Kelly Osbourne is a “lioness”, according to her mother Sharon.

The music manager spoke about her daughter’s protectiveness towards her family and imagined what kind of mother her daughter will make.

Sharon was speaking on an E! Entertainment channel programme about Kelly’s life.

Her father Ozzy and brother Jack also added to the commentary.

“She’s got that lioness quality about her, so she’ll be like, ‘Don’t mess with my babies’,” Sharon said.

“I’m sure she’ll make a great mum one day,” Ozzy added.

Brother Jack was joking that the TV star will spoil his unborn baby. The 26-year-old is expecting a child with fiancée Lisa Stelly and is worried Fashion Police star Kelly will go crazy dressing up her niece or nephew.

“I’m going to definitely try and minimise Kelly’s spoiling of my kid as best as possible. She’s going to dress it like an absolute idiot too,” he said.

Kelly explained that while she would like to have a family one day, there are many other things she’d like to explore first.

The 27-year-old currently co-hosts US style programme Fashion Police and is developing a clothing range.

“Every girl dreams of getting married and having a family, but there’s still a lot of things I want to do. I try not to think about the future too much because it overwhelms me and I live my life day by day,” she said.