Sharon Osbourne has revealed the biggest regret of her management career, and it involves turning down an opportunity for her husband Ozzy to try out for a major Hollywood film franchise.
In a new interview with Music Business Worldwide, Sharon Osbourne discusses her life in artist management, having been "born into the industry" as the daughter of legendary music executive and manager Don Arden. Having started out managing Irish guitarist Gary Moore, and looking after the day-to-day affairs of the Electric Light Orchestra, Osbourne - then Sharon Arden - took on the responsibility of managing Ozzy Osbourne following his sacking from Black Sabbath in 1979, and the rest is history.
"I just saw something in Ozzy," Sharon says. "I saw that spark that he had. It was electric. Ozzy would walk into a room, and everybody would look at him. In two minutes, he had everybody laughing on the floor. He was a very charismatic young man. I just believed in it."
In the course of the interview, Osbourne is asked, Have there been any deals that you either regret making or regret not making during your career? And it turns out that she wishes she hadn't dismissed an offer to have her husband try out for a hugely successful Disney film franchise.
