Kelly Osbourne paid a playful tribute to her legendary father, Ozzy Osbourne, this Halloween with a nod to one of rock’s most talked-about moments. The TV personality shared a TikTok video of her nearly three-year-old son, Sidney — who she shares with Slipknot’s Sid Wilson — biting the head off a stuffed bat.
In the clip, Sidney grins mischievously as he grips the toy bat in his teeth and tears off its head, all while Ozzy’s “Crazy Train” blares in the background. Osbourne captioned the video, “Learned from the greatest, Papa!” — a tongue-in-cheek reference to her father’s notorious 1982 stunt.
Fans quickly filled the comments section with admiration for the lighthearted homage and the striking resemblance between young Sidney and his grandfather. “That smile — he’s definitely a little Ozzy,” one user wrote, while another added, “Before I even saw who posted this I thought, ‘He even looks like Ozzy.’”
The Bite That Became Rock Legend
Ozzy Osbourne’s bat-biting incident remains one of the most infamous moments in rock history. On January 20, 1982, during a concert at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa, 17-year-old fan Mark Neal threw a dead bat onto the stage. Thinking it was a rubber prop, Osbourne picked it up and bit its head off in front of thousands of stunned fans.
In his 2009 memoir I Am Ozzy, the Black Sabbath frontman recalled the shocking realization that followed:
“For a start, my mouth was instantly full of this warm, gloopy liquid, with the worst aftertaste you could ever imagine. I could feel it staining my teeth and running down my chin.”
Osbourne was rushed to the hospital for a series of rabies shots and continued treatment throughout the rest of his tour. Despite the gruesome aftermath, the moment became inseparable from his on-stage persona — “The Prince of Darkness.”
A Family Tradition in Rock Mythology
More than four decades later, the legendary stunt continues to echo through pop culture — this time, through the next generation of Osbournes. Kelly’s TikTok post offered a humorous, family-friendly spin on her father’s darkly iconic moment, even featuring a plush version of the bat sold on Ozzy’s official website.
The video not only celebrates Halloween but also serves as a reminder of the Osbourne family’s lasting presence in rock mythology — equal parts outrageous, self-aware, and unapologetically entertaining.
