Dee Snider apologises to Kelly Osbourne over Ozzy comments: “I’m sorry what I said hurt you”

Dee Snider has issued an apology to Kelly Osbourne about his comments about her late father, Ozzy , saying that he was sorry for “hurting” her with the remarks.

READ MORE: Ozzy Osbourne, 1948-2025: culture-smashing revolutionary that redefined rock and reality TV The spat between the two of them started earlier this month, when Snider took to social media and suggested that Ozzy’s songwriting contributions were overstated on the credits of his solo and Black Sabbath discography.

First, a fan highlighted how Motörhead ‘s Lemmy is credited with co-writing a number of songs on Ozzy’s 1991 ‘No More Tears’ album, including ‘I Don’t Want to Change the World’, ‘Mama, I’m Coming Home’ and ‘Hellraiser’.

“I know too much about the truth behind the scenes.

Let’s just say that [Osbourne’s wife and longtime manager] Sharon doesn’t like to share,” Snider wrote in a reply.

Another user then wrote about how bassist Bob Daisley had written a “load” for Ozzy before being fired in the early ’80s, to which Snider responded: “A load? How about ALL the lyrics? Ozzy always had bass players write his lyrics.” "A load"? How about ALL the lyrics? Ozzy always had bass players write his lyrics. @geezerbutler wrote ALL of @BlackSabbath lyrics.

Daisley wrote lyrics for the first two solo albums (I'm pretty sure he was paid to write on other records but not credited) & Lemmy wrote lyrics. https://t.co/yRTF19ro4w — Dee Snider (@deesnider) August 12, 2026 The comments sparked a response from Ozzy’s daughter, Kelly , who then made a series of posts online accusing the Twister Sister vocalist of diminishing her late father’s musical contributions.

“My father’s legacy as a musician, songwriter, singer and bandleader speaks for itself,” she wrote, before later aiming directly at the singer.

“Your last hit … not to age myself was the year I was born over 40 years ago.” She continued: “There’s something spectacularly classless about Dee Snider trying to diminish my father Ozzy Osbourne and his extraordinary abilities and achievements when he’s no longer here to challenge his allegations.

“Particularly when Snider cannot claim to know the private reality of my father’s life simply by looking in from the outside or from hearsay from a delusional man with a vendetta against my father, when to the best of my knowledge they were maybe in the same room once if even at all.” She went on to compare their respective careers, nodding to Ozzy’s towering influence over heavy metal, which she said would “continue to influence generations long after all of us are gone”, while “the music industry moved on from Snider’s commercial peak decades ago”.

Snider then tried to clear the air last Friday (August 14), writing: “To be clear, I HAVE NOTHING BUT LOVE FOR OZZY.

He was always lovely to me.