Sharon Osbourne dumps cheating hubby Ozzy after star’s ‘fling’ with celebrity hairdresser
Rocker sparks fears of relapse after he goes missing
RAGING Sharon Osbourne booted husband Ozzy out of their mansion last week — and has still not allowed the “sheepish” rocker back.
She told the 67-year-old star she had proof he had been having an affair with rock-obsessed celebrity hairstylist Michelle Pugh, 45.
The Black Sabbath frontman then went missing for a couple of days after their furious bust-up – sparking fears he had relapsed into drink and drugs.
But he has since been in touch with the couple’s children and is staying at an LA hotel.
Yesterday “rock chick” Michelle cancelled a string of appointments at work, where her celebrity clients include Jennifer Lopez and actress Alicia Silverstone.
Her boss at top LA hair salon Meche said she had called in with what was described as a “personal emergency”.
The Osbournes’ publicist last night confirmed Ozzy was not at their $10million home in Beverly Hills — where a bouquet and a card had been delivered to 63-year-old Sharon.
Our source said: “Sharon went ballistic with Ozzy and accused him of having the affair.
“She said she had suspected something had been going on for some time and now had proof.
“People are wondering whether Sharon went through Ozzy’s phone before accusing him.
“She has done that before but in the past she was checking if he’d been using drugs.
“Ozzy was extremely sheepish and admitted being close to Michelle.
“It is likely Sharon has discovered calls and possibly meetings.”
The source added of the singer, who has battled drink and drugs demons for decades and nearly died in a quad bike accident in 2003: “When you look at Ozzy you have to wonder whether he is capable of a full-blown affair.
“But Sharon has definitely accused him, whether she’s got things muddled up or not.”
The couple — married for 34 years and parents to Aimee, 33, Kelly, 31, and Jack, 30 — are known to have one of the most explosive marriages in showbiz.
They split temporarily in 2013 after Ozzy fell off the wagon and started drinking and taking drugs again — but sources say this time it could be for good.
After last week’s bust-up Ozzy took refuge in the posh Beverly Hills Hotel.
Family and friends did not hear from him for two days – sparking fears he may have fallen off the wagon.
But our source said last night: “I don’t think Ozzy has relapsed, and has now been in touch with Jack and Kelly.
“But he is not speaking to Sharon and she has not let him back into the house.
“Ozzy went straight to the Beverly Hills hotel which is very near their home.
“He is well known there and has been there before when they’ve had rows.
“Their marriage is like Tom and Jerry and very up and down.
“But it could be over for good this time.”
Sharon began to grow suspicious of Ozzy’s relationship with Michelle, who lives alone in North Hollywood.
She moved to LA aged 18 in a bid to make it in music but instead became a hairstylist to the stars ten years ago.
On her salon Meche’s website she is described as being “inspired by rock and roll as much as she is by nature”.
Michelle, who has a number of distinctive tattoos, idolises legendary heavy metal band Metallica, who Ozzy has performed with.
The source added: “It is easy to see why Ozzy could have developed a relationship with Michelle.
“She is a real rock ’n’ roll chick and would have liked to be a rock star herself.”
Last night Michelle had removed recent posts from her Instagram account.
One included the cryptic: “Love isn’t keeping someone in your corral and under thumb, love is letting someone be with you who they can’t with most — themselves.”
She wrote on another: “Love IS all there is.
“A wise man said this to me recently, and it hasn’t left my mind.”
Ozzy is currently on a break from Black Sabbath’s global farewell tour The End.
Last month the band played gigs in Australia and New Zealand and are due to perform a string of dates in Europe in June.
A separate source said last night: “Sharon is absolutely furious – like a woman scorned.
“If Ozzy wants to get his marriage back on track before he goes to Europe he may have his work cut out.
“Ozzy and Sharon are always arguing and she’s kicked him out before but it feels more than that this time.
“It’s hanging by a thread.”
In 1989 Ozzy blacked out after a five-day vodka binge and almost strangled Sharon.
He was arrested for attempted murder but she did not press charges.
The couple split in April 2013 over Ozzy’s relapse into drink and drugs – but Sharon took him back the following month.
Ozzy confessed at the time: “I was in a very dark place and was an a**hole to the people I love most, my family.
“I’m happy to say I’m now 44 days sober.
“Sharon and I are not divorcing.”
Sharon, who had gone through his phone, later wrote of the crisis: “There were texts going back months – asking people for drugs and saying, ‘Don’t tell the old girl.’ It was all there.
“Everything I knew I’d find but desperately hoped I wouldn’t.
“My husband was abusing again.
“I thought, ‘I can’t carry this anymore. I’m tired. I want a divorce’.”
Their marriage has been rocked by accusations of cheating before.
Sharon told a US TV show in March: “We used to have four nannies because I had three children.
“And I’m telling you they were the bane of my existence.
“I caught two of them in bed with Ozzy at different times.
“And it goes on and on.”
In 2011, Sharon revealed that Ozzy thought she was having an affair with her make-up artist.
She brought the man – and his male partner – to meet Ozzy but he was still not convinced.
Sharon also battled colon cancer in 2002 and underwent a double mastectomy two years later after discovering she was at greater risk of breast cancer.
Last month she came out as bisexual.
Sharon and Ozzy’s spokesman Gary Farrow said last night: “At this time Ozzy is not at the marital home.”