We’ve all heard that Black Sabbath’s grand farewell present raised some huge cash for charity, however it didn’t rake in practically $200 million, regardless of some early claims. Actually, Sharon Osbourne has revealed the ultimate determine to be nearer to $11 million. Nonetheless not a drop within the bucket, thoughts.

Whereas Ozzy Osbourne’s late spouse known as the inflated claims “ridiculous” from the beginning, the newest episode of The Osbournes Podcast sees Sharon sharing precisely how a lot cash was raised. “It raised 11 million, [minus] the associated fee [to put on the gig],” she explains [via Blabbermouth]. “We paid the price of bringing all people in, the lodging, the whole lot.”

She additionally clarifies that, regardless of the quantity of high-profile artists showing, “nobody obtained paid” to be there. “No person requested for a penny,” she explains. “They gave their time, their efforts, the whole lot totally free. Individuals have been simply so beneficiant.”

Whereas Sharon notes that it might have been unimaginable to have raised $190 million, the crew have been greater than happy with the quantity earned. “It was nowhere close to [$190 million], and I want that it was, however we live in actuality, in the true world,” she says.

After all, Black Sabbath’s remaining present would additionally function a farewell to Ozzy himself, with the metallic legend passing away simply weeks after. Elsewhere in The Osbournes Podcast episode, Sharon and her two youngsters, Jack and Kelly Osbourne, replicate on how the world responded to Ozzy’s dying. “So many individuals have reached out to us,” Sharon says. “It’s simply been overwhelmingly great… I simply need all people to know that the whole lot that has been despatched to us we’ve learn, and we admire it.”

“The outpouring of affection has been so useful to us,” she continues. “I by no means might have even imagined it to be as useful because it has been, realizing that we aren’t alone in our grief and our disappointment. The remainder of the world beloved him as a lot as we did.”

“I haven’t seen an outpouring like that since Princess Diana died – I didn’t anticipate it!” Kelly chimes in. She later provides that the love really got here from all over the place, nothing “it wasn’t simply the heavy metallic neighborhood, it was your complete world” sharing their condolences and tributes to the Prince of Darkness.

You’ll be able to watch the whole lot of the newest Osbournes Podcast episode under.