THE FALL OUT
Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne’s feud explained
Sharon claims Simon cost her a huge presenting gig in the US
SHARON OSBOURNE has revealed the truth behind her feud with Simon Cowell.
The Celebrity Big Brother star worked with the music mogul on The X Factor.
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Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne's feud explained
Simon and Sharon are known for presenting the X-Factor together.
Alongside Louis Walsh, the trio of judges were a huge hit with fans of the ITV show.
Sharon and Louis are now in the 2024 series of Celebrity Big Brother together.
While on the show, Sharon revealed to Louis that Simon and her have had a bitter fall out.
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Sharon said she turned down a job on The Masked Singer US panel because she thought she was going to be on the X Factor again – but was then dumped at the last minute.
Louis on the other hand remains friends with Simon, though they don't see or speak to each other often.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun before going into the CBB house, Sharon admitted Simon and her no longer had a relationship and branded him "weird".
She said: “We were, in the beginning, the three of us, really close friends. But then he kind of left our group and went on.
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“But no, he’s weird as far as friends go, very, very closed off.”
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Sharon claimed that her and Louis were axed from the X Factor because of "ageism".
Chatting to Louis on Celebrity Big Brother, she let loose about the music boss and suggested their feud is far from over.
During the conversation, Sharon raged: “That's Simon, he cuts you off, cuts you off, cuts you off. He doesn't know how to keep friends.
Someone who dresses the same for three decades, they don’t see that it’s not right.
Sharon Osbourne on Simon Cowell
“Why do you think I am so f****g mad with Simon because remember that year you and I were contracted to do X Factor?
"And it was the first year of The Masked Singer in America and they asked me to do it and I said I can’t because of X Factor with Simon.
“So then they cast it and then when Simon, well he didn't call, but they called and said ‘No you're not doing it [X Factor]’ I missed a huge gig. So I was furious.”
She continued: “Do you remember everything that year in the press? They’re old, young blood. I went mad.
“And then he called me. He was trying to sweet talk me. He would always say change, change, change. You’re the one that needs changing mate.”
Raging, she added: “Someone who dresses the same for three decades, they don’t see that it’s not right. No one’s gonna tell him but everything, the same, the same, the same.”
Louis admitted he no longer speaks to the music mogul, saying: “I haven't talked to him at all, nothing. Zero.”
Meanwhile, when asked what he thought about Sharon and Louis being on CBB Simon told : “I think they could both win.”
When did Sharon Osbourne and Simon Cowell work together?
Sharon rose to fame as the outspoken wife of Rock star Ozzy Osbourne on MTV reality show The Osbournes in 2002.
Following the success of the show, she was snapped up by Simon to be a judge on his new show, The X Factor.
The pair worked together on the show from 2004 until 2007.
She then returned to X Factor for three more stints in 2013, 2016 and 2017.
According to the Osbourne matriarch, Simon axed her from the competition because of her age.
She confessed to US chat show The Talk in 2019: "I was signed on to do another show at the time.
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"I was signed to go to England and then Simon Cowell changed his mind and thought I was too old."
Sharon was also on the judging panel alongside Simon on America's Got Talent from 2007 until 2012.
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