The Osbournes get new "character"
 

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Teen to Move in With Osbournes
Thu Aug 15, 9:30 AM ET

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ozzy Osbourne and his family are taking in a teenager whose mother died of the same type of cancer afflicting his wife, Sharon.

Robert Marcato, an 18-year-old friend of the Osbournes' daughters, will continue his education with the family's support and will be part of their MTV reality show's new season.

Osbourne publicist Lisa Vega confirmed a report in Wednesday's New York Post about Marcato. His mother, Regan, died last week of colon cancer.

"He wants to go to drama school, and we're sending him to the best drama school we can find," Sharon Osbourne told the Post. "Right now, he wants to stay home in L.A. because he's a bit insecure because he doesn't have any family."

"We want to get him secure here, then we're going to take our time to pick the best college for him. ... We're moving him in as part of the family," she said.

Marcato already has appeared in episodes of "The Osbournes," which follows rocker Ozzy and his family and has become MTV's biggest hit ever. Filming on the second season starts next month; an air date has yet to be set.

Sharon Osbourne's chemotherapy sessions will be included in the series.

"I'm doing OK, I'm fine," she told the Post. "I'm so happy — three (chemo treatments) down and 22 to go."

Sharon Osbourne said she got to know Regan Marcato through Robert, who is a friend of Osbourne children Kelly and Aimee.

The 49-year-old said she arranged private nurses to care for Regan Marcato, whom she called "an amazing woman," for the final nine days of her life.

"When I look at somebody like Regan, who didn't have the resources I had, what ... have I got to complain about?" Osbourne said.

I think it's cool of ozzy and sharon to take the boy in, and pay for his schooling and stuff

The kid's mom just died and now he's going to live his life in front of cameras basically reliving his mother's pain through Sharon? Should be interesting.

And, theoretically, he will get paid to be on the show.
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Exactly my thoughts when I heard about this. Hey I'd love to be on TV too but not like this.

This kid is choosing to be with the Osbournes and he doesn't have to be on camera (as in Aimee's case)

Darn...Why couldn't it couldn't be another <b>BUSTY BRITISH NANNY?</b> :(

He has already been on the show before, it is Kelly's best friend, the kid that Sharon talks to about buying a present for Kelly's birthday,

But you really haven't made it until you have an action figure made of yourself.

Will this new "boy" be immortalized as a little plastic figurine?

You know he's going to end up banging Kelly, too. Nothing like being able to orchestrate a little sizzle if the retread doesn't work as well as the original.

Like he hasn't already they are best friends, I am sure they have banged, but she doesn't want to say it.

Who knows, somewhere down the line she might be saying Papa Don't Preach ... I'm keeping my baby for real. ;)