Simon Cowell responds to feud between Sharon Osbourne and Amanda Holden

Britain’s Got Talent head judge Simon Cowell has confirmed he is still friends with Sharon Osbourne following her feud with TV personality Amanda Holden.

Earlier this month, Osbourne, 71, responded to

Osbourne appeared alongside Louis Walsh on the ITV show when it was rebooted this year.

Holden, 53, who is part of the judging panel on Britain’s Got Talent, which returned to screens on Saturday evening, says she “hated seeing certain people on a reality show insulting Simon” and claimed he was helping their careers. .

Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Cowell said: “If you put Sharon and Louis in the house, which is what you pay them for, they will be controversial.

“I still consider Sharon and Louis very good friends, tomorrow we could call each other.

“I think that’s probably one of the things they’re upset about, because they can never get a hold of me.

“Amanda is a great friend, but I really believe Sharon and Louis are good friends too.

“I don’t have a phone, but from what I heard, what they said about me was actually quite funny.

“And I’ll probably call them both in the next week or so because I haven’t talked to them in a while and it sounds like I should.

In her post, Osbourne wrote that Holden did not know her “history in the music industry, my achievements, the artists I have worked with, the shows I have produced and my worldwide celebrity.”

The former manager of The Smashing Pumpkins and Motorhead added that “Sharon Osbourne’s brand is known worldwide” and that she has “been blessed with an amazing lifestyle throughout my life,” referring to homes in the US and Britain.

In the newspaper article, Holden is quoted as saying: “I hated seeing certain people on a reality show insulting Simon – he’s the person who gave them all the opportunities, gave them a lot of money and had a lifestyle they probably wouldn’t have had. .

“It’s bitter and sad.

“It was like Cinderella with her two sisters in the background – just stabby, stabby, stabby.”

Holden likened watching the return of Celebrity Big Brother to a ‘pantomime’, adding that people should ‘respect the opportunity you’ve been given and the paycheck you’ve been given’.

During Osbourne’s appearance on the ITV reality series as a celebrity lodger, she and Irish talent manager Walsh, 71, made several comments about famous faces, including Cowell.

Former X Factor judge Walsh said: “I haven’t spoken to him at all, nothing, zero,” referring to Cowell.

Osbourne said, “But that’s Simon. He interrupts you. He doesn’t know how to keep friends.’

Cowell also revealed to the Daily Mirror that he is working on a second TV talent show – which he says he hopes will involve former co-star Cheryl, who he reunited with on Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.

“Cheryl was great on the show, great to work with, a lot of fun – and there might be something coming up where we might work together, funnily enough,” he said.

“I can’t tell you much right now. I don’t think it will be on a streaming service, and it won’t be X Factor either. But it will be TV, because Cheryl is great on TV. She is fantastic.”