Ozzy Osbourne says wife Sharon ‘is the most unracist person I’ve ever met’ as he defends her over The Talk exit

Ozzy Osbourne has defended his wife Sharon after her exit from The Talk amid a ‘racism’ row (Picture: FilmMagic)

Ozzy Osbourne has fiercely defended his wife Sharon as ‘the most unracist person I’ve ever met’ following her exit from The Talk.

Sharon walked away from the American talk show following an on-air clash with co-host Sheryl Underwood.

The pair were discussing Piers Morgan’s criticisms of the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle after her interview with Oprah Winfrey, and things became heated with an emotional Sharon demanding Sheryl ‘educate’ her on racism.

In an interview with Bill Maher Sharon said she departed the show because she ‘will not take being called a racist’.

Appearing on his SiriusXM show Ozzy Speaks on Monday with friend Billy Morrison, he told listeners ‘has been going through the mill lately’ and she had been left ‘devastated’ by the events of recent months – however she is ‘marching on’.

‘She’s been through the mill of it and, you know, all I can tell you if my wife was slightly racist, I’ll tell you she’s possibly the most unracist person I’ve ever met. And I’m not just saying that’, he said.

Ozzy said his wife is ‘the most unracist person I’ve ever met’ (Picture: FilmMagic)

The rocker went on: ‘It’s still an unpleasant issue – it’s one of them things once you’re accused of it, people tar you with that brush and it’s very hard to shake off.’

He added: ‘We’ll get through this.’

Sharon, who was an X Factor mentor from 2004 to 2007 and then again from 2016 to 2017, plans to tell her side of the story in a tell-all book.

‘I’m going to write a book. I’m going to tell everything. They didn’t gag me. I would never sign a gagging order, so I can do what I want,’ she declared in You magazine.

She continued: ‘I do not want my legacy to be, ”Well, she was a racist.” I mean, it’s insane. It’s just not true.

‘I get it. You want change in your country. But don’t start on a 68-year-old from England who likes the Queen. I’m the wrong one.’

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