SHARON OSBOURNE: I Slit My Wrists To Prove My Love For OZZY

Sharon Osbourne has admitted that she once slashed her wrists in a "stupid" attempt to impress a then-married Ozzy Osbourne.

Ozzy's now-wife and manager, who co-hosts CBS's "The Talk", revealed Wednesday (September 17) during "Secret Week" (see video below): "Yes, this is a secret. It's a secret only and Ozzy and I know. My children I have never told. And it's really… I've never discussed it out of embarrassment of how stupid I was at the time to have done such a thing to myself. And I want to share this with everyone, because it's a lesson learned; I learned a great lesson from this. And it's something that was done when I was 27.

"I was just going out with Ozzy at the time; we were working together and dating at the same time. And he was married and had two children. I was free and single and wild.

"When we first got together, we would drink a lot together; you know, that's what we did. And we had a session of romance, drinking, partying. It was about four in the morning and he says to me, 'How much do you really love me? I don't know if this relationship is gonna last.' And I'm saying to him, 'I'd do anything for you. Anything. I absolutely adore you.' 'How much do you love me?' 'I'd give my life for you.' 'Okay, Prove it.' It wasn't him. It was me, me, me. And I'm very dramatic, as you all know. And if I say something, I like to follow it through. So I'm, like, 'I'll show you how much I love you. I'd die for you.' So I went to a room-service table that was still in the room, covered in all fries and burgers and steak. And there was a steak knife. So I get the knife and I go, 'I love you so much.' Slash, slash, slash, on my wrist. And, unfortunately for me, I kind of went too deep, and it wouldn't stop bleeding. So I'm saying, 'Dear, I think we'd better call an ambulance. This thing is not stopping now.' And I got very sober very quickly. So the ambulance came and I'm, like, 'Just put tape on it.' 'No, this is attempted suicide.' And I'm, like, 'No, actually, no. I'm drunk. I didn't know.' 'We're taking you away.' They took me to the hospital. I'm in somewhere like Indianapolis at the time time on tour. I'm, like, 'No, I promise you. It was not attempted suicide. I promise you.' So then they put me on lockdown, called the psych ward, called in all the psych doctors, the police are coming.

"I permanently scarred my wrist. I was on lockdown for being overdramatic and drunk at the time. And there was nothing anybody could do. Ozzy and I weren't married, so he had no right. So it was up to doctors to decide whether I was of sound mind to come out. And that's very hard for me to prove. So I'm, like, 'Please, can I come out now? The tour bus is going. I have another town to go to. I wanna come out.' 'No.'

"So if anybody out there who likes to cut or harm themselves or try and prove to someone, firstly, let me tell you, these scars are a big embarrassment. I tell everyone I was attacked by a dog, which I was, I was attacked by a Doberman, but it was the other arm, and they're bite marks. But this, I've had to explain to doctors along the way, and people look at me, and I'm, like, 'Oh, dog.' No, steak knife. Dirty steak knife. Drunk, trying to be dramatic. And you know what?! Scars don't go away; they stay with you. And it's, like, 'Grow up. Just grow up.' Look at this. It's sad, pathetic on a 61-year-old. And it's, like, please let it go away already. It happened. It's a reminder to us all."

Ozzy Osbourne, who relapsed into drug and alcohol abuse for 18 months a few years ago, credited Sharon for saving his life. "I'm alive because I've got a strong wife, I think," he said. "I didn't expect to live past 30. I remember when I was 21 saying I would be dead by 40. That was all right until I was 39½."