Former Celebrity Big Brother winner James Hill has given his thoughts on Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh’s gossiping throughout their stint on the reality TV show.
The X Factor judges and best friends didn’t hold their tongue when they were together and often dished the dirt on other celebrities such as Adele, James Corden, Anna Wintour, the royals and former friend Simon Cowell.
After Osbourne left the house on Tuesday, she sat down with hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best to discuss her time on the show.
However, by the end of the interview Osbourne was left stern-faced after she realised everything she, Walsh and other housemates had spoken about was heard by the nation.
As the atmosphere turned frosty, Odudu and Best probed her on whether she thought those conversations would ever see the light of day.
“I thought ‘They’d never air it!’ It was so negative, so mean,” she exclaimed.
Sharon was stunned to learn her conversations with Louis had been aired
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Clearly frustrated with the decision to air the chats, Osbourne’s answers became abrupt and one-worded.
“Were you ever tempted to spill some of what you’d seen?” Odudu asked, but at this point, Osbourne shook her head and simply replied: “No.”
Hill – who won series 16 of Celebrity Big Brother – recently spoke to GB News on behalf of Heart Bingo about how Osbourne and Walsh conducted themselves.
He admitted: “I was quite shocked to watch various celebrity housemates talking about other celebrities on the outside because in my series we never really did that.
James waded in and admitted he was shocked to hear them talking about other celebrities
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“We didn’t really talk about other celebrities who we knew and there wasn’t much name dropping going on, it was more about us and what was going on in the house.
“It was a bit surprising to hear about it because they were dishing some dirt at various times about various people and yeah, I think sometimes it is easy to forget that there are 10 millon people outside of there watching.
“I don’t know, I just think people switch off and forget there is a million cameras watching them and it is going to be broadcasted. You shouldn’t dish it out if you can’t take it.”
Hill also discussed the recent backlash Walsh has received after he branded X Factor duo Jedward – real names John and Edward Grimes – “vile”.
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Sharon Osbourne was gossiping throughout her time on the show
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“You can understand why that would cause some controversy in the press. But I mean, I don’t know much about Jedward and I have seen them over the years and I didn’t see Louis do it.
“But if you’re going to call somebody a name or slag them off then you have to expect backlash somewhere, haven’t you? For every action there is a reaction isn’t there.”