SHARON OSBOURNE Says VINCE NEIL Is 'Probably Very Jealous Of OZZY'

Ozzy Osbourne's wife/manager Sharon told Maxine Shen of the New York Post that she was "absolutely heartbroken" after learning that the MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil called her the "most evil, shittiest woman I've ever met in my life" in his upcoming book — especially since the CRÜE completed a short run of dates with Ozzy late last month as part of this year's Ozzfest tour.

"I am very, very saddened by it," Osbourne said. "My husband called him and said, 'What's the problem?' and [Neil] kind of back-tracked.

"[It's] a case of 'I need names in this book. I need to shock,' " she added. "It is sad when people do that. They want to sell you out.

"I think he is probably very jealous of Ozzy, but he dare not pick on him because the fans will turn on him, so he goes after me."

Vince's gripe with Sharon dates back to CRÜE's 1984 support slot on Ozzy's 'Bark at the Moon' tour when Ozzy's wife allegedly imposed a number of backstage restrictions which — Neil believes — killed everyone's buzz.

"We couldn't do this and we couldn't do that," Neil writes in his book. "There was a whole set of rules we had to follow."

Regarding Neil's claim that Sharon "would fucking have you killed if it was to her advantage," Osbourne said, "He's the murderer, not me [referring to Neil's infamous 1984 DUI accident, which resulted in the death of Finnish glam band HANOI ROCKS' drummer, Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley, and a vehicular manslaughter charge. In 1986, a judge sentenced Neil to 30 days in jail, five years probation, 200 hours of community service and $2.6 million in restitution to the crash victims.] He has murdered somebody in a car. He crippled two other people and he is still driving drunk. And that is why I used to keep my husband away from him. And if that makes me a bad person, then I am a bad person."

Sharon told the New York Post that, with the exception of running into Neil backstage at Ozzfest this past summer, she hasn't had a conversation with or seen the MÖTLEY CRÜE singer since 1984.