The tv personality is one of the longest serving members of the daytime show appearing in 11 seasons. Osbourne’s controversial views during her time as co-host led to a verbal spat with then-colleague Shery Underwood, which prompted her firing from the show.
Osbourne recently opened up about leaving the daytime show and how it damaged his reputation as a veteran TV personality in America. Osbourne also revealed that he was leaving without pay and dashed any hope of reconciliation with Underwood’s former colleague.
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Sharon Osbourne Heartbroken
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Ahead of the debut of her Fox Nation docuseries “Sharon Osbourne: To Hell & Back,” Osbourne reflects on her controversial firing from the CBS daytime show, which she co-hosted for 11 seasons. At the time, the TV personality was fired amid racial controversy, fueled by an incident between him and co-host Underwood.
“I thought to myself: This is going to happen,” he told per Yahoo. “Over 50 years working in this industry, and this is going to happen. This is it. I’m going to come out as a racist? I find it very heartbreaking. And it’s like: Why, why is this happening? Why”
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Osbourne went on to say that the way she left the show had taken a toll on her emotionally, claiming it destroyed her credibility as a famous TV personality. However, he is sticking to the notion that he did nothing wrong to prompt his dismissal.
“Let’s be honest about this: They destroyed my credibility in America,” he said. “Let’s be completely honest. It’s like: I have nothing to fear. Their claims are false and twisted and twisted.”
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Why Sharon Osbourne Was Left Out
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In March 2021, Osbourne and her co-host, Sheryl Underwood, were involved in a heated debate after Osbourne questioned Osbourne’s support of her longtime friend, Piers Morgan. Morgan, at the time, had made headlines for allegedly using a racist term to call the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle.
The incident prompted the host of “The Talk” to put the show on a short hiatus and open an investigation into Osbourne’s actions and allegations that he had made racist and homophobic remarks about his co-workers in the past.
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Although Osbourne later tweeted an apology for his role in the heated conversation with his colleagues, it did not gain enough goodwill with the show’s contestants as he was fired a few weeks after the incident. His dismissal ended his long-running appearance on the show, which he had been a part of since its inception.
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No second chance
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In the documents, Osbourne hinted at why he wasn’t given a second chance. He shared that the network insisted on firing him to avoid any blemish on their name.
The veteran host said (via Yahoo), “We don’t deal with companies that run, you know, religious programming. These companies are like any other — ruthless — and will do whatever they have to do to not have any stain on their network. They [don’t want] anything that will rock the boat…”
As for if suing the network crossed his mind, the former talk show host shared that he’d rather take the high road than spend most of the next few years in court. “Of course I can [sued]. But do I want to waste two, three years of my life for them? No, I don’t want to do that. For what?”
Did Sharon Osbourne Get Paid Big
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Osbourne also denied rumors that he got a big payout after his contract was terminated. To explain his point, he drew an analogy to a movie scene “when people are released [and] you take out your box full of stuff. That’s all.”
The television personality admitted that there was no way she and Underwood would ever be friends again and that she was still deeply upset by what she perceived as Underwood’s betrayal.
“Never. No. Never,” she said, referring to the possibility of makeup. “Why? Why me? I worked with someone for years, sat next to him, traveled the world with him, laughed, and cried with him. No, because he’s not a friend.”
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