Posted on 04/05/2002 12:00:16 PM PST by TMC_13
Wildman rocker Ozzy Osbourne has reportedly been invited to dinner at the White House by US president George W Bush, according to reports. It follows the hugely successful launch of a new reality TV show following the UK singer and his family.
I thought I'd be on a wanted poster on the wall, not invited to his place to tea
Ozzy Osbourne The Osbournes has become music channel MTV's biggest ever hit in the US, with more than three million viewers and President Bush is said to be a huge fan.
Osbourne said he was stunned to be invited, according to the Express newspaper.
He said: "I thought I'd be on a wanted poster on the wall, not invited to his place to tea."
Family values
The TV show follows the real-life family sagas of the former Black Sabbath frontman - previously better known for stage antics like biting the head off a bat than for being a family man.
Osbourne, 53, his wife and manager Sharon and their children Kelly, 17, and Jack, 16, have all been filmed going about their daily lives in their Beverly Hills home.
Osbourne's other daughter Aimee refused to take part in the programme, and even moved out of the family home while filming took place.
Osbourne suffered from drink and drug problems in the past
Viewers see Osbourne giving his children advice on sex, drink and drugs, arguing with neighbours who keep him awake at night by playing folk music too loud and having to seek advice from his son on how to use a new digital TV.
The singer, originally from Birmingham, made his name in heavy metal band Black Sabbath and earned a reputation as one of the wildest rock stars.
He has battled drink and drug addictions, been notorious for trashing cars and hotel rooms, bitten the head off a live dove in a meeting with record executives and spent time in jail after urinating on The Alamo.
He still releases solo albums and heads the popular annual Ozzfest rock festival.
Viewers will also see scenes such as the family moving home, and packing boxes with one marked "linens" and another marked "dead things".
The show will start on 25 May on MTV UK and Ireland.
Who'd a thunk it? Gangsta Rappers and the GOP. :-)
Maybe it was some sort of miscommunication - mixing up O.G. (original gangsta) with GOP
Has the president gone mad, or what?
LOL! What next, illegal alien awards dinner?
Everybody under the age of 65 grew up with rock and roll. Fans of Perry Como and the Andrew Sisters are dying off fast.
Jesus REALLY exists, and has a definable, knowable personality. He knows what we are doing.
Likewise Satan REALLY exists, and has a definable, knowable, personality. He knows enough to try to influence us, here on earth.
If one REALLY believes in Jesus, he would find the very notion of a rock band named Black Sabbath, to be odious, unspeakable, something to run from. Something that would make one cringe. Not entertaining in the least. A threat to one's soul.
If you ponder this one, you will come to the same conclusion.
And I speak to you as someone who, years ago, had all their albums and really liked their group, and whose parents tried to point out that he was satanic, and I said the same thing you guys are saying now. ---Nahhhhhhhhh...
He basically advised them to knock it off.
He did not befriend them and approve of what they were doing.
He was pretty hard core, definitely not a wimp.
No need to be sorry, LOL! I almost fell out of my chair when I read that this guy spent time in jail after urinating on the Alamo. Extremely laughable is right! This is way funny!!
This isn't surprising at all. It has to do with money. Many of these guys went from poverty to wealth and realized that under the democrats, they'd forfeit their wealth to taxes. Many black pro-atheletes have switched over to the GOP for this reason as well.
I think Charles Barkley said it best. When asked how he could support "the party of the rich" he reminded the interviewer that he *was* rich!
That would be great.
Regards, caddie.
I just laughed SO HARD out loud, people came running into my office to know what was so funny.
Yeah, it's like watching a car wreck, full of bleeps!! Every 30 seconds the tv is bleeping this or that!
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