CBS The Talk to remain off-air for another week amid Sharon Osbourne controversy
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FILE - Sharon Osbourne attends a special screening of A Million Little Pieces on Dec. 4, 2019, in Los Angeles. CBS says its daytime show The Talk will stay on hiatus for another week after a discussion about racism involving co-host Sharon Osbourne went off the rails last week. Osbourne reacted with anger and profanity when asked to talk about her support and friendship with British TV personality Piers Morgan. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
By: The Associated Press & Scripps National
Sharon Osbourne s return to talk show in doubt after Meghan Markle, Piers Morgan racism row
17 Mar, 2021 07:14 PM
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Sharon Osbourne isn t sure if she wants to return to The Talk.
The CBS panel show is on temporary hiatus this week pending an internal network review after the March 10 episode and Osbourne s explosive confrontation with co-host Sheryl Underwood, when they clashed over Osbourne s decision to defend her friend Piers Morgan against allegations of racism in the wake of his departure from UK TV show Good Morning Britain.
Now, Osbourne has told Entertainment Tonight: I wish we could go on and have [an] adult conversation calmly and work it out but I don t know whether we can.
Sharon Osbourne's defense of friend Piers Morgan on an episode of The Talk last week has prompted a CBS investigation and a "brief hiatus" for the show
Sharon Osbourne claims she was blindsided by Piers Morgan questions on The Talk
14 Mar, 2021 10:05 PM
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Osbourne is seen snapping at Black co-host Sheryl Underwood as the pair discuss whether Morgan s Meghan outbursts were racist. Video / Live Talk
Osbourne is seen snapping at Black co-host Sheryl Underwood as the pair discuss whether Morgan s Meghan outbursts were racist. Video / Live Talk
NZ Herald
When Sharon Osbourne came to the defense of disgraced TV host Piers Morgan on Twitter, she didn t realise that she had started something that would spiral out of control and potentially end her own television career.