Jack Osbourne was able to tell his father, Ozzy Osbourne, that his wife, Aree, was pregnant before the iconic musician died in July.
Jack revealed the happy news that he’s expecting his fifth child in an interview with the Sun on Sunday. He and Aree are already parents to daughter Maple, 3, and Jack shares three daughters with his ex-wife, Lisa Stelly: Pearl, 13, Andy, 10, and Minnie, 7.
Aree is currently 7 months pregnant, so Jack was able to tell Ozzy that she was pregnant with their second child before the rocker died after a years-long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
“I think it’s been partly a healthy distraction, partly healing – probably in that kind of ‘full cycle’ category, in a weird way,” Jack shared.
“It’s very much taken energy out of the grieving side of things and parked in a bit more hopefulness,” he added.
Jack, 40, said he and Aree, 34, were “super excited” about her pregnancy and shared that it happened earlier than they expected.
“It’s definitely something that we were wanting to pursue and somehow it happened, miraculously,” he said.
Jack and his family honored Ozzy on what would have been his 77th birthday with a touching Hollywood Walk of Fame tribute on Dec. 3.
Photographed atop Ozzy’s coveted star was a floral arrangement spelling out his name, along with another display in the shape of a heart with white angel wings.
“We love you daddy,” read a wooden plaque that was signed with love from four of his kids: Louis, Aimee, Kelly and Jack Osbourne.
Ozzy shared Jack and his sisters Aimee and Kelly with Sharon Osbourne, and kids Louis, Elliot and Jessica with ex-wife Thelma Riley, to whom he was married from 1971 to 1982.
A second plaque was from his widow, with the touching message reading, “Happy Birthday my darling. Eternal love, Sharon.”
In an emotional YouTube video in September, Jack spoke about his father.
“He was deeply complicated,” he shared. “He was funny, and weird and awkward and clumsy and just hilarious and so insightful.”
“People may have thought he was checked out, but most of the time he wanted you to think he was checked out,” he also shared. “But he was very aware, always.”
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