Kelly Osbourne Calls for Kindness Amid Body Shaming After the 2026 BRIT Awards

Emy LaCroixSun, March 1, 2026 at 8:03 PM UTC

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Kelly Osbourne attended the 2026 BRIT Awards on Feb. 28, where she accepted a lifetime achievement award on behalf of her late father, Ozzy Osbourne. Unfortunately, the 41-year-old was inundated with criticism for her weight loss rather than moral support or congratulations, and she had strong words for her critics on March 1.

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"There is a special kind of cruelty in harming someone who is clearly going through something," she wrote on her Instagram Story, slamming those who were commenting on her body for "kicking me while I'm down, doubting my pain, spreading my struggles as gossip, and turning your back when I need support and love most."

"None of it proves strength; it only reveals a profound absence of compassion and character," she continued. The star did not mince words or deny that she's struggling. Instead, she made an appeal for kindness and sensitivity in the face of her personal hardship.

"I'm currently going through the hardest time in my life," she concluded. "I should not even have to defend myself, but I won't sit here and allow myself to be dehumanized in such a way!"

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Recently, Osbourne revealed just how vile her comments section had become, sharing screenshots to her Story on Feb. 23. Some of the "disgusting" comments included saying she "Looks like a dead body" is "too thin and fragile" and that she "looks like she’s going to see her dad soon.”

Osbourne lost her famous father on July 22, 2025, and she hasn't been shy about expressing her heartache. In November 2025, on her brother Jack's podcast, she opened up about the one "resentment" she felt about the end of her dad's life.

"I always heard Dad going down the stairs in the morning," she remembered. "And the first thing I always said to him was, ‘Morning, Dada, I love you.’ And I'd call it out, and he'd say, ‘I love you more’ and walk down the stairs."

"And on the morning that he passed, I didn't say it," she admitted, heartbroken.

Amid the heartache of losing her father, Osbourne lost a noticable amoung of weight, and the body-shaming got so bad that even mom Sharon Osbourne had to step in. “She’s lost her daddy,” Sharon told Piers Morgan, simply stating, “She can’t eat right now.”

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