Simon Cowell's six-word reaction to Sharon Osbourne digs as Amanda Holden fights his corner
14.04.2024 - 19:21
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Simon Cowell has received a lot of recent media attention thanks to the feisty feud heating up between Sharon Osbourne and Amanda Holden.
The pair have been hurling vicious attacks on one another since Sharon appeared on the ITV reboot of Celebrity Big Brother and she didn't hold back when it came to speaking about her former pal, Simon, 64, who she worked with on the X Factor back in the noughties.
From blasting his appearance to saying she was "furious" that he cost her a big job opportunity on the American version of The Masked Singer when he didn't renew her X Factor contract, the 71-year-old was brutally honest about her real feelings on the music mogul.
Explaining the reason why they no longer speak, Sharon said: “I missed a huge gig. That's why I was furious. I went mad when they told me and then he called me."
In the angry rant, she said she wouldn't work with Simon again for "all the money in the world" and also took a cheeky swipe at her former friend for "wearing the same thing for three decades" as she fumed over what he had done to her career.
She added: "He would not call Louis or I. He is very, what’s the word? Snotty. Simon just is. He has his little posse around him, the same people he’s had for years, and that’s who he talks to.
"He’s not really one of these guys who’ll be like, 'Hey great. You’ve given us a call. How are you doing? Yada, yada, yada.
"He’s not one of those ‘checking in’ on friends to see if you’re doing OK. We were, in the beginning, the three of us, really close friends.
"But then he kind of left our group and went on. But no, he’s weird as far as friends go. Very, very closed off."
Sharon's remarks led to Simon's pal Amanda Holden, 53, who he works with on Britain's Got Talent, to leap