Aimee, the eldest child of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, told Rolling Stone that she plans on putting out singles rather than albums for the foreseeable future.
The MTV series, which starred Ozzy, his wife Sharon, and children Jack and Kelly, aired from 2002-2005 and paved the way for personality-driven reality TV shows. Although the show helped Jack and Kelly to launch their own careers, the eldest sibling made the decision to opt out of participating.
In an appearance on the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, Osbourne was asked how she handled Aimee’s decision to stay out of the limelight.
“Yes it was [a discussion] in the beginning,” she said. “It was very, very hard on me because we were traveling all over the world, we were doing a million things and Aimee wasn’t a part of it. It made me feel terrible because I didn’t have my whole family.
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“She just didn’t want the attention. She was 18, that’s a tough age for a girl, and she just didn’t want it.”
Aimee went on to launch a music career under the stage name ARO but Osbourne maintained that she still has no interest in fame.
“She doesn’t like it, no. She loves writing, she loves singing, but she doesn’t want to be a pop star,” she said. “She wants to be a professional singer and writer. That’s it. She’s not looking for fame and power. She’s happy doing what she does.”
The singer previously said that appearing on the show would have had a negative impact on her music career, “and I felt if I’d stayed with The Osbournes and done the whole thing, I would have been typecast right away.”
