Osbourne and Underwood got into a heated debate over Osbourne’s support of her longtime boyfriend, Piers Morgan. Morgan has been accused of racism in his comments on Prince Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.
On her podcast, Underwood thanked everyone for their support and explained that she moderated the day she and Osbourne clashed because the usual moderator, Carrie Ann Inaba, was sick.
For that reason, Underwood said she wanted to be calm and focused in order to do her job properly.
She reminded her podcast audience that she said to Osbourne – who became visibly emotional during the exchange – “forgive me.”
“If I can get ‘Forgive me’ out of my mouth, it means you’re ready for the cure,” Underwood said. “I said, ‘I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry, I never meant to hurt you.'”
She said that after the exchange, she could see from the statements of her co-presenters “ there was some fear, ” but she was more focused on a dentist appointment she had right after the show, things to do and a desire to a nap.
“I was almost calm,” she said.
Underwood said she was hurt and disappointed, but determined to “save it” and do her job. And while the next day she hesitated about how the show would go, “I kept saying, Sheryl, this is entertainment, this is television, it’s daytime television.”
“You want to keep this show on the air for another 10 years because you think it has legs,” she said. “And people are going to do things on shows all the time.”
She said she was at peace with what had happened.
‘I slept well because I didn’t hurt anyone. I didn’t do anything, ”Underwood said. And I was a good friend. Whatever came my way, I was a good friend. ‘
Underwood said Osbourne had asked if they could talk and they did, but she didn’t say what was said.