Sharon Osbourne Accused Of Spreading 'Misinformation' About 'The Talk' Co-Hosts To Save Face: Report

Sharon Osbourne has been accused of spreading "misinformation" about her co-hosts on "The Talk" amid CBS' probe of the show, according to a report.

"The Talk" has been on hiatus since Osbourne's heated exchange with co-hosts Sheryl Underwood and Elaine Welteroth about racism last week. They questioned Osbourne's support of Piers Morgan, who was accused of being racist after saying he didn't believe Meghan Markle's statements in her Oprah Winfrey interview.

The show is currently under investigation, but an unnamed Page Six insider is now claiming that Osbourne has been manipulating the situation by giving interviews about the controversy and her co-hosts.

"Sharon is basically running around using her hosts as footstools to help spread misinformation from her deeply offensive actions," the source told Page Six. "She’s been throwing [her co-hosts] under the bus all week. The [‘ET’] interview was a complete lie. If she returns, Sheryl [Underwood] can work with her and deliver good TV, but I doubt their 11-year-friendship will be the same."

Earlier this week, Osbourne had spoken to Entertainment Tonight, claiming her co-hosts had betrayed her and that she was "set up" by network executives. However, the insider said she was not supposed to be doing interviews while "The Talk" is under investigation.

"Everyone’s following the rules and she isn’t. She’s leading the story and everyone’s running with it," the source said.

In Osbourne's interview with ET's Kevin Frazier, she claimed Underwood and Welteroth read questions that were not on her own cards during last Wednesday's episode of "The Talk." She added that she believes her co-hosts "had preparation, they had written questions for them."

During the said episode, Osbourne's co-hosts had asked if she was OK with taking questions about Morgan and how she would feel if "maybe one of [the women] doesn't agree with you." "I'll answer whatever they want me to answer," she responded.

"Sheryl turns around and asks me this question and....she was reading it off a card. It wasn't on my cards. And then Elaine [Welteroth]'s reading her questions and I'm like, 'I've been set up.' They're setting me up. My anger was like, I cannot believe this, I'm your sacrificial lamb," Osbourne said.

Meanwhile, Welteroth took issue with ET's report, especially when it pulled out the Bible verses she shared on social media as "prayer and self-care practice." Welteroth had shared several quotes on Instagram and Twitter following the controversy, including, "Come to me for understanding, since I know you far better than you know yourself. I comprehend you in all your complexity; no detail of your life is hidden from Me."

Welteroth felt that the outlet misinterpreted the passages as a "message of forgiveness," and she rehashed Osbourne's quotes about her being eager to have another on-air discussion about race.

“Where is your journalistic integrity,” she asked ET on social media, as quoted by Page Six. "Please do not try to manipulate me and the scripture I posted to paint a false narrative by running it alongside an unverified quote from someone in crisis who names me without my permission."

Osbourne is expecting to be fired from "The Talk," another unnamed insider earlier told Page Six, but she apparently does not plan to exit the show without a huge payout.