Celebrity Big Brother SPOILER: Sharon Osbourne speaks out on her feud with Dannii Minogue – 17 years after she sensationally quit The X Factor
Sharon Osbourne will discuss her feud with her X Factor co-judge Dannii Minogue on Monday’s Celebrity Big Brother, 14 years after the pair’s historic clash on the ITV show.
The TV star, 71, has already made headlines worldwide with her outspoken viewing of stars including James Corden and her long-time co-judge Simon Cowell.
But on Monday’s episode, Sharon will discuss her history with Dannii, with a short clip of the exchange shown during Sunday’s episode of Late and Live.
The pair were judges together on The X Factor in 2007, but are said to have had a falling out over Dannii’s relationship with Simon. Sharon quit the show the following year.
David Potts asked Sharon if it was “awkward” working with Dannii on the show, and Louis Walsh added: “Wouldn’t we stand there, Sharon, and not talk to anyone?”
Sharon Osbourne will discuss her feud with her X Factor co-judge Dannii Minogue on Monday’s Celebrity Big Brother, 14 years after the pair’s historic clash on the ITV show
The pair were judges together on The X Factor in 2007 but clashed behind the scenes, with Sharon quitting the show the following year.
Laughing, Sharon said, “That was so damn hard,” and Louis admitted there was “a similar bad atmosphere every season.”
Sharon explained that during the live shows, as soon as the cameras started rolling, she grabbed Dannii’s hand and held it in the air.
“I grabbed her hand and went like that, when the doors opened, and she tried to let go, but I pushed her up,” she said.
But Sharon appeared to have put her feud with Dannii behind her, saying: ‘Yes, she’s fine, she’s fine.’
Sharon and Dannii Minogue made no secret of their dislike for each other during their time together on X Factor as they became embroiled in a public row.
Dannii revealed at the time that Sharon berated her in her dressing room, reducing her to tears just minutes before she was due to appear on stage.
After Dannii joined the show, stories circulated in the press about how Sharon was completely distraught that Dannii had been appointed a judge and feared this meant she herself was on her way out.
She stormed into Dannii’s dressing room and accused the Australian singer of speaking negatively about her to the press, shouting: ‘I don’t need this! “I’m a mom, do you think I need all this shit in my life?”
Sharon and Louis Walsh (pictured) shared insight into their time working on The X Factor and highlighted there was tension between the judges behind the scenes
But Sharon appeared to have put her feud with Dannii behind her, saying: ‘Yes, she’s fine, she’s fine’
Dannii revealed at the time that Sharon berated her in her dressing room, reducing her to tears just minutes before she was due to appear on stage.
In 2013, Sharon spoke out about the feud when she branded the time she spent with Dannii on the ITV1 talent show as ‘excruciating’, ‘unbearable’ and ‘an odious chore’.
In an extract from her new book Unbreakable, published in The Sun, she said: ‘Outwardly, Dannii was all: “Ooh, I love children and puppies”. But in my opinion she was dark, very dark. What you saw was definitely not what you got.”
After leaving The X Factor, Sharon told Piers Morgan on his Life Stories that she couldn’t work with Dannii.
She said: ‘I didn’t hate her, because hate is very close to love and takes a lot of emotion, and I don’t have that time for her.
“She was like an insect, a mosquito that wouldn’t go away.”
Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on ITV1, followed by Late and Live at 10pm on ITV2 and ITVX.