CBS denies report Sharon Osbourne received up to $10 million for exiting ‘The Talk’

CBS is denying a report that Sharon Osbourne acquired a payout of as much as $10 million (Dh36.7 million) for exiting “The Talk” after making inflammatory feedback about race on the daytime speak present earlier this month.

Web page Six cited “a source” in reporting that Osbourne “is walking away with a $5 to $10 million minimum payout and was able to spin that it was her decision [to leave the show].” One other supply cited stated that Osbourne could be talking out about her exit “when she is ready... She has been on that show for 11 years and knows all the secrets.”

A CBS spokesperson stated of the report: “False, inaccurate or untrue. Take your pick.”

The community introduced on Friday that Osbourne, the final unique panellist on “The Talk,” could be leaving the collection following an inside investigation prompted by feedback she made through the March 10 broadcast. The spouse of rocker Ozzy Osbourne had a tense change with co-host Sheryl Underwood after defending her good friend Piers Morgan over his criticism of former actress Meghan Markle. (In a bit for the “Daily Mail” printed Monday, Morgan got here to Osbourne’s defence, calling her a sufferer of “stinking hypocrisy.”)

In a current interview with Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, stated they have been topic to racism inside the royal household, together with “concerns” in regards to the pores and skin color of their little one. Morgan lashed out at Markle and questioned the veracity of her declare that she tried suicide. Amid fierce criticism of his feedback, he stop his gig on ITV’s “Good Morning Britain.”

“I feel even like I’m about to be put in the electric chair because I have a friend who many people think is a racist, so that makes me a racist,” Osbourne stated of Morgan on March 10. She later stated that neither she nor Morgan was racist, however admitted that she “had a go” at Underwood and requested for an schooling about what he’d stated that was racist. Osbourne apologised for her behaviour in a March 11 assertion on Twitter.

In asserting Osbourne’s exit, CBS stated the interior investigation concluded that Osbourne’s “behaviour toward her co-hosts during the March 10 episode did not align with our values for a respectful workplace.”

“The Talk,” which has been on hiatus pending outcomes of the CBS investigation, will return with unique episodes on April 12.