Kelly Osbourneis looking back on one of her biggest regrets.
“Oh my God, I died,” Osbourne said of the incident nearly 10 years later.
Then-cohostRosie Perezquickly jumped in to respond, “Latinos are not the only people doing that.”
Kelly Osbourne.Araya Doheny/Getty
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Speaking toRolling Stone, Osbourne attempted to correct the record.
“I feel very strongly that Latin American culture is the backbone of America,” she said.
“I believe that Latin Americans are the hardest-working people you will ever meet.
And their connection to family and their culture is closer to mine than the American way.
I’ve never tried to be American.
“I was drinking to numb the pain of everything.
I was a trash can when it came to drugs, whatever I could get my hands on.
And I was a really broken, scared person.
Osbourne now believes that she has no business discussing matters of race.
“Nobody wants to hear from a white person about race.
They don’t,” she said.
“I learned that the hard way.
She also called on other white people to make stronger efforts to combat racism.
“Everybody needs to take a long, hard look at themselves,” Osbourne said.
A lot more open-minded.”
