This Morning’s Alison Hammond was on the verge of tears as she revealed she was invited to go to Ozzy Osbourne’s last Black Sabbath gig, days before his death, but didn’t go

Alison Hammond became emotional as she revealed a major Ozzy Osbourne regret live on television. The presenter, 50, was in her usual hosting duties as she presented This Morning on Wednesday following the news that the Black Sabbath rocker had died at the age of 76, and revealed that the music legend’s son Jack had invited her to what turned out to be his final ever gig in their shared hometown of Birmingham at Villa Park – but she missed the text message.

She said: “It’s so so sad. Do you wanna know something? I had a message from Jack saying ‘Come to the concert.’ I didn’t see the message. He said ‘My mum wants to extend the invitation.’ I didn’t see the message, and literally, I looked at it today and I missed it.” The Big Brother legend was on the verge of tears as she admitted: “I feel so, so bad because I could’ve gone to see him. I’m so sad. But I did watch the concert and I thought it was unbelievable.”

Alison was joined by Dermot O’Leary, Camilla Tominey, and Tom Swarbrick to discuss the sad news

Alison was joined by Dermot O’Leary, Camilla Tominey, and Tom Swarbrick to discuss the sad news of the rock icon’s death, but when the topic turned to the reality show Ozzy and his famous family spearheaded in the early 2000s, things took an even more emotional turn. Remembering her fondness for the groundbreaking series, Alison took a deep breath to stop the tears and said: “It was so good.”

Meanwhile, prior to landing This Morning, Dermot was best known as presenter of The X Factor during its heyday and when Ozzy’s wife Sharon served as a judge, which meant he got to meet the late music star when he made guest appearances on the competition.

He said: “Behind it, they were just lovely, normal people. I met him a few times, I was really lucky. We did judges’ houses a few times. Quite often, you’d go to a nice hotel and say it was judges’ houses. But Simon’s house, and Sharon’s house, you literally went to their house. Sharon’s house was amazing.”

Dermot noted that the house was just ‘full of love’ and whilst Ozzy appeared to be ‘bemused’ by the ITV format that found stars such as One Direction, Little Mix and Leona Lewis, he was always ‘so lovely’ when they filmed in his house.

He recalled: “They moved a lot of the time, so you’d often go do a different… You’d be brought into this scene of brilliant domesticity, they were like lovebirds. It was so sweet to see. As soon as you walked in, you walked into a family full of love. There would be dogs everywhere, cats climbing up the wall. Loads of staff, but not staff, they were all family.

“You could be filming Sharon and Ozzy was just shuffling in the background. He was so bemused by The X Factor, but was always lovely. Once I went to the toilet, I tried to find it, ended up in his study and I was like ‘Oh God, I shouldn’t be here!’ And he crept out and we bumped into each other and he said ‘Let me show you!'”

It comes just weeks after the frontman performed on stage for the final time for his Back to the Beginning show at the home of of Aston Villa, Villa Park. The family statement announcing his death read: “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love.

“We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis.” The family message was preceded by a location stamp, that read: “Birmingham, England July 22, 2025” – revealing that Ozzy made it back home for one last time.