OZZY OSBOURNE'S BEACH HOME IN MALIB

(L-R) Kelly Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne and Jack Osbourne, arrive at the 15th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards viewing party held at the Pacific Design Center on February 25, 2007 in West Hollywood, California. (Getty Images)

Kelly Osbourne was mortified as a teenager when dad Ozzy Osbourne objected to a skimpy thong her mother Sharon had bought her and immediately removed the garment by force. Kelly said:

One time, mum bought me thongs instead of big knickers. As I bent down, dad bellowed, "Kelly, you’re wearing a thong, Kelly? Thongs are for wh***s."I jumped out of my skin. He pinned me down and cut off my thong in front of my school friends.

They were standing there, mouths wide open as this piece of material no bigger than a string of dental floss was yanked out of my jeans.I died of embarrassment and burst into tears. Mum was hunched over the sink, laughing her head off, screeching, "Ozzy! No!" Kelly Osbourne.

The incident was not the only time Ozzy embarrassed Kelly in front of her friends, but the presenter insists she didn’t mind, even when he chased her pals round the family garden wearing just his pants.

The 24-year-old star explained in her autobiography Fierce: “Parents are parents and they embarrass you all the time. At my 13th birthday party, dad was really drunk, chasing everyone round in his underwear and a military hat.

All my friends were screaming and running around. It was crazy fun. One time dad dressed as a werewolf and locked my friends in the garden shed. The kids were crying and mum had to call their parents to come and collect