‘The Talk’ returns: Sheryl Underwood addresses Sharon Osbourne’s departure

The Talk returned to the air on Monday after CBS’s investigation led to the departure of Sharon Osbourne.

In a preview clip, Sheryl Underwood, whose racism debate with Osbourne led to the investigation and the present’s month-long prolonged hiatus, appeared on the high of the present, from backstage, and addressed the March 10 drama.

“It’s time for an episode of The Talk that will be unlike any other we’ve had before,” Underwood began. “We haven’t been together at the studio since the week of March 10. And as you may know, during our break, Sharon decided to leave The Talk.“

Underwood, now the longest-running co-host, continued, “We need to process the events of that day and what happened since, so we can get to the healing.” 

She promised she and co-hosts Carrie Ann Inaba, Amanda Kloots and Elaine Welteroth would “honestly discuss what occurred” in the course of the dramatic episode, which noticed Osbourne defending Piers Morgan for calling Meghan Markle a liar for her royal racist claims. They can even “explore some of our feelings,” Underwood mentioned, and “show you how anyone can become more comfortable discussing important issues and having difficult conversations.”

She mentioned by the tip of the present — which options visitor Donald E. Grant, an skilled on variety, fairness, inclusion and justice, as properly Anita Phillips, a trauma therapist and life coach — “we want everyone to feel empowered and ready to move forward.”

The March 10 exchange was a bitter one. When Osbourne defended Morgan, she felt that her co-hosts were suggesting that she was racist. It led to her cursing at Underwood as they went to a commercial break. She demanded that Underwood, who is Black, “educate” her on racism as Underwood calmly tried to have a dialogue.

“It is not the exact words of racism; it’s the implication and the reaction to it,” Underwood said. “To not want to address that because she was a Black woman, to try and dismiss it; that’s what makes it racist… But right now, I’m talking to a woman who I believe is my friend and I don’t want anybody to watch this and [think] we’re attacking you for being racist.”

At the tip of the week, Osbourne publicly apologized to the Black neighborhood. But Osbourne felt she was attacked, and arrange by producers, because the section went on and on. 

Amid the hiatus, which was prolonged greater than as soon as, more allegations had been made about dangerous habits by Osbourne on the set. She known as all of them “crap” but former co-host Leah Remini claimed Osbourne used racial and homophobic slurs about fellow co-hosts Julie Chen and Sara Gilbert. And Holly Robinson Peete claimed Osbourne, who was the last remaining original co-host, said she was “too ghetto” for the show. 

Osbourne called the allegations a “pile-on” and mentioned she wasn’t positive she’d wish to return to the present. On March 26, CBS introduced Osbourne was leaving.

A press release from the community mentioned, “Sharon Osbourne has determined to go away The Talk. The occasions of the March 10 broadcast had been upsetting to everybody concerned, together with the viewers watching at residence. As a part of our evaluate, we concluded that Sharon’s habits towards her co-hosts in the course of the March 10 episode didn’t align with our values for a respectful office. We additionally didn’t discover any proof that CBS executives orchestrated the dialogue or blindsided any of the hosts.”

There has since been a forwards and backwards over whether or not Osbourne apologized to Underwood for the on-camera flap. Osbourne mentioned she did, offering screenshots of texts, to dispute Underwood claiming she did not hear from her. 

The Talk airs Monday by means of Friday at 2 p.m. ET and 1 p.m. PT on CBS.

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