Editing Sharon Osbourne (section)

==== Fired assistant revelation ====
In 2019, Osbourne appeared on the British panel show ''[[Would I Lie to You? (British game show)|Would I Lie to You?]]'' in which guests make statements about themselves and fellow panellists guess whether or not the statements are true. She claimed that during a house fire<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/celeb-news/candles-set-sharon-osbourne-house-fire-213334073.html|title=Howard Stern's Candle Sets Sharon Osbourne's House on Fire|website=www.yahoo.com|date=17 January 2013 |language=en-US|access-date=27 December 2019}}</ref> she made her assistant go back into the house to save pieces of art. She also claimed that she ripped an oxygen mask off the assistant and gave it to her dog. She then proceeded to fire him when he did not find the situation funny, believing he might have lung damage from smoke inhalation, saying "he showed absolutely no sense of humour" during the fire. After the usual deliberations by fellow panellists, she confirmed the incident to be true.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/27/entertainment/sharon-osbourne-house-fire-assistant-video-trnd/index.html|title=Sharon Osbourne says she forced an assistant to enter a burning house to retrieve artwork -- and then fired him|last=Melas|first=Chloe|date=28 December 2019|website=CNN|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/sharon-osbourne-house-fire-artwork-fired-would-i-lie-to-you-a9261156.html|title=Sharon Osbourne forced employee into burning fire to save artwork then fired him for not laughing|work=[[The Independent]]|first=Ellie|last=Harrison|date=27 December 2019|access-date=28 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/sharon-osbourne-woud-i-lie-to-you-employee-fire-paintings-a4321906.html|title=Sharon Osbourne criticised for forcing employee into house fire before sacking him for not laughing|work=[[Evening Standard]]|first=Tobi|last=Akingbade|date=27 December 2019|access-date=28 December 2019}}</ref> 

The clip of Osbourne's story on the show that was uploaded by the official BBC YouTube Channel was met with an overwhelmingly negative reception. There was also a considerable backlash from Twitter users.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/sharon-osbourne-ruins-christmas-after-17479244|title=Sharon Osbourne hammered for 'vile' Would I Lie To You confession|last=Scullard|first=Vickie|date=27 December 2019|website=men|access-date=28 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/sharon-osbournes-vile-would-lie-17481274|title=Sharon Osbourne's Would I Lie To You confession leaves viewers sickened|last1=Scullard|first1=Vickie|last2=Rodger|first2=James|date=27 December 2019|website=birminghammail|access-date=28 December 2019}}</ref> Following the backlash, Osbourne backtracked on her claims on ''[[The Talk (talk show)|The Talk]]'' in January 2020. She said: "I told a true story about a fire I had in my house. He went in, he got the paintings out. And then, just to be precocious, I said at the end of this little thing I was doing, 'Oh, and then I fired him.' It was a joke because I was on a comedy show. I fired him about 15 years later." Her response was met with scepticism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uk.style.yahoo.com/sharon-osbourne-backtracks-assistant-sacked-house-fire-112644825.html|title=Sharon Osbourne backtracks on her claims she sacked assistant following a house fire|website=www.yahoo.com|date=11 January 2020 |language=en-US|access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>