her private phone number in a now-deleted tweet.

The lawsuit was later settled out of court, the details of which have not been made public. According to People Magazine, Michelle Pugh later shared in a now-deleted post on Instagram how her Catholic faith helped her heal in the years following the entire incident.

In a 2017 interview with The Telegraph, Sharon Osbourne had spoken about the other women Ozzy Osbourne had been involved with, adding, "there wasn’t just one woman; there were six of them."

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"Some Russian teenager, then a masseuse in England, our masseuse [in the U.S.], and then our cook. He had women in different countries. Basically, if you’re a women giving Ozzy either a back rub or a trolley of food, God help you."

In another part of her conversation with Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne also revealed how difficult the past few months have been without her husband, adding that she has remained strong only because of her three children, who are themselves dealing with the sudden death of their father.

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