Sharon Osbourne Reveals She Managed Queen For One Month Before Freddie Mercury Met John Reid

Sharon Osbourne has been connected to several defining chapters of rock history, and she recently revealed another surprising detail from her past. During an episode of The Osbournes podcast, Sharon and her son Jack Osbourne discussed the newly released Michael Jackson biopic Michael and how it renewed interest in the King of Pop’s music, similar to the way Bohemian Rhapsody brought Queen to a younger audience in 2018.

While talking about Queen, Sharon shared that she once had a brief professional connection with the legendary band.

Sharon Osbourne On Her Queen Connection

Recalling how she first came across the band, Sharon said she was dating someone who used to buy clothes from an antique market in Kensington, London, where Freddie Mercury worked

at the time.

She shared, “I was going out with a guy who used to buy his clothes at an antique market in Kensington, London, and Freddie worked at this place.”

Sharon then surprised Jack by revealing, “We managed them for one month.”

Jack, clearly taken aback, responded, “I had no idea,” before joking, “Let me guess, your dad f–ked it up?”

Sharon clarified that her father, music manager Don Arden, was not responsible for the arrangement ending. Instead, she said things changed after a party where Freddie Mercury met John Reid, who was managing Elton John at the time.

She said, “No, he didn’t. We had a party. We invited John Reid, who managed Elton John at the time. John was a friend of ours. He used to work at EMI, and he was a friend. And Freddie met John, John met Freddie. Love at first sight.”

John Reid later became Queen’s manager from 1975 to early 1978.

‘We Love You, But We Love Each Other More’

Sharon added that once Freddie and Reid connected, there was nothing more to do but step aside.

She said, “What are you gonna do when both of your friends turn around to you and go, ‘We love you, but we love each other more?’ You go, ‘Go, go. Have fun.’ That was it.”

The anecdote offered a rare glimpse into the early Queen years and Sharon’s brief but memorable place in the band’s orbit.

Sharon Osbourne On Bohemian Rhapsody

This is not the first time Sharon has spoken about Queen’s legacy on screen. In 2020, she discussed Bohemian Rhapsody and described the film as “squeaky clean,” saying that a biopic about her life with Ozzy Osbourne would need to be much more raw.

Calling the PG-13 Queen biopic a “Hallmark rock movie,” Sharon said, “I get why they did that because it was for a younger generation.”

She added, “It was, ‘Those songs will live forever,’ and it turned a whole generation onto Queen’s music that had never heard before. So with that, it was phenomenal. But I don’t think it was a great movie. They changed the timing [of the story] and everything in it. That’s why it was … made ‘nice’ and that’s what made it a Hallmark movie.”

Speaking about the planned film on her and Ozzy’s life, Sharon had said, “Our film will be a lot more real. We don’t want it to be squeaky, shiny, clean and all of that. We’re not making it for kids. It’s an adult movie for adults.”

Sharon And Ozzy Osbourne’s Journey

Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne first met in 1970 when her father, Don Arden, worked with Black Sabbath. Sharon and Ozzy began their relationship around 1979, when she started managing his solo career.

The couple married in Hawaii in 1982 and went on to have three children together. Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22, 2025, at the age of 76.