Dee Snider is once again apologizing to Kelly Osbourne over the comments he made about her father, the late, great Ozzy Osbourne.
Videos by Wide Open Country
What Did Dee Snider Say About Ozzy Osbourne?
The moment happened last week when someone on social media referenced bassist Bob Daisley's claim that he wrote most of the lyrics for Ozzy's solo album No Rest for the Wicked, setting off the dispute over the legend's songwriting legacy. As the story goes, Daisley was fired, and his lyrics were no longer needed.
Snider, the former frontman for 1980s metal band Twisted Sister, then entered the chat. He quote-tweeted the claim with the following caption:
"'A load'? How about ALL the lyrics? Ozzy always had bass players write his lyrics. @geezerbutler wrote ALL of @BlackSabbath lyrics. Daisley wrote lyrics for the first two solo albums (I'm pretty sure he was paid to write on other records but not credited) & Lemmy [Kilmister] wrote lyrics."
Kelly then defended Ozzy and called out Snider on her Instagram Stories.
"@deesnider your last hit... not to age myself was the year I was born over 40 years ago," she wrote. "There's something spectacularly classless about Dee Snider trying to diminish my father Ozzy Osbourne and his extraordinary abilities and achievements when he is no longer here to challenge his allegations."
Snider apologized right away, adding that Ozzy was "always lovely" to him and that Black Sabbath changed his life. "As a songwriter I can be a little touchy about credit and royalties," he added.
Kelly again responded by stating Snider's initial apology was a "backhanded compliment."
"Apparently the association is offensive when it comes to royalties, but remarkably convenient when the spotlight starts to fade," she wrote. "So, in the immortal spirit of Will Smith: keep my father's name out of your f***ing mouth. You are nothing but yesterday's headline begging for tomorrow's attention."
Snider Is Apologizing Again
Snider once again quote-tweeted a user on X to apologize to Kelly for his comments about Ozzy.
"From what I saw on Instagram, Kelly seemed hurt because she took it as diminishing Ozzy's legacy — not because the songwriting history itself is false," the user wrote. "Text strips away tone. I know you respect Ozzy. If it were me, I'd simply say: 'I'm sorry it hurt you. That was never my intent.'"
Snider captioned that by adding, "Thank you Steve, I've been looking for the right response."
He then addressed Kelly directly in another follow-up post.
He wrote, "I'm sorry what I said hurt you. It was never my intent. My sympathies on the loss of your dad."
