Sharon Osbourne Opens Up About ‘The Talk’ Firing: ‘It Was Like I Was Dead’
etcanada.comSharon Osbourne famously parted ways from “The Talk” last year after a heated discussion about race with Sheryl Underwood that resulted in a CBS internal investigation and, ultimately, her exit from the show.
Osbourne is now heading back to her native England to join longtime friend Piers Morgan on a new U.K. talk show — which is, interestingly enough, also called “The Talk”.
In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Osbourne opens up about the experience. READ MORE: Sharon Osbourne To Host UK Show Called ‘The Talk’ After Getting Fired From ‘The Talk’ In U.S. “They said to me, ‘You are on permanent suspension.
We don’t think that you’re repentant enough. And we will decide whether you ever come back,'” she recalled. “And I said, ‘Well, who’s going to make that decision?’ And they said, ‘We can’t tell you.’” Not only was Osbourne dumped from the TV job she’d held for a decade, she was also greeted with death threats. “They were saying they were going to come in the night, cut my throat, cut Ozzy’s throat, cut my dogs’ throats,” she added, forcing her to hire 24-7 security.
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