Slipknot Sid Wilson became the center of a live rumor cycle on Sunday after Jim Root posted a blunt message to fans: “Don’t believe everything you read,”. He followed it with, “Think. Take a breath. Sit with it for awhile (sic). Maybe. Just maybe even wait until there’s more information.”
TMZ reported that Wilson was allegedly fired from Slipknot after spending the past 30 years as a DJ and keyboardist, and that he received notice on Friday night. That leaves Root’s note doing the only real work available in the moment: pushing back against the report without spelling out a band position.
Jim Root on Instagram Stories
Root’s message landed on Instagram Stories, which is the right place for a band member to cut off a rumor before it hardens into accepted fact. He did not name Wilson in the post, but the timing tied his warning directly to the firing report and turned a vague social post into a public response.
Wilson first joined Slipknot as the ninth member in 1998 and performed under the stage name “#0.” That makes any personnel change more than a gossip item; for a long-running group, even a reported removal changes the way the lineup is being read by everyone watching the band’s next move.
Kelly Osbourne and Sid Wilson
Wilson reportedly parted ways with Slipknot four months after he and Kelly Osbourne called off their engagement. News broke in March that they quietly split, and they were last seen together at the 2026 Grammy Awards the month before that report.
The relationship timeline matters because Wilson and Osbourne were together for four years and share a 3-year-old son named Sidney. The reported band firing now sits beside a separate breakup story, which is why Root’s warning landed as a direct challenge to the tidy narrative forming around Wilson’s exit.
Slipknot and the silence
Ozzy Osbourne died from a heart attack in July 2025 at the age of 76, adding another layer to the family context around Kelly Osbourne. But the present issue is narrower: neither Sid Wilson nor Slipknot had discussed the rumors publicly at the time of the report.
That silence leaves Root’s post as the strongest signal on the record, and it also leaves the central question hanging: was Wilson actually fired from Slipknot, or is this another rumor the band will let sit until someone chooses to speak plainly?
