“I blame the network for it,” Osbourne told Variety of Wednesday's emotional The Talk episode, in which she was confronted over her defense of Piers Morgan over his Meghan Markle-fueled exit from Good Morning Britain. “I was blindsided, totally blindsided by the whole situation. In my 11 years, this was the first time I was not involved with the planning of the segment.” Osbourne said she learned her fellow co-hosts would be discussing Morgan eight minutes before Wednesday's episode began. “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," said Osbourne. "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.” When they went to break, Osbourne said she “begged them to stop, to please change subjects.” Osbourne 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.” A CBS rep declined to comment when contacted by Variety. ALSO: Osbourne said she never called Holly Robinson Peete "too ghetto," and tweeted a 2011 letter from Peete thanking her.
TOPICS: Sharon Osbourne, CBS, The Talk, Holly Robinson Peete, Daytime TV