The Reality Star’s Childhood Fear of Bugs Was “Cured” by Ozzy Osbourne’s Extreme Parenting – And the Jungle Just Met Its Match

 This Morning presenter Cat Deeley had a lightbulb moment live on air today that left viewers gasping: she finally worked out why Jack Osbourne blitzed through his terrifying I’m A Celebrity Bushtucker Trial with barely a flinch. The revelation – delivered with perfect comic timing by Deeley and guest Sharon Osbourne – has stunned the nation and instantly gone viral, racking up 2.8 million views in hours. Turns out Jack’s childhood wasn’t just rock-and-roll chaos… it was bug-exposure therapy on steroids, courtesy of dad Ozzy.

The segment began innocently enough. Sharon, 73, was in the studio promoting her new memoir when hosts Cat and Ben Shephard replayed Jack’s trial from Monday night: the 39-year-old calmly plunging his head into boxes filled with cockroaches, spiders, and scorpions, retrieving stars with the coolness of someone grabbing groceries. “He didn’t even blink!” Cat marvelled. “Most celebs are screaming – Jack looked bored!”

Sharon burst out laughing. “That’s because Ozzy used to chase him around the house with insects when he was little!” she revealed. “Jack was terrified of creepy-crawlies as a kid. So Ozzy decided the best cure was… exposure. He’d catch spiders in jars and make Jack hold them. One time he put a tarantula on Jack’s pillow as a ‘surprise’.”

Cat’s jaw dropped. “Wait… so Jack’s been desensitised since childhood? That’s why the jungle bugs don’t faze him?!”

“Exactly!” Sharon cackled. “Ozzy’s parenting method was basically ‘face your fears or I’ll make them crawl on your face’. It worked!”

The studio erupted. Ben clutched his chest: “So Jack’s trial wasn’t bravery – it was childhood trauma paying off!” Cat, wide-eyed, declared: “Oh — now it all makes sense!”

Viewers lost it. #OzzyParenting trended with 1.8 million posts, fans posting crying-laughing emojis and childhood stories. “Explains why Jack just stared at that cockroach like ‘been there, done that’,” one wrote. Another: “Ozzy Osbourne, bug therapist of the year.”

Jack, watching from the jungle, later confirmed in the Bush Telegraph: “Yeah, Dad used to chase me with spiders. Said it would ‘toughen me up’. Guess it worked – sorry, bugs!”

The revelation has turned Jack into the trial favourite, with bookies slashing his odds to win. “He’s literally immune,” one tweeted. Sharon, wiping tears of laughter, added: “That’s my husband – turning phobias into superpowers since 1989.”

From Black Sabbath to Bushtucker, the Osbournes prove once again: their family chaos is pure gold – and now it’s winning the jungle.