IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentLocalShare & Save —My NewsManage ProfileEmail PreferencesSign OutSearchSearchProfileSign Out Sign InCreate your free profileSectionsLocaltvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC News news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeSearchSearchCulture MattersSharon Osbourne leaves 'The Talk' after network investigation"Sharon’s behavior toward her co-hosts during the March 10 episode did not align with our values," CBS said.Sharon Osbourne appears on CBS' "The Talk" on Feb. 19, 2021.Monty Brinton / CBSMarch 26, 2021, 9:22 PM EDTBy Leslie Ignacio and Sharon Osbourne is leaving CBS' daytime talk show "The Talk" following remarks she made in the wake of with Oprah Winfrey earlier this month, the network said FridayThe show was been on hiatus while CBS reviewed the matter."As part of our review, we concluded that Sharon’s behavior toward her co-hosts during the March 10 episode did not align with our values for a respectful workplace," CBS said in a statement.Osbourne did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.Earlier this month, Osbourne expressed her support on-air for after critical commentary he made about Meghan's interview with Winfrey.The sit-down interview addressed , , media coverage and the couple's public family fallout. Meghan, who's Black, said that before her son's birth, some in the royal family had expressed “concerns and conversations about how be when he's born."Morgan, a longtime critic of Meghan and Prince Harry, rejected the American actress' and stormed off the set of ITV's "Good Morning Britain" and .Osbourne said she supported Morgan."I am with you," "I stand by you. People forget that you're paid for your opinion and that you're just speaking your truth."Osbourne was criticized for the tweet, and a ensued on air.“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 said onUnderwood, who is Black, gently pushed back and even prefaced a question with a compliment: "I've never seen anything come out of you other than, 'If I don't know, I'm willing to learn. If I come off a certain way, I stand corrected.'"Underwood suggested that Morgan's rejection of Meghan's claims of mental stress under royal life was racist, and told Osbourne, "It appears you gave validation or safe haven to something that he has uttered that is racist."Osbourne responded, "You tell me where you have heard him say ... educate me, tell me when you have heard me say racist things! Educate me, tell me!"Osbourne's spokesperson, Howard Bragman, released a statement after the argument."Sharon is disappointed but unfazed and hardly surprised by the lies, the recasting of history and the bitterness coming out at this moment," he said. "She will survive this, as she always has and her heart will remain open and good, because she refuses to let others take her down."Osbourne then an explanation."Please hear me when I say I do not condone racism, misogyny or bullying," she said. "I should have been more specific about that in my tweet. I will always support freedom of speech, but now I see how I unintentionally didn't make that clear distinction."Osbourne's former "Talk" co-host Holly Robinson Peete, who's Black,."I'm old enough to remember when Sharon complained that I was too "ghetto" from "The Talk"...then I was gone," she said.Osbourne, on , denied the allegation.CBS said in its statement, "Going forward, we are identifying plans to enhance the producing staff and producing procedures to better serve the hosts, the production and, ultimately, our viewers."The network said the show would return April 12.Leslie IgnacioDennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.Diana Dasrath contributed.© 2025 NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Julie Chen Moonves is speaking out about her former co-host, Sharon Osbourne. More than two years after Osbourne, 70, exited The Talk following backlash for her on-air defense of her friend,, Sharon Osbourne is leaving CBS' daytime talk show "The Talk" following remarks she made defending embattled British TV personality Piers Morgan in the wake of Meghan Markle's sensational.