YUNGBLUD SLAMS 'BITTER AND JEALOUS' ROCK STARS OVER OZZY OSBOURNE TRIBUTE BACKLASH
Yungblud has hit back at "bitter and jealous" rockers who criticised his tribute to Ozzy Osbourne at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 28-year-old artist, real name Dominic Harrison, joined forces with Extreme's Nuno Bettencourt and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry at last month's VMAs to honour the late Black Sabbath legend, who died aged 76 in July.
However, the performance didn't sit well with everyone. The Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins dismissed it as "another nail in the coffin of rock n roll".
His brother Justin chimed in on his YouTube channel, Justin Hawkins Rides Again, stating: "Yungblud seems to have positioned himself as a natural heir to the Ozzy legacy, having nothing to do with the really important stuff."
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Now, Yungblud and Ozzy's son Jack Osbourne have clapped back on Jack's podcast, Trying Not To Die.
The I Think I'm Okay singer defended his intentions, saying: "I think the strangest thing about that was all I was trying to do was my best for your old man, because he gave me such a gift."
He went on to criticise those who tried to overanalyse the tribute: "When people try and intellectualise a sense of spirit and six musicians on a stage going 'f****** love you man', it's just bitter and jealous.
"They are doing the things they say we are doing – they're trying to insert themselves into a conversation to obtain some kind of relevancy, on the back of us honouring one of the greatest rock stars that ever lived – and then they talk about authenticity and stuff like that."
Getting emotional, Jack himself maintained "these people didn't f****** know" how involved Dom was in Ozzy's life.
Jack continued: "They don't know the f****** story of it, the things we know, and I was kind of like, 'F*** you dude'.
"Dom meant something to my dad, my dad meant something to Dom. I texted you the night of the gig and I said, 'F****** crush it.'"
Yungblud hit out at The Darkness, arguing that anyone slamming the tribute weren't "real rock stars".
He declared: "Anyone bigger than you or more emotionally evolved will never talk down on you.
"Your dad [Ozzy] would never do that, [Metallica's] James Hetfield would never do that, Kerry King would never do that. [They] don't need to. They're just like, 'You know what? That's sick.'
"People forget that rock is dictated by the people. The people are what make something rock and roll.
"And as far as I'm concerned, the people f****** loved it, and we got to put your dad's face in front of another 100 million people that night and keep that legacy alive."
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2025-10-08T07:37:14Z