Sheryl Underwood claims she “tried to reach out” to Sharon Osbourne after Ozzy’s death.
Sheryl Underwood tried to contact Sharon Osbourne last summer
The 62-year-old star had opened up about the fallout to the pair’s infamous on-air clash in 2021 when they were both co-hosts on The Talk, and she believes there is still “some love” between them.
Appearing on The View on Tuesday (10.03.26), she said: “I will say this. I still believe there’s some love between me and Sharon.
“I tried to reach out when Ozzy passed. I love her.
“But sometimes you find out, your co-workers, your colleagues or you hope that it doesn’t get as big… You don’t sit next to somebody for that amount of time and don’t have no love.”
Ozzy died aged 76 in July 2025, and Sheryl insisted she didn’t contact Sharon when they first clashed four years earlier because she was “afraid”.
She explained: “And the reason people say, ‘Well, Sheryl, when [the feud] happened, why didn’t you reach out?’
“I’m afraid to leave a voicemail. Because in the business we’re in, your voicemail will show up somewhere or be misunderstood.
“I’d rather be quiet than continue to hurt people. Because I’ma have to face God one day.”
Sheryl added that she will open up more on the experience in her upcoming book.
Back in March 2021, Sheryl and Sharon, now 73, had a heated row about racism as Sharon defended friend Piers Morgan’s comments following Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s Oprah Winfrey interview, including insisting he didn’t believe her when she said she’d had suicidal thoughts.
On The Talk at the time, Sheryl asked: “What would you say to people who may feel that, while you’re standing by your friend, it appears that you gave validation or safe haven to something that he has uttered that is racist, even if you don’t agree?”
Sharon replied: “I feel even like I’m about to be put in the electric chair because I have a friend who many people think is a racist so that makes me a racist.”
Sharon later revealed she felt “blacklisted” over the ordeal, and that it took her “eight months of therapy” to recover from the incident.
She told Closer UK that it was “the ugliest thing I’ve ever been through”, while she also felt like she was “set up” with the grilling.
She explained: “It was like, ‘You’re asking me the questions, you’ve got the questions written down there, and I haven’t even had time to get my head together to come up with a correct answer here.’
“You’re the one accusing me. And I didn’t even know this was happening. It was between her and I. I’m the one that should be crying here. My a** is on the line. I’ve just been pounced on, not even prepared for it.”
And the star – who denied allegations of using racist and homophobic slurs toward her co-hosts – “apologised” to Sheryl after their row.
She added: “I own up to what I did. I can’t not own up. I said what I said. I got too personal with Sheryl. I should’ve never said stop her tears.
“She was hurting as I was hurting… I love Sheryl, I’ve apologised to Sheryl, she’s not gotten back and I can understand. Sheryl needs her time.”
