The next day on The Talk, Osbourne ended up in a tearful debate with Underwood, who asserted that Osbourne’s defense of Morgan was basically a defense of racism.
“I very much feel 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?” Osbourne countered. “What does it got to do with me?” Increasingly emotional, she added, “How could I be racist about anybody or anything in my life?”
After a commercial break, Osbourne told Underwood, “Don’t try and cry because if anybody should be crying, it should be me.”
Underwood continued, explaining why she found Morgan’s commentary harmful, “It was not the exact words of racism, it’s the implications and reaction to it. To not want to address that she is a Black woman and to try to dismiss it or to make it seem less than what it is, that’s what makes it racist.” She tried to clarify that she and their fellow co-hosts weren’t accusing Osbourne herself, saying, “Right now, I’m talking to a woman who I believe is my friend and I don’t want anybody here to watch this and say that we’re attacking you for being racist.”
To which Osbourne replied, “It’s too late. I think that seed’s already sowed.”
