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Ozzy Osbourne ‘not proud’ of affair that broke wife Sharon’s heart

(L-R) Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne speak onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
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(L-R) Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne speak onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
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Ozzy Osbourne is speaking out about his infidelity.

Of the “pretty outrageous things” the Black Sabbath frontman has done, he pointed to cheating on wife Sharon as his regret, when asked by British GQ in a candid new interview published Thursday.

“I don’t do it any more. I got my reality check and I’m lucky she didn’t leave me,” said the rocker, who turns 72 next week. “I’m not proud of that. I was pissed off with myself. But I broke her heart.”

(L-R) Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne speak onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
(L-R) Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne speak onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

The “Paranoid” singer and the co-host of “The Talk,” 68, married in 1982 and share three children, Aimee, Kelly, and Jack.

They split in May 2016 after reports that the then-67-year-old rocker had had an affair with his hairstylist, Michelle Pugh.

That July, Sharon announced on her daytime talk show that she forgave him.

“It’s going [to] take a long time to trust, but we’ve been together 36 years, 34 of marriage … I just can’t think of my life without him,” she said at the time, joking that her “dirty dog” of a husband would “pay big.”

The pair reconciled that September after reports he and Michelle were no longer together.

“It’s a rock & roll thing — you rock and you roll. I’m lucky she didn’t walk out. Now I’m coming on five years clean and sober, and I’ve realized what a f–king idiot I was,” the Prince of Darkness told Rolling Stone the following year, when discussing his marriage. “When I said, ‘Don’t get caught by your missus,’ I’m not proud of all that s–t. I upset my wife and I upset my family and I made a lot of shock and shame. I love my wife, and it made me realize what a f–king idiot I’ve been.”

Ultimately, he said, “She’s made a few mistakes, and so have I. … Sometimes, I’ve looked at my wife and I’ve just been angry as f–k, and vice versa. Other times, I go, ‘F–k, I love you.'”