SHARON Osbourne's feud with former X Factor co-star Simon Cowell has rocketed into the spotlight after her war of words with Amanda Holden.
The Celebrity Big Brother contestant, 71, has hit back at the Britain's Got Talent judge, 43 - a close pal of Simon's - as she gave her an "education" on her achievements.
It came after Amanda starkly branded the red-head "bitter and pathetic" for chatting about Simon, 64, in the CBB re-boot in discussions that she claimed were " stabby, stabby, stabby."
Yet after her initial words she was given a dressing down by Mrs O, who warned her "you’ll never be in my league."
Now many of Simon and Sharon's famous friends are taking sides in the long-running showbiz spat.
Amanda Holden hits the beach in her New Year's Eve outfit after partying
What is the feud about?
Simon and Sharon are known for presenting The X Factor together, along with Louis Walsh, also 71.
Sharon's time on the reality TV series spanned between 2004 and 2007, as well as in 2013, and between 2016 and 2017.
Yet while on CBB Sharon revealed to Louis that Simon and her have had a bitter fall out.
Sharon said she turned down a job on The Masked Singer US panel because she thought she was going to be on the X Factor again – but was then dumped at the last minute.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun before going into the CBB house, Sharon admitted Simon and her no longer had a relationship and branded him "weird."
She said: “We were, in the beginning, the three of us, really close friends. But then he kind of left our group and went on.
Sharon claimed that her and Louis were axed from the X Factor because of "ageism".
Chatting to Louis on Celebrity Big Brother, she let loose about the music boss and suggested their feud is far from over.
During the conversation, Sharon raged: “That's Simon, he cuts you off, cuts you off, cuts you off. He doesn't know how to keep friends."
"It was like Cinderella with her two sisters in the background - just stabby, stabby, stabby
Amanda Holden strips off to white bikini ahead of return to radio show Amanda Holden
Amanda Holden
Amanda jumped to her boss Simon's defence after Sharon she tore into him in the CBB house.
She told the Daily Mail: "I hated seeing certain people in a reality show dissing Simon - he's the person who's given them all the chances, given them a lot of money and a lifestyle they probably wouldn't have had.
"It's bitter and pathetic.
"It was like Cinderella with her two sisters in the background - just stabby, stabby, stabby."
Sinitta
The popstar - an ex of Simon's - exclusively told how he refused to watch Sharon and Louis on the ITV re-boot.
He told his best pal Sinitta "I don't want to know" as she let slip the in-house antics.
Speaking to The Sun's Celebrity Big Brother Breakdown podcast, in association with Press Box PR, Sinitta said at the time: "I spoke to Simon just before the series started because I was like, 'so what do you think of this? This is crazy, right?'
"I asked 'why aren't you saying anything to me about this?'
"He was like, 'darling, I'm on the way to the airport, I'm leaving. Don't tell me anything. I don't want to know.'
"I said Sharon looks so tiny, she's lost so much weight. She looks quite frail and he said, 'oh, bless her'.
"And I said, but I think they're being really sweet about you, Louis was saying you're not as bad as you seem and Sharon said that you are an odd bar which is quite an American expression.
"In English it's like saying he's a numpty or something, it's not a really strong insult. It's kind of like 'he's crazy, he's an odd ball'."
Jedward
The X Factor duo have previously lashed out at Simon Cowell for "deleting their legacy."
It came after their music was removed from streaming platforms - something the music mogul said he was unaware of.
Yet the pair - who starred in X Factor's 2009 series were hardly on Sharon's side either, taking fire at her CBB BFF Louis in an explosive rant.
They told the former Westlife manager "justice would be served" as they slammed the "cold hearted" star for his dig about them in the house.
During a conversation with Corrie star Colson Smith, Louis branded them "vile".
He said: “They were vile but they were great for the show.
“I got five million quid for them.”
This prompted Jedward to rage on social media "Louis Walsh is a cold hearted b*****d who didn’t even send us flowers when our mom died."
John and Edward Grimes, 32, added: "Louis Walsh b****ed and talked about us to our best friend Tara Reid!
"Girls aloud hate Louis! Jedward hate Louis! Ronan Keating hates Louis! All future acts should be made aware of what this VILE man is really like.
"Louis reopened these wounds all by himself being spiteful and disrespectful we aren’t going to have our character taken.
"Justice will be served."
