After a controversial departure from CBS’s The Talk last year, Sharon Osbourne joined UK’s Talk TV alongside her longtime friend and broadcaster Piers Morgan.
The two presenters made the announcement on Thursday. “What I really look for in my Talk TV co-stars is someone who is a bit like me. Very self-confident, fearless, cheerful, knows his opinion, is not afraid to express it, unpredictable, maybe a little dangerous. But also the one who opens his mouth every time makes global news,” Morgan said in a video posted on The Talk’s Twitter page. Osbourne then appears next to him, making her official debut.
Things get even more self-confident on Talk TV…@piersmorgan | @MrsSOsbourne | #Talk pic.twitter.com/hWXGsIrsRC
— Talk (@TheTalkUK) March 17, 2022
Osbourne will host a new current affairs show on the channel. The TV presenter and music manager made headlines almost a year ago when she walked out of her longtime co-op on The Conversation after receiving backlash for defending Morgan’s controversial comments about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s candid interview with Oprah Winfrey. Around the same time, she also came under fire for resurfacing allegations of racism from her former co-host, Holly Robinson Peet. Prior to her departure, Osbourne had been a host on The Conversation since the start of its 11 seasons.
In response to an interview with Markle and Harry, Morgan said on Good Morning Britain, which he soon left, that he did not believe Markle’s accusations of bullying by the royal family, which she claimed caused suicidal thoughts. Via Twitter, Osbourne wrote in Morgan’s defense: “I’m with you. I’m with you. People forget that you are being paid for your opinion and that you are just telling your truth.” She then went on to defend Morgan in “The Conversation”, later apologizing as the show was put on hiatus. Her departure was made official on March 26, 2021.