Ozzy abused as a child

Rock singer Ozzy Osbourne today revealed in an interview that he was sexually abused as a child.

The reality TV star said that as an 11-year-old he was regularly molested by other boys on his way home from school in Birmingham.

Ozzy, who stars with his family in MTV series The Osbournes, told the Daily Mirror: "Two boys used to wait for me. They would force me to drop my pants and all that s t. They felt me and touched me and... it was terrible.

"I was afraid to tell my father or mother and it completely f ed me up."
The 54-year-old now lives in a mansion in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, but he grew up in a working class family of eight in a two-bedroomed house in Birmingham.

He said the abuse first happened when he was with his sister and then continued at regular intervals and "seemed to go forever".

The former Black Sabbath singer, who has battled addictions to drink and drugs, said he worked through the problem with a therapist but that he still feels it has affected his whole life.

"If you have a traumatic experience when you are young it does f you up," he said.