Kelly Osbourne opens up on bond with Melissa Rivers after Ozzy's death

Kelly Osbourne is opening up about the close bond she shares with Melissa Rivers, a relationship rooted in her formative years working alongside Melissa's mother, Joan Rivers. 

Speaking with Hello! magazine in an interview published Monday, August 31, Osbourne, 41, reflected warmly on her time on Fashion Police. 

"The best working years of my life were working side by side with Joan Rivers. I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the world. I was like her apprentice... I learnt so much from her."

That connection extended naturally to Joan's daughter, Melissa, 58, who Osbourne says showed up for her during one of the hardest moments of her life. 

"Her daughter, Melissa, was one of the first people I called when my dad passed. She was really there for me," Osbourne said. 

"Being able to work under somebody so incredible, fearless, funny, a powerhouse, I was lucky."

Osbourne's father, Ozzy Osbourne, died at 76 in July 2025 following a battle with Parkinson's disease. 

She's continued to speak candidly about her grief since, telling Hello!: "Time is the most important thing we have. Life is so precious. Trust me, if you could love someone back into this world, he'd be sitting next to me right now. But you can't, it's just gone. I encourage people to love more. Tell someone you love them when you feel it." 

Melissa Rivers understands that kind of loss firsthand, her mother, Joan, died at 81 in September 2014 after complications during a routine throat procedure, a death that later led Melissa to settle a malpractice lawsuit against the doctors involved.