Kelly Osbourne isn’t holding back anymore about the brutal body shaming she’s faced throughout her life.
Speaking at the Inaugural Beacher Vitality Happy & Healthy Summit at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on May 10, the 40-year-old reality star got raw and real about how her appearance has always drawn more judgment than even her past addiction struggles. “We live in a fat-phobic world,” she told the crowd. “I have been a drug addict, an alcoholic… I’ve been a complete mess, disrespectful to people, horrible – but I got more s— for being fat than I did for anything else. It’s insane.”
And she’s not exaggerating. Kelly Osbourne’s weight loss journey has always been a major talking point in the media, often overshadowing her accomplishments or personal growth. “You’ll never read an article about me that hasn’t got a comment about my weight,” she said. It got to the point where she became numb to the passive-aggressive remarks about her body. “People [would] say, ‘You’re so pretty. Why don’t you just lose a little bit of weight, and then you’ll be the total package?’” she recalled, pointing out just how normalized that kind of backhanded “compliment” became.
But this wasn’t just about comments, it was about the toll it took mentally and emotionally. Kelly revealed that her transformation didn’t truly begin until she got into the right headspace. “I tried probably everything that there is out there, whether it be surgery, medication, diet, or exercise,” she explained. “I got my mind where I needed it to be, and everything started to fall into place.” She was clear that it’s not just about changing what you eat or how often you move your body. “You have to change your brain. You have to come to peace and acceptance about where you are in your life before you can start.”
Kelly Osbourne’s weight loss didn’t happen overnight. It came in stages, she said, and she’s been open about the different steps she took along the way, including undergoing gastric sleeve surgery. In a 2020 appearance on the Hollywood Raw podcast, she called it “the best thing I have ever done.” But she made sure to clarify that it wasn’t a magic fix. “The kind of surgery I had… if you don’t work out and you don’t eat right, you gain weight. All it does is move you in the right direction,” she said. And before even going under the knife, she did a full year of standalone therapy to mentally prepare. “What people don’t realize is, it cuts out this hormone that, if you have addiction issues, stops your craving and makes you not emotionally eat, which is a huge problem for me.”
She said repeatedly that while the surgery helped her start, it didn’t solve everything. “It doesn’t solve all your problems. It’s not a quick fix.” That idea, that you can’t “shortcut” self-love – is something Kelly’s learned through years of painful experiences and personal growth.
And her mindset has been shaped by a lot more than just social media trolls or tabloid stories. Speaking to PEOPLE in March 2024 at Clarins’ Beauty Icons event in L.A., she shared that some intense family health scares over the years forced her to reevaluate what really matters. “There’s health scare after health scare, and you have to sit there, and you have to realize what is real, what is not, what is important, what is healthy, and what makes you feel the best version of yourself,” she said. That’s what she’s focused on now, being the best version of herself, not the skinniest or the most polished.
Her story isn’t just about weight loss. It’s about resilience, mental strength, and how harmful society’s obsession with image really is. Kelly Osbourne’s weight loss journey proves that real change comes from the inside first, and maybe it’s time the world stopped obsessing over size and started caring about people.
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