In what may be the most unhinged merch drop of the year, Ozzy Osbourne has partnered with Liquid Death to release a limited-edition iced tea infused with his actual DNA — so fans can, theoretically, clone him.
Only 10 cans of “Infinite Ozzy” are being released (10 too many, if you ask us). Each one was sipped by Osbourne and then sealed to preserve his genetic material. They’re being sold for $450 and come autographed, just in case the cloning doesn’t work and you need a backup reason for dropping half a grand on a used beverage container.
“Clone me, you bastards,” Osbourne said.
It’s hard to tell whether this is merely a marketing stunt or a cry for immortality. But either way, the idea that Osbourne — a man once described by researchers as a “genetic mutant” with rare DNA mutations linked to substance tolerance — wants fans to recreate him in a lab is… a lot.
The cans debut just weeks before Osbourne’s final public performance in Birmingham on July 5. And while that show might be the end of the road for the original, apparently the sequel is up to whoever’s got a lab, a few hundred bucks and no ethical concerns whatsoever.
