Kelly Osbourne reflects on 2015 remark about Latinos cleaning Trump's toilet: 'Worst thing I've ever done'

Kelly Osbourne is looking back on one of her biggest regrets.

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the TV personality, 39, reflected on the infamous time on The View in 2015 when she put her foot in her mouth while questioning Donald Trump's hardline immigration rhetoric by making an insensitive comment herself that enforced harmful stereotypes. "Oh my God, I died," Osbourne said of the incident nearly 10 years later. "It hurt a lot of people," she acknowledged, calling it "the worst thing I've ever done."

In a moment that drew heavy criticism at the time and recently resurfaced on social media, Osbourne said on the daytime talk show, "If you kick every Latino out of this country, then who is going to be cleaning your toilet, Donald Trump?" Needless to say, the remark didn't land the way she'd hoped, including in real time when she was met with gasps from the live audience and immediately called out by The View panelists. Then-cohost Rosie Perez quickly jumped in to respond, "Latinos are not the only people doing that."

Speaking to Rolling Stone, Osbourne attempted to correct the record. "I feel very strongly that Latin American culture is the backbone of America," she said. "I believe that Latin Americans are the hardest-working people you will ever meet. And their connection to family and their culture is closer to mine than the American way. I've never tried to be American. I never wanted to be a part of a country where there's so much hate and there's so much misinformation and kick them when they're down mentality."

Osbourne went on to explain that the incident on The View came during a difficult period of her life, when she had just come out of rehab for anxiety and depression. "During that time, my dad [Ozzy Osbourne] had just cheated on my mother [Sharon Osbourne]," she said. "I was drinking to numb the pain of everything. I was a trash can when it came to drugs, whatever I could get my hands on. And I was a really broken, scared person. And then after that event, it kind of kick-started me taking a long, hard look at myself and the things that I don't like and the things that I'd like to change and the things that I'd like to keep."

Osbourne now believes that she has no business discussing matters of race. "Nobody wants to hear from a white person about race. No one. They don't," she said. "I learned that the hard way. Like I said, it is time for us to accept the change that's happening and embrace it and support it rather than being scared and feeling like someone's taking something away from you. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but like I said, it's time to sit down and shut up."

She also called on other white people to make stronger efforts to combat racism. "Everybody needs to take a long, hard look at themselves," Osbourne said. "Not everybody. That's wrong. White people need to take a long hard look, check their privilege, and be a little bit more open-minded. A lot more open-minded."

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