United Kingdom, July 23 -- The Osbournes boss Van Toffler says Ozzy Osbourne and his family brought a "wonderful, serendipitous chaos" to reality TV.

The former MTV boss helped launch the infamous reality show in 2002, years before the likes of Real Housewives or The Kardashians had fans hooked, and Toffler has reflected on the show's impact following the death of Ozzy on Tuesday (22.07.25) aged 76.

He told Variety: "We were deep in the throes of reality television in the early 2000s but I don't think we'd ever had someone over 50 years old featured on any show on MTV in its history. "We were looking to launch Cribs, and we shot a bit with the Osbournes, and we all kind of looked at each other and just felt there is some wonderful, sere...