Louis Theroux exposes Sharon Osbourne for ‘not reading her own books’

Louis Theroux has revealed helium caught retired Sharon Osbourne for ‘not speechmaking her ain book’.

The broadcaster, 54, has interviewed a drawstring of stars passim his career, nevertheless helium erstwhile accidentally near Sharon, 72, perplexed by his questioning.

During a caller interrogation wherever the tables were turned and helium was successful the blistery seat, Louis explained what unfolded.

Although helium didn’t spell into item erstwhile oregon what helium was interviewing her for, Louis said she was confused erstwhile helium started speaking to Sharon astir details of her life.

Recalling what happened, helium explained: ‘I work Sharon Osbourne’s publication and past I asked her astir it and she’s like, “how bash you cognize each this stuff”. She hadn’t work her ain book!’ helium said connected the Tables Manners podcast with Jessie and Lennie Ware.

‘I often gag that if you privation to fell thing and if you person thing you perfectly don’t privation radical to cognize astir you, enactment it successful a book, nary 1 volition work it,’ helium added.

Sharon released her archetypal autobiography Extreme successful 2005. It went to fig 1 connected the Sunday Times Bestseller List, has sold implicit 2 cardinal copies is the astir palmy pistillate autobiography ever.

Her second, Survivor, was released successful 2007 portion the 3rd autobiography Unbreakable was released successful 2013.

In the podcast Louis besides spoke astir the interaction of interviewing Jimmy Savile successful 2000 for his bid When Louis Met… Jimmy!.

In the aftermath of that show, Louis said galore celebrities past felt ‘insulted’ erstwhile they were asked to look too.

‘Back successful the day, conscionable to rotation back, the archetypal things I did involving celebrities, we would say, we privation 10 days. This was the aforementioned Jimmy Savile. Paul Daniels was one, the magician and his wife, Debbie McGee. Neil and Christine Hamilton,’ helium explained.

‘It was very, precise hard, and rather rapidly we ran retired of road. And actually, it was ne'er benignant of made explicit, but we were mostly dealing with radical who are connected the downside of their careers.’

But aft world shows similar Strictly Come Dancing, I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! and Big Brother were launched, Louis said celebrities ‘realised they could look connected things and they didn’t person to tolerate a BBC Inquisitor being impertinent past rather clearly, they would take to bash that’.

He added that the agent’s of immoderate celebrities were offended their clients were being asked.

‘It became astir similar a marque of being washed up [and I] consciousness similar it was a agelong roadworthy of trying to amusement radical that I wasn’t conscionable retired to get them, that I was up for having conversations that felt just and humane,’ helium said.

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