28 Facts About Jack Osbourne

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Jack Joseph Osbourne was born on 8 November 1985 and is an English media personality with dual American and British citizenship.

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Jack Osbourne was born in London to heavy metal singer Ozzy Jack Osbourne of Black Sabbath, and his wife and manager, Sharon.

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Jack Osbourne has stated that his childhood was "perfectly happy and contented".

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When Jack Osbourne was 11, the family moved back again to Southern California, this time to Beverly Hills.

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In spite of moving so many times at a young age, Jack Osbourne did not find it disruptive.

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One aspect of his life that constant moving did affect was his school life, and Jack Osbourne soon despised going to school, which was not helped by the fact that he was diagnosed with a form of dyslexia at the age of eight, and ADHD at the age of 10.

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Jack Osbourne returned to England for a year before returning to Los Angeles, where he was enrolled into the special needs Park Century School.

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Jack Osbourne helped his mother in managing his father's annual touring festival, Ozzfest, advising her about up-and-coming bands.

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On his 13th birthday, Jack Osbourne got drunk for the first time on whisky; by the time he was 14, he was drinking regularly and had started smoking marijuana.

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Jack Osbourne started partying heavily, and made headlines on 21 April 2003, when he was admitted to a child psychiatric ward for an addiction to OxyContin.

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Jack Osbourne continued with his drug use until he realised that he "never wants to feel this way ever again" and admitted himself into an adolescent psychiatric ward.

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Jack Osbourne spent 10 days detoxing and was moved to an adolescent rehabilitation center in Malibu, where he enrolled in a recovery program.

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From 2002 to 2003, Jack Osbourne appeared in Season 6 of Dawson's Creek, playing Audrey's childhood friend.

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Jack Osbourne made cameos in The X Factor, the fifth season of That '70s Show as a DMV customer and as a dining room guest in the eighth season of Hell's Kitchen.

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Post-rehab, Osbourne went on in 2003 to star in his own show on Channel 4, Union Jack.

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Jack Osbourne showcased the effects of his weight loss with the two semi-naked photo shoots for Cosmopolitan magazine in 2005 to raise awareness of testicular cancer.

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Jack Osbourne took part in Sport Relief and faced former singer in the band S Club 7, Bradley McIntosh, in a boxing match of three one-minute rounds to raise money for the charity.

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Jack Osbourne filmed a programme in Namibia for the BBC's Saving Planet Earth series.

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Jack Osbourne took part in the Mongol Rally with News Corporation director Andrew Knight's daughter, Amaryllis Knight.

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In early August 2010, Jack Osbourne directed his first music video, for his dad's song "Life Won't Wait" from the album Scream.

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Jack Osbourne worked for Fuse News from February 2013 to early 2014.

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Jack Osbourne had a paranormal investigation show titled Haunted Highway that aired on Syfy for two six-episode seasons, during the summers of 2012 and 2013.

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Jack Osbourne currently has two paranormal television shows featured on the Travel Channel, which are Portals To Hell and The Osbournes Want To Believe with both of his parents Ozzy and Sharon.

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Jack Osbourne became engaged to fashion designer Aree Gearhart in December 2021.

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In June 2012, Jack Osbourne announced that he had been diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

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Jack Osbourne had experienced symptoms for a number of years including blindness in one eye; numbness in both legs; and problems with his bladder, bowel, and stomach.

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Jack Osbourne injects Copaxone medication daily, uses vitamin supplements and hormone replacement therapy, and has travelled to Europe for stem cell therapy.

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Jack Osbourne has made lifestyle changes such as minimizing stress, exercising regularly, and significantly altering his diet.