Sharon Osbourne has criticized the steady rise of cancellation culture after a heated debate on the air about races led to her suspension and subsequent firing from the US show The Talk.
The outspoken TV personality served as a speaker on the CBS show, but was blacklisted in the United States after defending Piers Morgan’s right to convict Meghan Markle during a heated argument with co-host Sheryl Underwood.
Sharon, 69, says she was threatened with death following her suspension and admits the painful experience led her to an unconventional form of therapy.
Speech: Sharon Osbourne criticizes the steady rise of cancellation culture after a heated debate about race on the radio led to her suspension and subsequent resignation from The Talk
He recalled his resignation from CBS. He told The Times: “They told me: ‘You’ve been suspended all the time. We think you don’t have enough remorse. And we decide whether you will come back or not.
“And I said, ‘Well, who’s going to make that decision?’ And they said, “We can’t tell you.”
Sharon has become a household name on both sides of the Atlantic thanks to MTV’s groundbreaking reality show The Osbournes; A cursory look at life at the sprawling Beverly Hills mansion she shares with her husband, Ozzy, her three children, and a zoo of pets.
An 11-season run aired on The Talk soon after, but after Meghan and Prince Harry’s bombastic interview with Oprah Winfrey publicly affirmed Morgan’s right to free speech, she admits that all doors were slammed in her face. .
Controversy: Sharon was blacklisted after defending Piers Morgan’s right to convict Meghan Markle during a heated argument with co-host Sheryl Underwood
Speaking of the audience reaction, “They said they would come at night, slit my throat, slit Ozzy’s throat, slit my dogs’ throats.
I said, ‘I’m not going out, I’m not doing anything. I couldn’t stop crying because I was thinking about all the things I’ve been through in my life and now they call me a racist, that’s crazy.”
This ordeal caused Sharon to be on ketamine therapy for months, in which she was given class B drugs to induce dissociative anesthesia, sedation, and amnesia.
‘If you’re someone who stuffs things up’ [down, ie, suppresses things]”I’m fine, I’m fine” this medicine relaxes you,” he said.
“You haven’t finished yet. You can hear, you can talk, but you’re too comfortable and can’t talk about it. It’s a medicine of truth.
The British broadcaster had previously accused CBS and the show’s producers of hanging them to dry during a tense conversation with co-host Sheryl Underwood during the live broadcast.
“It was a matter of freedom of expression. It was pure freedom of expression,” Sharon told DailyMailTV in September. “A journalist friend of mine who wrote something that people didn’t like, and then some crazy people out there, idiots – ‘you have to be racist, that’s why you say that’ – about my friend Piers. Like, let’s go.’
Sharon said the seemingly impromptu moment was carefully orchestrated by a show executive who wanted to spark controversy and unknowingly told the hosts to ask if people now thought he was a racist.
Past: Sharon has become a household name thanks to The Osbournes, a jaw-dropping glimpse into life at the Beverly Hills mansion she shares with her husband Ozzy, their children, and a pet zoo.
“They all knew the question and everyone knew what was going on. I felt totally betrayed,” Sharon said. This made things worse when Sheryl started crying. Sharon told her to stop.
The point of view of a white presenter, who told his black colleague not to cry over racism on live broadcast, appealed neither to the public, nor to the channel. but he argues that perception is not reality.
“We had a disagreement and I told him not to cry, that I should cry, and things didn’t go well,” she said. “And she didn’t want to talk to me during the commercial break. I begged her to talk to me, she didn’t, and I told her to go and fuck you.
“Putting myself on live TV for 20 minutes… living on TV… unprepared, unproduced, not knowing what’s going on,” he recalls, shaking his head. ‘Wait a minute, where are their apologies from me? They could have cut it and given an ad break at any time, and why didn’t they?
He added: “I would tell one of my friends. If you tell a friend, it is different from a stranger, a stranger. If you can’t be real with someone you’ve worked with for ten years, then you don’t have a friendship and that’s how I see it.”
Source: Daily Mail
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