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Sharon Osbourne has issued an apology for comments she made about racism while defending Piers Morgan on her US chat show The Talk.
The star was one of the first people to voice support for Morgan after he left Good Morning Britain over his criticism of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
On Wednesday, she angrily challenged her Talk co-host Sheryl Underwood to identify when Morgan had been racist.
But she has now said she "panicked, felt blindsided [and] got defensive".
Osbourne's statement followed criticism on social media that she had appeared to belittle a black woman's experiences of, and perspective on, racism.
In Friday's statement, she apologised to "anyone of colour that I offended and/or to anyone that feels confused, or let down by what I said". She explained that she had "allowed my fear and horror of being accused of being racist take over".
Morgan himself was not impressed. "Sharon's been shamed and bullied into apologising for defending me against colleagues accusing me of racism because I don't believe Meghan Markle," he tweeted.
"I demand an apology from those @TheTalkCBS bullies for their disgraceful slurs against ME."
Read more here.
The star was one of the first people to voice support for Morgan after he left Good Morning Britain over his criticism of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
On Wednesday, she angrily challenged her Talk co-host Sheryl Underwood to identify when Morgan had been racist.
But she has now said she "panicked, felt blindsided [and] got defensive".
Osbourne's statement followed criticism on social media that she had appeared to belittle a black woman's experiences of, and perspective on, racism.
In Friday's statement, she apologised to "anyone of colour that I offended and/or to anyone that feels confused, or let down by what I said". She explained that she had "allowed my fear and horror of being accused of being racist take over".
Morgan himself was not impressed. "Sharon's been shamed and bullied into apologising for defending me against colleagues accusing me of racism because I don't believe Meghan Markle," he tweeted.
"I demand an apology from those @TheTalkCBS bullies for their disgraceful slurs against ME."
Read more here.
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