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    Sharon Osbourne Blames CBS for Heated Piers Morgan Discussion on 'The Talk'

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    Accusing the network for totally blindsiding her with the stern questioning over her Twitter defence, the wife of Ozzy Osbourne likens herself to ‘a lamb held out for slaughter.’

    Mar 15, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Sharon Osbourne has compared herself to “a lamb held out for slaughter” after she was “totally blindsided” on her U.S. show “The Talk” by stern questions about her Twitter defence of controversial U.K. newsman Piers Morgan.
    Morgan quit his TV gig as co-host of “Good Morning Britain” on Tuesday, March 9 following public uproar over his dismissal of Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex’s claims of suicidal thoughts in her revealing tell-all with Oprah Winfrey, but Sharon voiced her support for her old friend in a statement on Twitter.
    “I am with you. I stand by you,” she wrote. “People forget that you’re paid for your opinion and that you’re just speaking your truth.”
    Sharon was quizzed about her comments on daytime show “The Talk” the following day, insisting she didn’t “agree with what he said,” but was instead standing up for Morgan’s “freedom of speech”.
    However, co-host Sheryl Underwood, who is black, took Sharon to task for supporting Morgan, who had also declared he didn’t believe anything the Duchess had said, including accusing members of the royal family of racism.
    Sharon subsequently apologized to anyone who felt offended by her remarks, making it clear she doesn’t “condone racism, misogyny or bullying”, adding via Twitter, “I will always support freedom of speech, but now I see how I unintentionally didn’t make that clear distinction.”
    Now Sharon is holding CBS network bosses responsible for putting her “The Talk” co-hosts up to the task of grilling her on air over the Morgan controversy.

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    “I blame the network for it,” she told Variety. “I was blindsided, totally blindsided by the whole situation. In my 11 years [on ‘The Talk’], this was the first time I was not involved with the planning of the segment.”
    Sharon admitted a producer had asked her shortly before Wednesday’s showtime if she could be questioned about Morgan during the taping, but she had no idea they had prepared a full script for Underwood to stick to.
    “I get on there, I say my piece and Sheryl turns around straight-faced, looks at me and is reading from a card with questions,” she explained.
    “I was just so hurt, caught off guard and stunned by what I was being asked and not prepared. I was honestly in shock. I felt like I was in front of a firing squad. I felt like a lamb held out for slaughter… They had me there for 20 minutes.”
    Sharon ended up having to beg producers to “please change subjects” during a commercial break, and she is convinced the TV clash was all concocted by CBS chiefs.
    “I’m a big girl. I’m a professional,” she said. “However CBS blindsided me. I don’t know why they did it to me. The showrunners told me it came from executives to do this to me.”
    A representative for CBS has declined to respond to Sharon’s Variety comments, but on Friday, officials announced plans to conduct an “internal review” of the incident.

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      Eve Fights Back Tears Over 'The Talk' Co-Stars' Sweet Tributes During Final Episode

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      The ‘Let Me Blow Ya Mind’ hitmaker wraps up her four-season stint on the daily talk show virtually from London months after fellow former co-host Marie Osmond made her exit.

      Dec 19, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Rapper/actress Eve fought back tears on Friday, December 18 as she bowed out of her stint as a co-host on U.S. daytime show “The Talk”.
      The “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” hitmaker, who is married to British businessman Maximillion Cooper, wrapped up her four-season stint virtually from London, as she and co-hosts Sharon Osbourne and Sheryl Underwood reminisced about her time on the series.
      Sharing her love and pride for Eve, rock matriarch Sharon said, “What you’ve meant to me while you’ve been on this show, it isn’t measurable.”
      “I have to tell you, we never met before this show but you knew my kids (Jack Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne)… They would go, ‘Aw, mum, she’s the best, she’s so friendly, so lovely.’ I knew that you were gonna be so friendly and a lovely person, but I didn’t know how wonderful it would be.”
      “You’ve got your wings now and you are flying…,” Sharon smiled. “You are open about yourself, you care so much about what goes on in the world, you care so much about your community, and I feel that whatever your next steps are, it’s not just gonna be making a record and touring, you’re gonna do much more than that, Eve Cooper! You’re unstoppable right now.”
      Meanwhile, comedienne Sheryl gushed, “You are everything a woman aspires to be: funny, fashionable, smart, sexy. You’re powerful with a delicate presence, a great philanthropist, businesswoman, artist, wife and mother.”
      Calling Eve a “sister” who will “forever” be in her heart, she added, “The door is always open for you to come back and share everything that you are about to achieve.”

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      Touched by the sweet tributes, Eve wiped away tears as she credited “The Talk” bosses for giving her a “springboard” onto bigger and better things, and saluted her co-hosts, including Carrie Ann Inaba, who was absent as she battles COVID-19.
      “I truly, genuinely, for real, love you…,” she said. “I have been so lucky and so grateful to be a part of this show. I’ve learned from each of you ladies…, I have gotten so much from all of you, and you guys have been beyond supportive….”
      “I will be forever grateful… This is not goodbye, this is, ‘I’ll see you later.’ Thank you.”

      Eve’s exit comes months after singer Marie Osmond departed the show earlier this year.
      They will be replaced in January 2021 by actress Amanda Kloots, the widow of tragic coronavirus victim and Broadway star Nick Cordero, and journalist Elaine Welteroth.

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      Marie Osmond Bids 'The Talk' Adieu After Only One Season

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      CBS praises the singer and entertainer, who came in to replace co-creator Sara Gilbert, as ‘a consummate professional’ in a statement about her exit from the daily talk show.
      Sep 3, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Marie Osmond is exiting Sharon Osbourne’s daily talk show “The Talk” after just one season.
      The singer and entertainer replaced the show’s co-creator Sara Gilbert when she quit the programme last summer, and now Marie is leaving to focus on other projects, including a new show.
      “Marie is a consummate professional, and we thank her for sharing her personal experiences, insight, as well as incredible talents, with our audience,” a statement from network bosses at CBS to Deadline reads. “We will miss her humour, kindness and good nature, and wish her much success in her future endeavours.”
      Osmond’s departure comes weeks before the show returns to TV for an 11th season. Her co-hosts Eve, Carrie Ann Inaba, Osbourne, and Sheryl Underwood are all expected to return.

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