A remastered clip showing Sharon Osborne aggressively commenting on Meghan Markle’s blackness has been released online this week as “The Talk” co-host faces allegations of racist and homophobic remarks directed at her former colleagues.
Journalist Yashar Ali, who published reports on allegations against Osborne’s past co-hosts, also posted a post on Tuesday. Twitter thread Saturday, including an old clip from Osborne, talking about the Duchess of Sussex on “Talk Talk”.
In the clip, which was allegedly filmed in 2018, co-host Sheryl Underwood can be heard saying that Meghan “brings blackness to the royal family”, to which Osborne replies: “She’s not black.”
After Underwood and Eve reacted quickly to Osborne, correcting her saying that the Duchess is a black woman whose mother is black (Meghan’s father is white), Osborne doubled down on her comment and returned to her black co-hosts.
“Yeah, no, I know, but it doesn’t look black,” he said.
“Who?” Inquired with Eve and Underwood Unity.
“To Any, “ Osborne can be heard answering amid the chatter.
The eve hinted that “black people come in all colors” before the discussion ended. The former co-host said such complex conversations surrounding skin complexes and blackness deserve to be handled differently.
“It’s a whole discussion that we don’t need,” Hawa said.
A CBS representative did not immediately return a request for comment on the re-equipped clip.
He was criticized last week after Osborne harshly defended his longtime friend Pierce Morgan, who dismissed revelations in Meghan’s bombshell interview with Raah Prah Winfrey in March. During that visit, the Duchess shared her experience of dealing with racism, and revealed that she had considered suicide as a working monarch.
During a tense exchange on “The Talk”, when Underwood asked Osborne about his defense against Morgan, apparently outraged, Osborne placed his responsibility to “educate” his co-host on how Morgan’s relentless attacks on Meghan could be considered racist.
Osborne then apologized the next day on social media, addressing “anyone of color”, saying he was “terrified, blindfolded” and “defensive” for fear of being accused of being a racist.
After Osborne’s exchange with Underwood aired last week, she publicly denounced racist remarks about her former co-host Holly Robinson Pete and her former co-hosts Sara Gilbert and Julie Chen in reference to racial slurs and homophobic allegations. Is. Ali’s report, detailing the allegations, cited anonymous sources in several articles, including Leah Remini, a former co-host of The Talk, who spoke on the record in the article.
Osborne’s publicist Howard Briggs issued a statement denying the allegations against Ali, calling them “lies” and “turning history upside down.”
During an interview with “Entertainment Tonight” on Tuesday, Osborne claimed that she was blindsided by Underwood’s questions about Morgan last week, and said she was “setup” and not properly prepared for the question – which That said it is common practice.
She called herself a “sacrificial lamb.”
CBSA announced on Tuesday that “The Talk” would be on hold for another week, after the network initially said the show would be closed for Monday and Tuesday as it would consider the Underwood and Osborne exchanges.
The network released the following statement on Tuesday about the show’s ongoing setbacks on the deadline:
CBS is committed to a diverse, inclusive and respectable workplace across all of our productions. We also pay close attention to the important concerns expressed and the discussions that take place The talk. This involves a process where all voices are heard, claims are investigated and appropriate action is taken where necessary. As we continue to review these issues the show will extend its production interval until next Tuesday.
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