As quoted by Salon, Osborne told The Talkhouse that the Brett Morgen documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck was "90 percent total bulls***." He did, however, suggest that it was understandable how Morgen was seemingly duped, given how Cobain was the "master of jerking your chain."
"Unfortunately, it matters very little what the facts are; what matters is what people believe," Osborne stressed. "And when it comes to Cobain, most of what they believe is fabricated nonsense."
Going into specifics, Osborne debunked Cobain's claim that he tried to have sex with a developmentally disabled high school girl and pointed out that in Aberdeen, such an incident would have quickly become public knowledge had it really happened. The veteran musician also referred to two suicide-related claims — one where Cobain supposedly tried to kill himself on the train tracks and another where he attempted to "off himself" when his wife, Courtney Love, considered cheating on him. Both of those stories, Osborne suggested, were similarly false.
In addition, Osborne expressed relief that Montage of Heck did not cover Cobain's apparent tall tale of living under the bridge in Aberdeen — a story alluded to in the lyrics of the Nevermind track "Something in the Way."
"That whole idea is romanticized crazy-talk for glassy-eyed, stoned teenagers and pathetic, middle-aged, rock & roll morons," he remarked.
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