Loose Women star Jane Moore made a special appearance on the lunchtime chat show to recall her friendship with the late Black Sabbath star Ozzy Osbourne following his death

TV star Jane Moore has recalled her last meeting with her close friend Ozzy Osbourne before he died.

The Loose Women star, 63, was close friends with the Black Sabbath rocker and his wife Sharon. And, following his death on Tuesday at the age of 76 following numerous health issues, she has recalled going to his final gig just weeks ago and explained that he was “nervous” before he went on stage. The journalist is currently on holiday but appeared on the ITV lunchtime show via video link where she spoke of her ‘shock’ at his death.

She said: “It was an incredible shock. I’m on holiday out in France and I first got a call mid-afternoon. To be honest, I didn’t believe it. Ozzy has been subject to so many online hoaxes about his death over the years so I just thought it was another one. I only saw him just over two weeks ago when he did his farewell concert with Black Sabbath in Villa Park Birmingham, which is just a couple of minutes from the house he grew up in.

“As everyone knows, Ozzy, because of Parkinson’s, was in a wheelchair so they had to work out how to get out of him. Quite an achievement, he sang four solo songs and then four with Black Sabbath sitting down.” Discussing her last meeting with Ozzy, which occurred backstage before the gig, Jane said: “Sharon took me to see him in his dressing room just before he went on stage and he was nervous because it was his home town and his home crowd but it was an unqualified success. ”

Jane also pointed out just how “sad” Ozzy’s passing is because he was very much compos mentis up until the end, as she said: “I stayed for a bit after the concert and when I left, there was loads of crowds still hanging around. Big, tough looking biker fans just crying with joy at having seen their idol. It’s incredibly sad because mentally, he was still there.”

The former I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here star, who spoke to Kaye Adams, Coleen Nolan, Kelle Bryan and Sue Cleaver, even moved in with the Osbourne clan when she was working as a ghost writer on Sharon’s memoir and recalled having early morning chats with the late rock star during that time, and explained: “I’d wake up very early in the morning, write up yesterday’s notes before the next day started. But Ozzy used to get up really early to talk to me and because I trained as a journalist in Birmingham, I’m used to the accent so I could understand it when a lot of people in LA just didn’t know what he was saying. He was so he was pleased to have someone to chat with, and he had so many funny stories.”

Jane Moore was left ‘sad’ and ‘shocked’ following Ozzy’s death(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

Last year, Jane was invited to interview Sharon on her UK tour, and spoke about how the pair were dedicated to each other right up until the end despite the ‘tempestuous’ nature of their marriage. She said: “They had a tempestuous marriage, I did a Sharon with tour last year, she did a talk show on stage where I interviewed her.

“She’s probably the most honest person I’ve interviewed in my life. She freely admitted they were co-dependent, she said ‘I can’t live without him and he can’t live without me…’ and he used to say the same.”

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne were very much in love(Image: Getty Images for MTV)

News of Ozzy’s death broke on Wednesday evening, and it came after a number of health woes for the legendary music star. 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.