Kelly Osbourne Is Fearful of Being Diagnosed With Cancer Due to Family History

Kelly Osbourne got candid about one of her biggest fears.

During the Tuesday, June 4, episode of "The Osbournes Podcast," the Fashion Police alum, 39, somewhat jokingly told her family members how she hoped her past vices would prevent her from ever being diagnosed with cancer.

"I’m hoping that I’ve embalmed myself, so I don’t ever get cancer. I’m pickled from all the drugs and alcohol, for sure," Kelly explained.

The U.K. native's brother, Jack Osbourne, added, "I don’t think it works that way. But I’m no doctor."

Kelly explained how after her mother, Sharon Osbourne, battled cancer in the early 2000s, she worried she could be more susceptible to it. "Apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree," the former co-host of The View added.

The siblings were later joined by Dr. Greg, an ER physician, who told Kelly he didn't believe the amount of drugs and alcohol she once ingested would keep the disease at bay. "I, for one, have never heard of substances you put into your body causing ill effects of any kind," he made clear.

The television personality has been extremely forthcoming about her past struggle with addiction. "I kept getting sick and I had a really bad case of tonsillitis, they ended up having to give me some crazy surgery, and then after that, they gave me Vicodin," she explained during a 2021 appearance on Red Table Talk.

"I went from having every voice in my head being like, 'You're fat, you're ugly, you're not good enough, no one likes you, you don't deserve this, people only like you because of who your parents are.' And then all of a sudden, every single voice was silenced and it felt like life gave me a hug," she explained. "I was like, 'Why am I so confident in all of this?' And then very quickly I went from Vicodin to Percocet, from Percocet to heroin eventually, because it was cheaper."

The style expert was sober for four years before she revealed her relapse in 2021. "I don’t know why my nervous breakdown happened at the end of the lockdown. I made it all the way through, everything was great and my life was perfect," she said in an interview at the time. "I’m that girl that when everything is going great I need to f--- it up a little and make everything a little bit worse in my life."

"I am an addict and had thought that I had enough time under my belt and I could drink like a normal person, and it turns out I cannot and I will never be normal," Kelly added. "I don’t know why I even tried it. It’s not for me, and it took me a matter of days and I was like, 'Done, not doing this.'"