So CBS has opened an investigation
slightly that would allow
potentially [LAUGH] Sharon
Osbourne, who is one of the hosts
of the daytime show The Talk after
she had this angry and aggressive
attack on her cohost Sheryl
Underwood just last Wednesday.
As she was defending herself and
her friend Piers Morgan over
the accusations of racism after he
went off on Meghan Markle after
the big Oprah interview about
the royal family.
So really quick, let's have
a reminder of what Sharon Osbourne
did and what she had to say.
>> I 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.
And for me at 68 years of age to
have to turn around and say,
I ain't racist,
what's it gotta do with me?
>> Well, well, I tell you.
>> Well, what?
>> We will be right back.
We have more topics, so
don't go away.
>> And I think we should stop this.
I will ask you again, Sheryl.
I've been asking you during the
break, I am asking you again, and
don't try and cry because if anyone
should be crying, it should be me.
This is the situation.
You tell me where you have heard
him say educate me.
Tell me when you have heard him say
racist things.
Educate me, tell me.
>> 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 and for that,
if I articulate it, anything- >> I
think that it's too late,
I think that seed's already sowed.
>> Okay.
>> So after Sharon Osbouurne went
off and then gave an apology
to everyone except for
Sheryl Underwood [LAUGH]
Piers Morgan also jumped on and
said, yeah, CBS owes me an apology.
So it's a bunch of craziness.
But CBS is I think just
trying to avoid
a little bit of this spotlight,
this negative press that they're
getting surrounding Sharon Osbourne
until everything blows over because
there's plenty of things people
are going to eventually talk about.
Yes, that's where I am, go, Cenk.
>> Yeah, two things.
One is, if you don't know,
the daytime audience is now,
a huge percentage
of them are African American.
So it's not an accident that a lot
of daytime hosts are now
African American.
So TV executives are not doing that
out of the goodness of their heart.
[LAUGH] They had a lot of years to
do that out of the goodness of
their heart.
They chose not to.
But when the audience is black,
they're like, right, yeah,
we meant black hosts.
Of course that's what we
meant, right?
And so that is why they're
taking this even more seriously,
because they're worried
she's insulting their audience, and
that then involves money.
Now whoa, whoa, whoa,
wait a minute now,
now we're having a conversation
because it touches the money, okay?
Now you know me, Jer,
what I think they should do.
I don't think it's that hard and
they have the perfect
vehicle for it.
The show is called The Talk.
So why don't you have a talk
about it?
She asked a question.
It's a great
moment to have a teaching moment.
Don't run away.
Don't be scared.
You guys seem like friends.
Have Sheryl Underwood and
all the hosts and
Osbourne get together and
have them explain, like here,
here's what we're concerned about.
Do you see why it sounds like this?
She could say why it sounds
like that to her.
And people might learn
something out of it.
They might actually get something
good out of it.
To me, that seems like
a no brainer.
What do you think? >> There's
too much pride in the way.
She is what she's worried
about people calling her and
she has a history of that.
There's no way she's going to
listen to Sheryl Underwood.
You hear the way she treated her?
She's not going to listen to
someone she doesn't respect.
And there's a reason she doesn't
respect her.
>> If they had the respect, it'd be
an easy conversation to have and
the country would be better
off for it.