Sharon: 'I'm still bulimic'

Ozzy Osbourne's manager wife Sharon is fighting a battle against bulimia, 35 years after first developing the eating disorder.

The redhead mother-of-three, 52, is receiving treatment for the disease, which has blighted her life since her teenage years.

Sharon says: "Ozzy and the children know and they get so upset for me. They are terrified for me.

"I'm still bulimic. It's bad, but I'm really trying to get better. I stuff myself with ice cream or pasta, then rush to the loo and make myself sick. I've had a weight problem since I was a child. I was fat, thin, fat, up and down."

Only five years ago (00) Sharon weighed 16 stone, but rapidly lost weight after having her stomach stapled.

Sharon explains: "Some people do drink and drugs, but for me it's food, food, food. It's about having low self-esteem.

"I resisted therapy for years, but now I see a therapist once a week and if it's bad I do a phone session. I used to vomit four times a day. Now it's once a week, which is a huge improvement."