A new report alleges that Slipknot’s Sid Wilson was sacked from the Iowa heavy metal nine-piece because of the way he treated his bandmates.
Sources close to the DJ, 49, tell TMZ that Wilson’s apparent dismissal from the band, which was announced by TMZ on Friday (July 31) but has not yet been confirmed by Wilson or Slipknot, was “a long time coming – not some abrupt decision made in the heat of the moment”.
“The decision came after the group finally had enough of Sid’s behaviour,” the story says, “namely, the way he treated his bandmates.”
TMZ claims that Slipknot planned to announce Wilson’s exit last week, but that the site breaking the story first meant the band “lost control of the rollout” and “freak[ed] out behind the scenes, with members frustrated they could no longer announce the split on their own terms”.
Following this latest report, Wilson’s ex-fiancée Kelly Osbourne made her own accusations regarding the musician’s behaviour, telling him to “wake the fuck up and take some responsibility” for his actions. She also asks him to return her possessions and pay child support for their three-year-old son, Sidney.
“Strange how the loudest defense of the guilty is rarely innocence… It’s distraction,” Kelly writes in her Instagram stories.
“When the mask slips, they don’t face the mirror they throw it at someone else. I also heard that when you break a mirror you get 7 years bad luck! Or is that just karma? This is why I always take accountability! As they say some are sicker then [sic] others.”
She adds: “Wake the fuck up take some responsibility I will not take your shit anymore! I’m done. I want to be happy and I have a beautiful son to raise. Leave me alone. Let me heal. I can’t protect you from yourself anymore.
“Also while I’m at it can I have my dogs back and all my possessions. Oh yeah and maybe some child support?”
The couple got together in 2022 and got engaged in July 2025, backstage at Kelly’s father Ozzy’s retirement show in Birmingham, but broke up in March.
Wilson and Slipknot have not commented on these new claims. When the first report of the DJ’s firing broke, guitarist Jim Root hinted that there was more to the story and urged fans to calm down.
“Don’t believe everything you read,” he wrote. “Stop. Think. Take a breath. Sit with it for a while. Maybe. Just maybe even wait until there’s more information.”
Wilson joined Slipknot in 1998. They released their self-titled debut album in June the following year, midway through their touring as part of travelling heavy metal festival Ozzfest from May to July.
Slipknot initially charted at a modest number 51 on the US Billboard 200, but as the band’s reputation for anarchic performances grew, it became a commercial hit. It’s certified three-times Platinum in the US, two-times Platinum in Canada and Platinum in the UK and Australia.
Wilson was an especially chaotic part of Slipknot’s shows. During an early tour, he set himself and percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan on fire onstage. On July 9, 2008, at the opening date of the Rockstar Energy Mayhem festival, he broke both of his legs stage-diving.
His final Slipknot album was 2022’s The End, So Far. He was also part of the recently released avant-rock side-project Look Outside Your Window, although the tracks were recorded during the All Hope Is Gone sessions in 2008.
Outside of Slipknot, Wilson is known for his work as DJ Starscream and as a member of the band SID and rap group The Miami Vice Sound Crack. He launched his own record label, Vomit Face Records, in October and co-produces the anonymous masked metal band Swollen Teeth with Slipknot producer Ross Robinson.
Slipknot have been recording material for their as-yet-unannounced eighth studio album with producer Matt Wallace, known for his work with alt-metal trailblazers Faith No More. Root told the Ride Bynd podcast last month that the members had been jamming in the studio then refining the arrangements, with “at least 50” song ideas stockpiled.
“We’ll jam for like an hour and a half, two hours,” Root said, “and we might get four song ideas out of that and then we just spend time arranging, and it’s so organic and it’s so real. It’s almost frightening.
“This is the closest I’ve heard to the music that I can hear in my head that I can’t get out that I’ve ever been. And it’s exciting. And it’s like breathing a new life into wanting to create.”
