

Grant, an expert on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, helped moderate the conversation. The first day back included an honest discussion between Underwood, Welteroth, Inaba, and Kloots about what happened and how they can all learn from the experience. CBS put the show on hiatus for a month before returning in April 2021, sans Osbourne.

Leah Remini, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete, and Julie Chen | Monty Brinton/CBS ‘The Talk’ returned without Sharon Osbourne and addressed the incidentĪfter the explosive episode, past co-hosts Leah Remini and Holly Robinson Peete shared their own experiences in the past with Osbourne’s racist and homophobic comments behind the scenes. Underwood remained calm, while Osbourne began to raise her voice as she felt she had been “ambushed” by a question fed to Underwood by producers. When Underwood attempted to explain why Morgan’s comments - and the British press’ treatment of Meghan as a whole - has racist undertones, she felt that she was being misjudged. Osbourne felt like she was being “put in the electric chair” because of her defense of her friend Piers Morgan, who has been a vocal critic of the Duchess of Sussex for years and said her interview was filled with lies. On the Maepisode of The Talk, the five co-hosts - which included Osbourne, Underwood, Carrie Ann Inaba, Elaine Welteroth, and Amanda Kloots - were engaged in a discussion about Oprah Winfrey’s bombshell interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Sharon Osbourne | Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Image Sharon Osbourne’s controversial exit from ‘The Talk’ After an on-air confrontation about race with co-host Sheryl Underwood, the show went on a weeks-long hiatus before announcing Osbourne had unceremoniously left the show. Sharon Osbourne’s exit from The Talk in spring 2021 shook up the daytime talk show landscape.
