‘The Talk’: Sharon Osbourne Uses Racial Slurs While Defending Herself Against Racism Allegations
Sharon Osbourne has been in the hot seat all week after getting into a verbal argument with her cohost Sheryl Underwood on The Talk for defending Piers Morgan and his alleged racist harassment of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Since then, more racism allegations have been coming out about Osbourne. While defending herself against past allegations, Osbourne used a racial slur.
Sharon Osbourne’s racist comments
On The Talk, Osbourne defended her friend, Morgan, after he was accused of making racist remarks about the Duchess of Sussex.
“I don’t know what he’s uttered that’s racist,” Osbourne said. “I’m not trying to slide out of this one. Tell me, what has he uttered that’s racist? I feel like I’m about to be put in the electric chair because I have a friend who many people think is racist, so that makes me a racist.”
Later, while speaking to Underwood, Osbourne got even more defensive.
“I will ask you again, Sheryl,” Osbourne said. “I’ve been asking you during the break. And don’t try and cry because if anyone should be crying, it should be me. This is the situation: You tell me where you have heard him say racist things. Educate me.”
Following the argument, clips of the segment began going viral and CBS announced that the show would go on hiatus until next week.
“CBS is committed to a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace across all of our productions,” reps for the show said in a statement, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “We’re also very mindful of the important concerns expressed and discussions taking place regarding events on The Talk. This includes a process where all voices are heard, claims are investigated and appropriate action is taken where necessary.”
Sharon Osbourne uses racial language
After the clip of Osbourne arguing with Underwood went viral, old claims against Osbourne started resurfacing. Journalist Yashar Ali published a story alleging that Osbourne used to refer to her former The Talk co-host Julie Chen as racial epithets like “wonton” and “slanty eyes.”
Osbourne has since denied those claims, however she used the terms to do so.
“Everyone’s got an opinion or a story like the wonton story,” she told The Daily Mail. “It’s like f*ck off with your f*cking wonton story. F*ck off!
“Everybody’s got an opinion and everybody’s got a voice – it’s fine,” she continued. “It’s about knowing somebody’s been called out for something and then somebody else is like, ‘yes!! I’m going to add something too. Of course, it’s a pile on. People want to add fuel to the fire and it comes with the territory and that’s fine.”
Is Sharon coming back to ‘The Talk’?
Though The Talk is only on a brief hiatus, it is unclear whether Osbourne will rejoin the show when it returns.
“I wish we could go on and have a adult conversation calmly and work it out but I don’t know whether we can,” she said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. “I don’t know whether it’s gone past that. I would love to but I don’t know whether I even want to go back. … I don’t know whether I’m wanted there.”
