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CELEBRITY Big Brother viewers caught Sharon Osbourne make a huge blunder about Fern Britton.

The 71-year-old claimed to never have met Fern but fans did some digging and discovered that's not quite true.

Sharon Osbourne made a blunder on Celebrity Big Brother
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Sharon Osbourne made a blunder on Celebrity Big BrotherCredit: Eroteme
The star said she hadn't met Fern Britton, but fans found a clip showing they had met on This Morning
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The star said she hadn't met Fern Britton, but fans found a clip showing they had met on This MorningCredit: ITV

When Fern walked into the CBB pad, Sharon said that she seemed nice but insisted that they had never crossed paths before.

Viewers of the show quickly began circulating a video of the pair meeting on This Morning nearly twenty years ago.

Fern hosted ITV's This Morning from 1999 until 2009.

Discussing her initial encounter with Simon Cowell and the negative opinions she had heard about him from others, Sharon remarked on the show in the late 1990s: "I'd never met Simon before at all, so it was all like, why?, Why would you want to project that negativity and that hurtfulness.

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"And then when I'd met Simon, I realised why."

Sharon said: "He's an a**ehole," as she burst into laughter.

Fern and Phillip Schofield, seated in front of her, also burst into laughter.

Fern promptly said: "Obviously we can't say that," regarding the swear word Sharon used on the day time TV show.

Sharon might have simply forgotten the encounter since it happened many years ago.

Fern quit This Morning in 2009 amid reports of tension between her and Phil.

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Fern was a host on This Morning alongside Phillip Schofield
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Fern was a host on This Morning alongside Phillip SchofieldCredit: Rex Features
Fern quit This Morning in 2009
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Fern quit This Morning in 2009Credit: Rex
Sharon has been reunited with her X-Factor co-star Louis Walsh in the CBB house
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Sharon has been reunited with her X-Factor co-star Louis Walsh in the CBB houseCredit: Eroteme
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