Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne
Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne gave up on marriage counselling because it made him angry.
Sharon Osbourne has admitted marriage counselling made her husband Ozzy angry when the pair briefly split earlier this year.
'The X Factor' judge briefly split from the Black Sabbath rocker in April this year after he started taking drugs and drinking again but says the strength of their family helped them through after therapy sessions proved futile.
Sharon, 61, told the new issue of HELLO! magazine: "It was something we'd never tried before. But actually, it just made Ozzy angry. We gave it a go, but it wasn't for us.
The couple sorted out their own issues and with the help of our family.
Ozzy, 65, and Sharon have been married for 30 years and have three children together - Aimee, 30, Kelly, 29, and Jack, 28, but after Ozzy relapsed the couple's marriage went down a rocky path.
Now with their marrisge backon track they are looking ahead to the future and plan to spend their first Christmas for six years at their mansion in Buckinghamshire, South East England.
Sharon said she will be "locking the doors and lighting the fires" during the festive season.
"But the best thing is, this Christmas Ozzy will be 10 months sober, which is fantastic."
The talent judge, who mentored the winning act on 'The X Factor' last night, Sam Bailey, said she couldn't have wished for a better contestant to end her one-year return to the show.
She added: "It has been the most incredible life-changing experience for her, which is what The X Factor is really about."