Celebrity | Sharon Osbourne Sharon Osbourne: I Had a Double Mastectomy She had procedure as a precaution against breast cancer By Evann Gastaldo Posted Nov 5, 2012 9:07 AM CST Copied Ozzy Osbourne, left, and Sharon Osbourne arrive at Spike TV "Guy's Choice" awards in Culver City, Calif., on Saturday, June 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) Sharon Osbourne has had a double mastectomy as a precaution against breast cancer, she reveals in today's issue of Hello! magazine. The 60-year-old had the procedure after learning she has a gene upping her risk of getting the disease. "I didn't want to live the rest of my life with that shadow hanging over me," says Osbourne, who survived colon cancer 10 years ago. "The odds are not in my favor." "It's not 'pity me,' it's a decision I made that's got rid of this weight that I was carrying around," she adds. "For me, it wasn't a big decision, it was a no-brainer. … I didn't even think of my breasts in a nostalgic way, I just wanted to be able to live my life without that fear all the time." But the experience put her off plastic surgery for good, she notes, since she found out before the surgery that her breast implants had leaked into her stomach wall. Read These Next The massive AWS failure exposed a big problem with the internet. Backlash for Trump nominee who said he has 'a Nazi streak.' A man ended up dead after trying to steal from Spirit Halloween. Marco Rubio struck a controversial deal with El Salvador. Report an error