Season 11 of The Talk brought along some interesting changes following the departure of its co-host Marie Osmond — but according to reports, it was Sharon Osbourne who was allegedly behind the firing.

Sources claimed back in September that the mother of three, who was once BFFs with Simon Cowell, could no longer work with her fellow panelist as growing tensions grew over Osmond’s popularity on the show, which had subsequently put Osbourne and her colleagues in her shadow.

Fans have found it hard not to believe the reports considering how the controversial and outspoken TV personality handled her co-host’s exit when she took to the Emmy award-winning platform to address claims she was behind Osmond leaving The Talk.

Did Sharon Osbourne Get Marie Osmond Fired?

Osbourne has been adamant that she had no involvement in Osmon receiving the axe from The Talk after just one series on the show, but sources for The Sun beg to differ.

According to the publication, Osbourne and Sheryl Underwood struggled to work with the singer and actress and reportedly took issue with her not long after she started working with the ladies on the panel.

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The reason: Both women had become jealous of the attention and publicity that surrounded Osmond when it was announced she would be joining the CBS-produced show, and since they didn’t like her, they supposedly didn’t give her an easy time during the time they were working together.

Supposedly, Osbourne “never wanted Marie on the show in the first place.”

The source added: “When Sara Gilbert left to focus on The Connors and her acting career, Sharon and Sheryl wanted someone less known to replace her so that they would be the two biggest stars on the show."

It’s further claimed that Osmond soon started to feel like an outsider, but her love for her job kept her going back in the hopes that whatever tension had been built up by her arrival would eventually subside.

But that didn’t happen, as Osbourne was allegedly determined to get rid of her co-host once Season 10 had wrapped over the summer of 2020.

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“They never talked to her, never socialized with her. Backstage they would make fun of Marie behind her back saying she was too sugary sweet and too nice.”

“Marie felt isolated and alone, only Carrie Ann and Eve were ever nice to her.

“Carrie Ann tried to plan group outings with all of the ladies so that everyone could become friends with Marie, but Sharon and Sheryl would refuse to attend.

“She was always very nice to Marie and was so upset about how the other ladies treated her. She knew that Marie had gone through many painful things in life so she always had empathy and love for her.”

Then, in October 2020, the 68-year-old decided to address the reports once and for all, having seen that stories concerning her alleged involvement in getting Osmond fired had spread like wildfire online, leaving fans furious and outraged.

During a taping of the show, Ozzy’s wife asserted that she had nothing to do with any changes concerning who sits on the panel, stressing that such accusations are “unfair and unfounded.”

This led to a follow-up article from The Sun claiming that Osbourne was refusing to take responsibility for the things that had transpired behind the scenes, resulting in Osmond to lose her job after one series on the chat show.

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Fans clearly weren’t happy with what the former redhead expressed on TV, prompting one person to write on The Talk’s Facebook page: "Sharon's half attempt at damage control today was laughable.

“People know what she did, and they're now getting flack for being so nasty. Their page is being flooded with negative comments.

AND well deserved. I'm glad I quit watching. Someone showed me a clip of her trying to tell people that 'they were not responsible for personnel changes...' Sorry girl, lies lies lies.”

Interestingly enough, in November 2020, Page Six reported that Season 11 of The Talk had taken a drastic dip in ratings, which came just weeks after Osbourne’s drama in the press.

The publication said that CBS was “panicking” after the show had fallen below 1.5 million daily viewers, which was noted to be half of the number of viewers that its rival The View receives.

An insider for the news outlet then went on to insist: “At one point, ‘The Talk’ and ‘The View’ were only 30,000 viewers apart … Sharon Osbourne and Sheryl Underwood’s plan of getting rid of Marie Osmond was clearly a mistake in terms of ratings and number of viewers.”

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