Sharon Osbourne is set to tell all about her exit from The Talk amid that explosive race row as she sits down for a televised interview with US TV host Bill Maher, 65.
The 68-year-old sensationally quit the chat show in March following an on air clash with fellow presenter Sheryl Underwood, 57, after she defended pal Piers Morgan’s comments about Meghan Markle’s suicide claim.
And amid the fallout fro the events, which saw The Talk go on a month-long hiatus, Sharon will reportedly tell her side of the story when she appears as a guest on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday.
Her side: Sharon Osbourne is set to tell all about her exit from The Talk amid that explosive race row as she sits down for a televised interview with US TV host Bill Maher
The American television show tweeted the line-up on Thursday, with the wife of rocker Ozzy Osbourne top of the bill, alongside other guests Rosa Brooks and Ian Bremmer.
The interview will be Sharon’s first televised chat since bowing out of The Talk after 11 seasons.
MailOnline have contacted representatives of Sharon for comment.
Chat: Amid the fallout fro the events, which saw The Talk go on a month-long hiatus, Sharon will reportedly tell her side of the story when she appears as a guest on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday
It comes after Sharon recently revealed she didn’t watch The Talk on its return this week after leaving the show after her explosive on-air clash with co-star Sheryl.
British TV personality Sharon recently left the program following the row with Underwood on March 10, and though the show came back on screen this week after being removed from the schedules while a review into the incident was carried out, Sharon wasn’t among the viewers.
Sources told TMZ that Sharon was ‘otherwise engaged’ when the show returned on Monday and she hasn’t spoken to Sheryl since their public falling out more than three weeks ago, though it is unclear whether she will reach out to her in the near future.
Drama: The 68-year-old sensationally quit the chat show in March following an on air clash with fellow presenter Sheryl Underwood, 57, after she defended pal Piers Morgan’s comments about Meghan Markle’s suicide claim
Official: The American television show tweeted the line-up on Thursday, with the wife of rocker Ozzy Osbourne top of the bill, alongside other guests Rosa Brooks and Ian Bremmer
When asked on the show on Monday if she’d remain friends with Sharon, Sheryl said she’d wait to see how the former X Factor judge behaved with her.
She said: ‘People have asked me, “Well, if you see Sharon, what would you do?” If she greeted me warmly and sincerely, I would give her back the same, because we’ve been on this show for 10 years.
‘I want people to understand when you’re friends with somebody you stay friends with. And what did Maya Angelou say? When people show you who they are, believe them.’
Moving on: Sharon revealed she didn’t watch The Talk on its return this week after leaving the show amid racism accusations
Yikes: Sharon left the program following her explosive on-air row with co-presenter Sheryl Underwood on March 10, and though the show came back on screen this week after being removed from the schedules while a review into the incident was carried out, Sharon wasn’t among the viewers
The two women had argued over Sharon’s decision to defend her friend Piers Morgan against allegations of racism in the wake of his departure from UK TV show Good Morning Britain, which stemmed from his criticism of the Duchess of Sussex and her tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Following the fall-out, Sharon’s former co-stars Julie Chen and Leah Rimini publicly came out to complain that Osbourne once referred to Chen as ‘a wonton’ and Rimini as being ‘ghetto.’
Sheryl Underwood tearfully claimed she has been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following her heated on-air clash with Sharon Osbourne, as The Talk returned to TV screens after an almost month-long hiatus on Monday.
In the past: The two women had argued over Sharon’s decision to defend her friend Piers Morgan against allegations of racism in the wake of his departure from Good Morning Britain, which stemmed from his criticism of the Duchess of Sussex and her tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey (seen in February 2020)
‘I feel like I’m in PTSD, because it was a trauma, and I feel like I want to get past this,’ Underwood said while holding back tears, addressing the drama that saw Osbourne quit the CBS show after speaking up for her friend Piers Morgan.
Osbourne defended Morgan, 56, for saying he didn’t believe Meghan Markle was suicidal during her Oprah Winfrey interview – which lead to a very heated exchange between herself and Underwood.
When The Talk returned on Monday, Sheryl and her co-hosts Carrie Ann Inaba, Elaine Welteroth, and Amanda Kloots, pledged to ‘honestly discuss’ what had happened on March 10.
Struggles: ‘I feel like I’m in PTSD, because it was a trauma’ Underwood said while holding back tears, addressing the drama that saw Osbourne quit the CBS show after speaking up for her friend Piers Morgan
Back: When The Talk returned on Monday, Sheryl and her co-hosts Carrie Ann Inaba, Elaine Welteroth, and Amanda Kloots, pledged to ‘honestly discuss’ what had happened on March 10
The show also featured Donald E. Grant, an expert on diversity, equity, inclusion and justice, and Anita Phillips, a trauma therapist and life coach, who was there to help the women show others how to feel ‘comfortable’ when having ‘difficult conversations.’
Sheryl said: ‘We need to process the events of that day and what happened since so we can get to the healing. Over the next hour we’ll honestly discuss what occurred and explore some of our feelings, and we’ll also show you how anyone can become more comfortable discussing important issues and having difficult conversations.
She added: ‘And by the end of the hour, we want everyone to feel empowered and ready to move forward.’
Talk about it: The show also featured Donald E. Grant, an expert on diversity, equity, inclusion and justice, and Anita Phillips, a trauma therapist and life coach, who was there to help the women show others how to feel ‘comfortable’ when having ‘difficult conversations’