“He was the greatest love of my life — and I was just a ‘bump in the road’ to him?” — Michelle Pugh finally breaks her silence on the affair that nearly ended the Osbournes

Ozzy Osbourne‘s former mistress, Michelle Pugh, considered him the “greatest love” of her life after the years-long affair that ended in 2016.

The 76-year-old rockstar passed away on July 22 with his wife of over four decades, Sharon Osbourne, by his side. However, the couple’s ups and downs have been well documented over the years, including Ozzy’s affair with Pugh.

Ozzy had a four-year affair with Pugh, who worked as his hairstylist at the time, leading to his brief 2016 split from Sharon. After the couple reconciled later that same year, Ozzy told Good Morning America that he and Sharon were “back on track” after a “bump in the road.” However, when Pugh opened up about the affair for the first time a month later, the situation seemed a lot worse than how Ozzy had characterized it.

“When I say he gave me the greatest love of my life, I mean it,” she told People in August 2016. “He made me feel like the most beautiful and worshipped woman in the world.”

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Pugh claimed that Ozzy was “unhappy” in his marriage with Sharon and “consistently and willingly and generously” gave her “his love.” She added, “We just had it. It’s that indescribable thing in life, and you can’t deny it. And he didn’t.”

Ozzy Osbourne's Mistress Michelle Pugh Calls Him Love of Her Life

Pugh added that she was no longer in touch with Ozzy, which was a “struggle every day” for her. “I wake from my dreams, which some nights he’s in, and for a minute when I wake I’m peaceful,” she said. “Then the absence sets in. It’s horrible.”

Reps for Ozzy shut down Pugh’s claims in a statement to People. “He is sorry if Ms. Pugh took their sexual relationship out of context,” the statement read. “He would like to apologize to the other women he has been having sexual relationships with. Since his relationship with Ms. Pugh was exposed, Ozzy has gone into intense therapy.”

Ozzy and Sharon, who married in 1982, remained together until Ozzy’s death. She remained by his side through recent health issues, including Parkinson’s Disease and spinal surgeries. In a 2024 interview with Blabbermouth, Ozzy said, “Sharon is like my soulmate — sometimes I love her, sometimes I don’t love her, sometimes I’m angry with her, sometimes I’m crazy about her, sometimes I’m very jealous of her, sometimes I wanna f – – king kill her.”

The couple shares three children, Aimee, Kelly and Jack. Ozzy also had three older children, Elliot, Jessica and Louis, from his first marriage to Thelma Riley.