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Tuesday, April 29, 2003
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Jack Osbourne, the 17-year-old son of heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne, has checked into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic, People magazine reported.
The teenager entered Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena on April 23, according to the issue appearing on newsstands Friday. "I got caught up in my new lifestyle and got carried away with drugs and alcohol," Osbourne told the magazine. "Once I realized this, I voluntarily checked myself into a detox facility for my own health and well-being." The magazine said Osbourne acknowledged to his mother, Sharon, in January that he was overindulging in marijuana and alcohol.
Jack Osbourne is the youngest of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne's three children. He and his 18-year-old sister, Kelly, became international stars with the success of MTV's reality show The Osbournes. Their older sister, Aimee, didn't take part.
"It takes a lot of courage and strength to admit you need help, and both Sharon and I are proud Jack is facing his problems head-on," Ozzy Osbourne said.
Ozzy Osbourne has been candid, both on and off the show, about his decades of battles with substance abuse. The second season began in November on a sombre note, with the 54-year-old rock star boozing heavily to cope with his wife's diagnosis of colon cancer.
He has said since that Sharon Osborne is cancer-free after months of treatment.
In an interview last year, 50-year-old Sharon Osbourne told People magazine, "Kelly was four months old and being wheeled around the Betty Ford Center."
"The kids have always known what it does, and they know they're not going to get away if they mess with it," she said.
Last summer, Jack Osbourne injured his arm when he jumped off the Malibu Pier while surfing with members of the rock band Incubus. He also made a cameo on the TV series Dawson's Creek.
? Copyright 2003 The Canadian Press
It's funny how they get let into any club and bar they want, when the bouncers all know how young he and his sister are...
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Jack Osbourne, the 17-year-old son of heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne, has checked into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic, People magazine reported.
The teenager entered Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena on April 23, according to the issue appearing on newsstands Friday. "I got caught up in my new lifestyle and got carried away with drugs and alcohol," Osbourne told the magazine. "Once I realized this, I voluntarily checked myself into a detox facility for my own health and well-being." The magazine said Osbourne acknowledged to his mother, Sharon, in January that he was overindulging in marijuana and alcohol.
Jack Osbourne is the youngest of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne's three children. He and his 18-year-old sister, Kelly, became international stars with the success of MTV's reality show The Osbournes. Their older sister, Aimee, didn't take part.
"It takes a lot of courage and strength to admit you need help, and both Sharon and I are proud Jack is facing his problems head-on," Ozzy Osbourne said.
Ozzy Osbourne has been candid, both on and off the show, about his decades of battles with substance abuse. The second season began in November on a sombre note, with the 54-year-old rock star boozing heavily to cope with his wife's diagnosis of colon cancer.
He has said since that Sharon Osborne is cancer-free after months of treatment.
In an interview last year, 50-year-old Sharon Osbourne told People magazine, "Kelly was four months old and being wheeled around the Betty Ford Center."
"The kids have always known what it does, and they know they're not going to get away if they mess with it," she said.
Last summer, Jack Osbourne injured his arm when he jumped off the Malibu Pier while surfing with members of the rock band Incubus. He also made a cameo on the TV series Dawson's Creek.
? Copyright 2003 The Canadian Press
It's funny how they get let into any club and bar they want, when the bouncers all know how young he and his sister are...
