Jason Momoa reveals his feelings about hosting Black Sabbath’s farewell show

Jason Momoa has shared his thoughts on the experience of hosting Black Sabbath’s farewell performance at Villa Park in Birmingham, UK, in July, as per Blabbermouth. The 46-year-old American actor and film producer made this statement on Ozzy and the Osbourne family during an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Thursday, January 15.

I had to host for them. He’s like a God to me. It was unbelievable, yeah. I loved him.

But how did he got the gig?

The show got announced, and I just called everyone I knew [that was going to perform there]. I called Metallica and Anthrax, just to get tickets so I could be there. Because it’s gonna come out and there’s only a limited amount of tickets. I’m, like, ‘Dude, just me and my kids.’ And so I was just begging to get scraps. And then [legendary rock photographer] Ross Halfin called and goes, ‘[Ozzy’s wife and manager] Sharon Osbourne wants you to host it.’ And I helped them out. I did a music video for [Ozzy] when he couldn’t do it. And I did a music video for the album before. And I was, like, ‘Anything Ozzy needs, I’ll do it.’ And so they just probably just remembered that. And she’s, like, ‘I want Jason to host it.’ And I’m, like, terrified. Terrified. That many people. [Sitting at this studio in front of a live audience] is terrifying. Imagine a stadium. And there’s everybody you love [playing at the event]. I mean, all my music — everyone. Metallica, Guns N’ Roses. You can’t believe all the people that are there. And dude, I’m on the poster. And so when he actually went up, I was with Ross, and I’m like right at Ozzy’s feet and I’m the closest to him of anyone. Geezer’s [Butler, Sabbath bassist] not even as close to him as I am. And I watched it with my kids just quietly. And it was unbelievable, yeah. And then sadly he passed like a couple of weeks later.

The actor also talked about jumping into a mosh pit with his 17-year-old son Nakoa-Wolf while Pantera was supporting Ozzy and Black Sabbath.

I grabbed my son, and I was, like, ‘We’re going,’ and my [head of] security [Liam], my buddy who was helping me, he was, like, ‘No, you’re not.’ And Liam went in there too. But I grabbed my son. He’d never been in a mosh pit. I was, like, ‘You’re going with me, boy.’ I jumped over. We went in there for Pantera.