TRUE CONFESSIONS

Does Sharon Osbourne know how to time her public revelations or what? Just days before the launch of her daytime gabfest, MTV's mouthy matriarch tells Barbara Walters that she briefly left husband Ozzy because he continued drinking and abusing prescription drugs even as son Jack was about to enter rehab. The chat airs Friday on ABC's 20/20.

TV GuideNews Sept. 11, 2003 at 1:00 a.m. PT