Sharon Osbourne Remembers ‘Madness’ From ‘The Talk’ Controversy, Exit

Abroad. Sharon Osbourne Opens one year after it came out the talkclaiming that her career took a major hit amid the backlash.

They told me: You are permanently suspended. We don’t think you’re repentant enough. And the 69-year-old TV personality recalled during a recent interview that we will decide if you come back again. Sunday times, reflecting his release from the CBS daytime series. And I said, ‘Well, who’s going to make that decision? And they said, We can’t tell you.

Join Osborne the talk In 2010, her controversial departure from the show appears to have slowed the arrival of other shows. My phone for my TV career [in America was concerned] He wasn’t there, there wasn’t a single call. She said. “In England and Australia, the situation has never changed. Here it was like I was dead.”

Previous x factor The judge went on to claim that she was forced to hire a 24/7 security guard in the wake of the scandal, claiming, “[People] They were saying they’d come at night, and they cut my throat, cut my ozzie’s throat, and cut my dog’s throat. …I couldn’t stop crying because all I could think of was all the things I’ve been through in my life, and now they call me racist. This is madness “.

In March 2021, the previous celebrity novice The contestant came under fire while she and her classmates at the time were discussing Prince Harry And Meghan MarkleA sit-in for CBS, during which they accused the royal family of racist behavior. Osbourne defended her friend Piers MorganTakes on the drama, but Sheryl Underwood The anchor’s support, 57, is believed to have been a “validation” for the “implications” of Morgan’s remarks.

“I feel like I’m about to be in an electric chair because I have a friend who a lot of people think is racist, and that makes me racist,” Maximum The author replied. “For me, at 68, I have to turn around and say, ‘I’m not a racist, what am I supposed to do with me?'”

After the televised dispute, Osborne apologized to “anyone of color I offended,” writing, “I panicked, shocked, pushed into the defense, and allowed my fear and dread to be accused of racism.”

Former Committee Members holly robinson betty And Leah Remini He later accused Osbourne of making insensitive comments about racism behind the scenes the talk. The network conducted an internal investigation as the show took a short hiatus, and later announced that the British national would not be returning to the set.

Howard Bragman, Osborne’s publicist, denied the allegations on her behalf at the time. “Sharon is frustrated but unfazed and hardly surprised by the lies, recasting of history and bitterness that is emerging at this moment,” a statement read. “She will survive this, as she has always been, and her heart will remain open and well, because she refuses to allow others to take her down. She thanks her family, friends and fans for standing by her side and knowing her true nature.”

In her first interview after her exclusion from the series, A Osborne said the guy Bill Maher She was “hurt” and “outraged” about what had happened. She said in April 2021, “I have been called out for many things in my life…but racism is something I will not tolerate.”

A year into the controversy, Osbourne still faces what happens “when people turn on you en masse” in the public eye. “Everyone is afraid of saying something wrong that someone might take and sell,” she said. Sunday timesrevealing that she and her husband Ozzy Osbourne They were leaving Los Angeles behind. “It’s not a bloody way of life. I don’t want it. I don’t need it. … It’s just time to go home. I don’t want to be judged.”