NBC hits back in Osbourne row

NBC has defended itself against Sharon Osbourne’s claim that the network discriminated against her afflicted son in casting a new reality show.

Tue, 07 Aug, 2012 - 08:37

NBC has defended itself against Sharon Osbourne’s claim that the network discriminated against her afflicted son in casting a new reality show.

The America’s Got Talent judge told the New York Post she was quitting the show because NBC fired her son, Jack Osbourne, by email two days before he was to co-star on the reality show Stars Earn Stripes.

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