Dannii Minogue reignites Sharon Osbourne and Graham Norton feud after being ‘torn to pieces’

Dannii Minogue was mocked by former X Factor judge, Sharon Osbourne, and Graham Norton on the Irishman’s show in an interview, which Dannii said ‘tore her to pieces’

Dannii Minogue
Dannii Minogue has reignited her feud with Sharon Osbourne(Image: ITV)

Dannii Minogue has reignited her feud with Sharon Osbourne and Graham Norton after accusing the pair of ‘tearing her to pieces’ on TV. The Aussie, 53, was mocked on Graham’s BBC chat show in 2007, with former X Factor judge, Sharon, 72, claiming working with Dannii on the iconic ITV talent series was an “odious chore”.

Host, Graham, who has interviewed a number of high-profile stars in his career, claimed the mum-of-one ‘looked bizarre’ while also mocking her accent. Adding further fuel to the fire, Osbourne matriarch, Sharon, stood up and pointed to her behind and said “look at this” when Buffy star, David Boreanaz, asked to see a photo of the Under Pressure star.

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Dannii Minogue was mocked by former X Factor judge, Sharon Osbourne, and Graham Norton in 2007(Image: Youtube)

Revisiting the uncomfortable scenes on the podcast, How to Fail With Elizabeth Day, Dannii claims the show on BBC “would never be made today”. Claiming the pair had ‘torn her to pieces’, she said she believed Graham had set up the ‘cruel’ questions in advance, saying: “I think the difference was it wasn’t being rude. There had to be production meetings to set up the things that they were doing on set in this show and these huge personalities that I looked up to and just loved what they had done.”

Dannii continued: “I’d loved Sharon Osbourne on X Factor. I’d love her on the Osborne’s. I loved what Graham Norton was doing, and here were these people just tearing me to pieces. That show would never be made today.”

Dannii and Sharon have had a long-running feud ever since they started working on the X Factor together. After Dannii was rumoured to have been dating show boss, Simon Cowell, Sharon told Piers Morgan she couldn’t stand the younger sister of pop superstar, Kylie Minogue.

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Graham poked fun at Dannii’s accent(Image: BBC)

Lifting the lid on their fractious relationship on the Life Stories show, she said: “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.”

Meanwhile, in Sharon’s autobiography Unbreakable, she openly accused Dannii of having it off with Simon. “She had an uppity attitude as she was f***ing the boss,” Sharon wrote. “She clearly felt sh***ing Simon gave her vicarious power and it was so immature, not to mention deeply irritating to deal with.”

Countering, Dannii compared Sharon to a ‘school bully’, writing in her autobiography, Dannii: My Story: “When I sat on the judging panel next to Sharon each Saturday, having seen her publicly destroy me on yet another television show or press interview that week, I felt as if I was back at primary school when I was forced to sit next to the school bully.

Sharon Osbourne and Dannii Minogue
Dannii accused Sharon of being ‘a school bully’(Image: ITV/Rex Features)

“Over the course of the next year, Sharon announced to anyone who would listen that I was impossible to work with (but never explained why); that I was only on The X Factor because of my looks, not any visible talent or contribution to the entertainment industry; and Simon employed me only because he wanted to sleep with me.”

But, clapping back, Sharon took a direct swipe at Dannii in an interview with Best Magazine a few months later, claiming that the singer had an issue with her due to her strong character – and suggested Dannii is a ‘flirt’ and gets on better with men. “We just have nothing in common,” she swiped, adding: “I love women but there are some who don’t love other women. Dannii didn’t care for me.”

The Mirror has contacted Graham’s reps for comment on this story. Sharon’s rep declined to comment.

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