Sharon Osbourne discusses her husband Ozzy's health with broadcaster Jeremy Paxman in new ITV documentary, Paxman: Putting Up with Parkinson's. In the film, 72-year-old Paxman reflects on living with Parkinson's disease and how life has been since his formal diagnosis, 18 months ago. In January 2020, singer songwriter Ozzy Osbourne, 73, revealed that he was diagnosed with the illness in 2003.
Over the course of the hour-long film, Jeremy speaks to several high profile people about how Parkinson's has impacted them. In emotional scenes, Sharon tells Jeremy that, however hard it is for her, she feels that the situation is much worse for her husband. “Suddenly, your life just stops. Life as you knew it. So when I look at my husband, my heart breaks for him,” she reveals.
Sharon continues: “Sometimes, I’m looking at him and he doesn’t know that I’m looking at him and I’m crying.” Sharon regularly keeps Ozzy's fans updated on her husband's health, as he rarely makes public appearances.
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Despite this, Sharon did reveal that there are some positive things to come out of Ozzy’s Parkinson’s diagnosis. She revealed that her family now spends more time together and that she loves her husband “more than [she] did three years ago”. She then assures Jeremy that Ozzy tries very hard with his physiotherapy.
“There must have been times where you thought that he must be off his head on something?” Jeremy asks and she describes how Ozzy “always was” - referring to his well publicised relationship with drink and drugs. Despite this, she says Ozzy has greatly benefited from CBD and that it helps to relax him when sleeping.
Elsewhere in the programme, Paxman details how his own diagnosis for Parkinson's came when his doctor saw him on TV, presenting University Challenge. The news was broken to him after he collapsed whilst walking his dog. The doctor treating him then revealed that he looked like he had "Parkinson's mask" - a side effect of the illness. According to the NHS website, Parkinson’s disease is a condition in which parts of the brain become progressively damaged over many years.
Paxman: Putting Up with Parkinson's will see the veteran broadcaster meet experts who are at the leading edge of research. In the film, he also speaks to actress Jane Asher, who is also the President of Parkinson's UK to learn more about the illness and bust some of the myths surrounding it. The documentary airs at 9pm on ITV on Tuesday, October 4.
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