Kelly Osbourne, daughter of the late Black Sabbath legend Ozzy Osbourne, unleashed a fiery response to WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch after the wrestler made controversial remarks about her father during a Monday Night Raw promo in Birmingham, England. The incident, which took place on August 25 at the BP Pulse Live arena, has sparked widespread debate among fans and drawn sharp criticism from Osbourne for its insensitivity.
During a heated exchange with rival Nikki Bella to promote their upcoming title match at WWE Clash in Paris, Lynch, playing her villainous “heel” persona, took aim at Birmingham, Ozzy’s hometown. “I am not wrestling in Birmingham,” Lynch declared to a booing crowd. “The only good thing that came out of here died a month ago. But in fairness to Ozzy Osbourne, he had the good sense to move to LA, a proper city. Because if I lived in Birmingham, I’d die too.” The comments referenced Ozzy’s death on July 22, 2025, at age 76, following a heart attack and years of health struggles, including Parkinson’s disease.
Osbourne, 40, took to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday to express her outrage, mistakenly tagging a fan account (@beckylynch.fan11) instead of Lynch’s official profile. “You are a disrespectful dirtbag!” she wrote. “Birmingham would not p*** on you if you were on fire. #BirminghamForever. Shame on the @WWE for allowing such things to be said about my father and his home!!!” Her post echoed the sentiments of many fans who found Lynch’s remarks, delivered just five weeks after Ozzy’s passing, to be in poor taste.
The backlash was swift, with fans on X calling the promo “cheap” and “classless.” One user wrote, “Scummy WWE & scummy Becky. How dare they use the death of an icon as a punchline when his family & city are still mourning?” Another noted, “Even Nikki looked dumbfounded at what Becky said.” However, some defended Lynch, arguing that her role as a heel requires provocative jabs to generate heat. “Becky’s just doing her job. It’s a wrestling angle to rile up the crowd,” one fan posted.
Ozzy Osbourne, a WWE Hall of Famer inducted in 2021, had deep ties to wrestling, having appeared at WrestleMania 2 in 1986, co-managed The British Bulldogs, and guest-hosted Raw in 2009 alongside his wife, Sharon. His connection to Birmingham, where he grew up and performed his final concert on July 5, 2025, made Lynch’s comments particularly stinging. The city recently honored Ozzy with a funeral procession, where thousands left tributes at the Black Sabbath bench.
Kelly’s response also criticized WWE for allowing the promo, which some speculate was not cleared with the Osbourne family given the timing of Ozzy’s death. Legal analyst Danny Deraney suggested on X that WWE might issue an apology if public pressure mounts, though neither Lynch nor WWE has commented as of this writing.
The incident has divided the wrestling community, with some praising Lynch’s ability to draw heat and others, like Osbourne, condemning the personal nature of the jab. As Lynch prepares to face Bella in Paris on August 31, the controversy has amplified attention on the match, though it leaves a lingering question about the line between entertainment and respect.
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