When Simon Cowell brought on Dannii Minogue onto “The X Factor UK,” Sharon Osbourne wasn’t exactly thrilled with her presence. She revealed during an episode of “Piers Morgan’s Life Stories (via the Daily Mail) that she had left the show because of the younger judge. “I didn’t enjoy working with her at all and the prospect of spending six months sitting next to her, I thought ‘my life is better than that,'” Osbourne told Piers Morgan. She stated that her dislike didn’t have to do with any rivalry and shared, “I didn’t hate her because hatred is very close to love and takes a lot of emotion and I don’t have that time for her. She was like an insect, a mosquito that wouldn’t go away.”
Osbourne didn’t stop there — she disliked Minogue so much, that she slammed her former co-star in her memoir, “Unbreakable.” As reported by the Mirror, the Brit claimed that Minogue and Simon Cowell’s alleged affair caused tension between the two women. “Outwardly, Dannii seemed all ‘Ooh, I love kids and puppies. But in my opinion she was dark, very dark. What you saw was definitely not what you got,” she wrote. Their friction prompted Osbourne to call a meeting with the executive producer of the show, but she stated that Minogue didn’t budge and ultimately, she left “X Factor.”
