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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Lucy Mangan

Digested week: May Sharon Osbourne and Amanda Holden’s spat keep on giving

Headshots of Sharon Osbourne and Amanda Holden.
Sharon Osbourne slagged off Simon Cowell on Celebrity Big Brother and Amanda Holden swiftly leapt to his defence in the Daily Mail. Composite: Katja Ogrin/Getty/David Fisher/Rex/Shutterstock

Monday

All weekend and on into Monday, the row between the TV presenter and erstwhile wife of Les Dennis, Amanda Holden, and the managerial powerhouse Sharon Osbourne has been quite something. In brief: on Celebrity Big Brother Sharon slagged off their joint sometime-boss Simon Cowell. Holden then leapt to his defence in a Daily Mail interview, calling Sharon “bitter and pathetic”. Sharon then delivered a two-page diatribe against Holden, listing her many and lucrative achievements long before The X Factor entered her life, much though she enjoyed her judging stint. “Simon paid me very well. Probably more than what you’re receiving today, but all that, my darling, went on a few handbags.”

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