'The Talk' 's Sheryl Underwood Reflects on Former Co-Host Sharon Osbourne: 'I Miss Her'

Mar. 15, 2025

Timeheals all wounds forSheryl Underwood.

During 12 seasons on CBS’sThe Talk,the 58-year-old has seen several co-hosts come and go,butSharon Osbourne’sabrupt departure hit a bit differently.

“I miss her,” Underwood tells PEOPLE exclusively while on set to celebrate the show’s season 13 premiere. “I miss her. You can’t work with somebody for all that time. I have an equation that I use — time plus distance equals clarity. When you work in daytime with somebody, 220 shows, four days a week, traveling with them, talking to them, you can’t forget that.”

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“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 asked at the time.

A month after the March 2021 incident, Underwood commented on air: “I thought I was having a conversation with a friend, but also I knew I had to be an example.”

“I didn’t want to be perceived as the angry Black woman,” she added.

“I wanted to remain calm and remain focused, and it’s difficult to go back to that day because I just feel the trauma,” Underwood continued, adding that she felt “trapped.”

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But Underwood, who still keeps in touch with a few of her other-co-hosts, has moved on thanks to the space she took from the situation.

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The Talkseason 13 premieres Monday on CBS with Underwood, Kloots and co-hostsJerry O’Connell,Natalie MoralesandAkbar Gbaja-Biamila.

source: people.com