Sharon Osbourne Takes Leave From THE TALK Due to Health Concerns

By: May. 24, 2015
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THE TALK is temporarily losing one of its leading ladies.

Sharon Osbourne is taking a monthlong hiatus from the CBS program after having collapsed on Friday due to, "mental and physical fatigue."

"Her doctors report that she is suffering from 'extreme exhaustion' and assessed that she most likely returned to work too soon after being hospitalized recently for pneumonia," said Osbourne's rep in a statement. "Sharon has been advised and has agreed to to take a month hiatus to recover fully from these recent events."

The statement closed with well wishes to those who are supporting Osbourne, "Sharon has been advised [by her doctors] and has agreed to to take a month hiatus to recover fully from these recent events. Sharon would like to thank everyone at THE TALK for granting her this time off and to all friends, family and others for their incredible support."

THE TALK is a talk show created by actress Sara Gilbert, who also serves as the executive producer. The show premiered on October 18, 2010, and airs on CBS as a part of CBS Daytime.

Along with Gilbert, the show features Julie Chen as the moderator, Sheryl Underwood, Aisha Tyler, and Sharon Osbourne discussing the day's latest headlines while usually tying in the show's theme of motherhood or at least parenthood, such as by giving their opinions "through the eyes of mothers". It also contains celebrity interviews and segments for mothers and parents in general.

The show airs before a live studio audience Monday through Thursday at 11:00am Pacific Time from the CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California, and is broadcast live at 2:00pm Eastern/1:00pm Central over most CBS affiliates in the Eastern & Central time zones. The program is recorded for tape delay in the remaining time zones. On Thursday afternoons at 1:00pm Pacific Time, a second show is taped with the Thursday morning studio audience for broadcast on Friday.

Sources: TV Line, Telegraph



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