The Talk cancels all shows for rest of the week as investigation into Sharon Osbourne & Sheryl Underwood fight continue
THE Talk has canceled all shows for the rest of the week, as the investigation into Sharon Osbourne and Sheryl Underwood's fight continues.
Sharon, 68, , 57, on Wednesday’s episode of The Talk while defending her friend over his harsh criticism of through the years.
A source exclusively told The Sun episodes of daytime talk show are “now canceled for the rest of the week.”
The insider added: “The staff just found out.”
CBS did not immediately respond to The Sun's request for comment.
Sharon opened Wednesday's episode: “Why is it that because I supported a longtime friend and work colleague for years, people go ‘well you must be racist because he’s racist.’
Sheryl continued to explain: “It’s not the exact words of racism it’s the implication and the reaction to it. To not want to address that because she is a Black woman and to try to dismiss it, that’s what makes it racist.
The insider said: “Some execs want Sharon gone. Some higher execs have argued that the show cannot survive without Sharon since she is the only known star.”
She claimed: “I said, ‘Sure, they can ask me whatever.’ But then I get on there, I say my piece and Sheryl [Underwood] turns around straight-faced, looks at me and is reading from a card with questions.
"I was just so hurt, caught off guard and stunned by what I was being asked and not prepared. I was honestly in shock. I felt like I was in front of a firing squad. I felt like a lamb held out for slaughter. … They had me there for 20 minutes.”
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Sharon then claimed she “begged them to stop, to please change subjects.”
She added: "I’m a big girl. I’m a professional. However CBS blindsided me. I don’t know why they did it to me. The showrunners told me it came from executives to do this to me.”