Sharon Osbourne Says The Talk Incident Was CBS Punishing Her For Trashing Oprah's Interview With Meghan Markle!
22.09.2022 - 23:09
/ perezhilton.com
Sharon Osbourne is not happy with CBS.
As many of you will likely remember, the 69-year-old was the subject of a heated debate on her former daytime show, The Talk, last March. Basically, she supported pal Piers Morgan, who was being called racist online for blasting Meghan Markle after she revealed Royal racism in her interview with Oprah. See exactly what went down (below):
Sharon then took an extended hiatus from the show, and shortly after reports surfaced alleging she was “set up to fail” during the broadcast so CBS could fire the longtime show vet to save on her expensive salary. CBS then came out with an official statement announcing Sharon’s exit, noting:
Now, over a year and a half later, Sharon is digging back into what went down. In an exposé published Wednesday, Page Six revealed the British TV personality still believes CBS actually DID play a role in the nature of the infamous broadcast, claiming it was all part of an elaborate punishment.
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She explained network executives were elated with Oprah’s 2021 interview with the estranged Royals, which aired on CBS, and that head of programming Amy Reisenbach was infuriated that Osbourne, a CBS employee, was less than impressed both privately AND publicly. Sharon noted:
She continued:
She went on to claim The Talk showrunners Kristin Matthews and the late Heather Gray informed her that Reisenbach ordered them, against their will, to defame Osbourne on national television as a means of payback for her comments.
Whoa, what?! Definitely a lot different than what CBS themselves had to say in their official statement last year! But how did the showrunners defame her??
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