Sharon Osbourne’s distinctive voice will no longer be heard in The conversation.
Amid controversies and recriminations about misconduct and allegations of offensive language by Osbourne in the program to co-presenters of the past and present, the sharp-tongued former speaker America have talent the judge is leaving the CBS daily timer.
After completing an investigation into the heated March 10 discussion of the race in The conversation, which sparked controversy, CBS issued a statement saying that Osbourne decided to leave the program on her own. Also revealing that The conversation, who went on hiatus on March 12 shortly after the Osbourne explosion in the air, will be back on April 12, the network said:
The events of the March 10 broadcast were unsettling for everyone involved, including the audience watching at home. As part of our analysis, we concluded that Sharon’s behavior towards his co-hosts during the March 10 episode did not align with our values of a respectful workplace. We also found no evidence that CBS executives orchestrated the discussion or surprised any of the hosts.
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At the same time, we recognize that the Network and Studio teams, as well as the producers, are responsible for what happened during this broadcast, as it became clear that the co-presenters were not properly prepared by the team for a complex and delicate discussion. involving running.
During this week’s hiatus, we are coordinating workshops, listening sessions and training on equity, inclusion and cultural awareness for the hosts, producers and staff. In the future, we are identifying plans to improve the production team and production procedures to better serve presenters, production and, ultimately, our viewers.
After 11 seasons, Osbourne was the last original Conversation co-presenter to stay in the series. The conversation debuted in 2010 with the famous rock manager, King of queens stars Leah Remini, Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Marissa Jaret Winokur and Holly Robinson Peete.
Osbourne’s expected departure follows that March 10 air dispute with Sheryl Underwood over the public support of former friend Piers Morgan. Both British, Osbourne and once Celebrity Apprentice the winner Morgan appeared together as AGT judges at the start of the race for the competitive show created by Simon Cowell.
Clearly trying to be a kind of topical arsonist, now ex-Good morning Great Britain co-host Morgan vehemently exclaimed on UK TV days before The conversation final proof that he did not believe Meghan Markle’s comments to Oprah in his successful interview that first aired on CBS on March 7.
Recalling the early days of her and Prince Harry’s departure from real life, the Suits alumnus and Duchess of Sussex told the Queen during the meeting that members of the royal family and family made racist statements and disregarded their mental health problems. In The conversation, Underwood told Osbourne “while you’re next to your friend, it looks like you’re giving validation or a safe haven to something he said is racist.” The comments caused an explosive reaction in Osbourne, both in front and behind the camera.
While the CAA represented Osbourne, incredulous, they both tweeted a kind of excuse and complained that he was taken by surprise by CBS producers and executives on the stock exchange, the radius of the explosion in the situation increased. In a story posted on March 16, Osbourne was accused of using racial epithets and sexual insults for former co-hosts and Conversation EPs Chen and Gilbert respectively. Old Conversation Co-host Remini said in an interview with journalist Yashar Ali that Osbourne had sounded strange with the insults carried on her in 2010 in reference to the Asian-American Chen and openly gay Gilbert.
Later, on March 16, CBS responded by extending the sudden hiatus of The conversation Until March 22, an internal probe announced on March 12 continued to investigate what happened in the past few days and years. “Sharon is disappointed, but unperturbed and hardly surprised by the lies, the overhaul of the story and the bitterness that is emerging right now,” said Osbourne’s aide in a statement the same day. Sources close to the daytimer told Deadline that the subsequent Osbourne media blitz continued, including an interview with Entertainment Tonight really “burned a lot of bridges”.
As you talk about lawyer-up Osbourne and The conversation continued, CBS put the show on March 19 on an even longer hiatus for at least another week with March 29 or 30 scheduled.
It is now the middle of next month, after the pre-scheduled hiatus for the week of April 5th.
To add fire to the fire, on March 12, Talk’s initial co-host, Peete, criticized Osbourne for allegedly calling her “too much ghetto” for the show and working to get her ax in 2011. Playing personal correspondence with the ex21 Jump Street star on social media in reaction, Osbourne also stated that he had no power to get someone fired The conversation and that she never used terms like “too much ghetto” in reference to Peete. That last statement was weakened when a clip from the first season of The conversation emerged from Osbourne using that same term in the air in reference to Remini.
Caring for her husband Ozzy Osbourne’s solo career for decades, as well as managing names like the legendary Motörhead, Sharon Osbourne became famous on her own merits with the debut of The Osbournes reality show on MTV in 2002. She went on to lead her own short syndicated talk show in 2003 and as a judge in the UK The X Factoras well as appearing as a competitor in the program organized by Donald Trump Celebrity Apprentice on NBC in 2010.
In this context, as they say in The conversation, “We will talk soon.”