Dad of 5 Jack Osbourne Says He and Wife Aree ‘Don’t Do the Nanny Thing’ (Exclusive)

Dad of 5 Jack Osbourne Says He and Wife Aree ‘Don’t Do the Nanny Thing’ (Exclusive) https://ift.tt/4WXCcBf

‘The Osbournes’ alum is a father to five children, two with Aree and three with ex-wife Lisa Stelly

Jack Osbourne and Aree Osbourne at Emmy Nominees Night in Los Angeles on Sept. 12, 2026
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NEED TO KNOW

• Jack and Aree Osbourne do not have a nanny, the couple told PEOPLE at Emmy Nominees Night on Sept. 12
• Jack said the parents “don’t do the nanny thing” and shared updates about his kids
• He is father to five children: daughters Maple and Ozzy with Aree, and Pearl, Andy and Minnie with ex-wife Lisa Stelly

Jack Osbourne says he and his wife “don’t do the nanny thing.”

While stepping out at Emmy Nominees Night in Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 12, the 40-year-old father of five and his wife, Aree Osbourne (née Gearhart), revealed to PEOPLE that they do not employ a nanny to help care for their children.

Aree, 35, and Jack, the son of Sharon Osbourne and Ozzy Osbourne, share two daughters: Maple, 4, and Ozzy, 6 months. The Osbournes alum also shares three children — Pearl, 14, Andy, 11, and Minnie, 8 — with his ex-wife, Lisa Stelly. 

Speaking with PEOPLE at Saturday’s 2026 Emmy Awards pre-party, which was co-hosted by The Hollywood Reporter and SAG-AFTRA at the Chateau Marmont, Jack and Aree shared that a nanny is not part of their parenting toolkit.

Jack Osbourne and his wife Aree and his kids in 2021
Credit: Aree Osbourne/Instagram

Asked about juggling family life since welcoming Ozzy — who was named for Jack’s late rocker father — in March, Aree said, “I think we did okay. I don’t feel overly overwhelmed, I guess.” Jack then agreed with his wife, revealing, “Yeah, and we’re kind of gnarly in the sense that we don’t have a nanny.”

Aree is a “full stay-at-home mom,” she noted before her podcast host husband continued, “Yeah. So we don’t do the nanny thing, and so I thought it was going to be way gnarlier than it is, but you find a rhythm.”

The couple also shared more insight into their 4-year-old daughter Maple’s first day of preschool, which was just two days earlier.

“It was great. Yeah. There were no tears,” Jack told PEOPLE of the big day, while Aree said, “Yeah, it was kind of like, ‘Bye, get out of here.’ ”

As for their youngest daughter, Ozzy, the proud mom added, “She’s doing great. She’s the best. She’s the happiest little thing.”

Jack Osbourne with wife Aree and his kids
Credit: Jack Osbourne/Instagram

Jack and Aree went public with their relationship at the American Music Awards in November 2019, several months after The Osbournes star finalized his divorce from Stelly. The couple got engaged in December 2021 and tied the knot less than two years later on Sept. 14, 2023.

Per Jack, the couple’s outing at the pre-Emmys event on Saturday was an “anniversary date night,” as he is “out of town” for their actual anniversary on Monday, Sept. 14. “It’s great to be out. I don’t really pop out to events too often,” the former reality star told PEOPLE at the star-studded event. “And I got invited, and I was like, ‘Yeah, why not? Let’s go to the Hollywood party, Emmy party. Why not?’ ”

Also at the event, The Osbournes star reflected on the fact that at 14, his eldest child, Pearl, is already older than he was when he first appeared in his family’s reality TV show alongside his parents and sister Kelly Osbourne.

Reflecting on the legacy of the series, which turns 25 next year, Jack told PEOPLE that “in the moment, I totally didn’t respect what it was I was a part of since I was a teenager. I had no idea.” Looking back, he said, “I definitely feel truly privileged to have been a part of it.”

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Asked what age he would consider letting his own kids watch The Osbournes, Jack added, “Well, here’s something really disturbing. My eldest daughter is one year younger than I was when we started the show. … So that puts things into perspective.”

As for how he and his family are doing in the wake of his father’s death last July, Jack said, “We’re doing all right. We’re hanging in there. There’s a lot going on, and we’re just coming together as a family and just handling it. That’s the only thing you can do.”