Melinda: I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

What is a typical day like in the Osbourne house?

Melinda: It's very hectic; every day is different, but every day I get here at about 9:00 a.m. Usually I just get here, get Jack and Kelly out of bed and make sure they're up for their tutoring, make them breakfast or coffee or hot chocolate or whatever they want. Then I start answering phones; the phones ring all the time.

What are your hours like?

Melinda: I try to start by about 9 a.m. and usually I try to leave around 6:00 at night. But sometimes I'm here till 9 or 10 at night, or sometimes I stay here--it just depends on what's going on. It's different every day. I do get weekends off, but it depends if Sharon and Ozzy are out of town, you know, and the children are here. In that case, I stay with them on the weekends. Sometimes I come in on the weekends just to say hi.

What's the funniest experience you've had on the job?

Melinda: I'm not too sure. There are loads of experiences with things going on and things like that. Kelly setting the kettle on fire, that was pretty funny.

Melinda: I guess I haven't seen anything all that strange. It's like any regular household, just a bit busier than the house I grew up in. But you know, there are three kids, two working parents, not to mention the dogs, so it's a very busy household.

How is working with the Osbournes different than working for another family?

Melinda: I'm not too sure, I haven't really worked with teenagers before, so that is different. And other families I've worked for had small children or babies, so its different working with teenagers, that's for sure. I guess you know the kids will get recognized when we're out or something, so that's different because they're just regular teenagers, you know. They're not any different then any other teenagers.

How will you guys handle the way the show may change things for you, like being recognized on the street?

Melinda: I don't know. Jack's been teasing me, saying, you know, "You're going to become America's most wanted nanny," and I'm like, no one would care about me if I wasn't the nanny for the Osbournes. So, I don't know. Jack and I have a bet--he says that at least four people will want to interview me about this [show]. I just can't see it happening, to be quite honest. It's like the family's thing, doesn't have anything to do with me. I'm just on camera because I work here.

Melinda: Well, it happened so quickly. It's been filming for so long, and the people that have been in here filming, we've become quite good friends with, so I haven't really been thinking about what's going to happen. You know, sometimes someone will say, "I read on the Internet that there's a show coming about the Osbournes," and someone said they heard a radio announcer say, "We should get those kids in, they're really cool," and I said to Jack, "I'm sure that all sorts of things are going to come from this." Like some people might say, "Let's get Kelly on to do this" or something. Kelly is really, really talented, and I think Kelly will go on to be some host of something. Kelly has got so many good qualities, you know--like she's really funny and she has a way with words and she's gorgeous, so I'm sure someone will see Kelly and she'll do something. I guess the kids will get recognized all the time. It's funny, Ozzy had an "in-store" when the record came out, and I took Jack down as we parked the car, there were people screaming, "Jack! That's Ozzy's kid!" from the crowd and I was surprised! I didn't expect that. I was thinking, "Oh my God, he's going to get mugged," and here's little old me, I'm not going to be able to do anything about it. And Kelly could almost have had her own in-store; she was out front signing autographs. They were very sweet to everyone that came up.

What is the best thing about working for the Osbournes?

Melinda: They are just a very special family--I obviously don't have any family here living in America, [so] they're like my second family. My husband and I spent Christmas here with the Osbournes. Ozzy's great, I get along with him very well. He's extraordinarily funny and very kind and if I say "Oh dear, I have a headache," Ozzy is the first to jump up and say, "Oh, here, let me get you something." He's very kind to me. And Sharon has been amazingly kind to me, just really thoughtful. They're very supporting. Sometimes, of course, I have times where the kids absolutely hate my guts for things, but I can go to Sharon and say, "Do you think I did the right thing?" and she'll say, "Of course you did, don't be ridiculous. It's fine, everything's okay." I know where I stand with them all of the time, which is a very good thing, I think, in any work environment.

Melinda: Well, it just depends. Usually Sharon or Ozzy, but if I'm the only one here, then me. All I can say is "I'm not impressed, that's not good enough, I need to speak to your mum."

MTV: What type of music have you been listening to lately?

Melinda: Australian music that no one has ever really heard of here. I'm always getting friends to send me over CDs from Australia. I like an Australian band called Something for Kate, and I like a band from New Zealand called Shihad, and I've been listening to the new Ozzy record at home! My husband really loves that. I really like Mathew Sweet, he's American, and I like loads of British music--the Stereophonics, I love Robbie Williams, and all of those sorts of things.