Kelly Osbourne says Simon Cowell had ‘s**t fit’ and threw her family off show-Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro

Simon Cowell reportedly had second thoughts about The Osbournes on American Idol (Picture: Comic Relief via Getty Images)

Kelly Osbourne has claimed that Simon Cowell pulled an appearance from The Osbournes on American Idol minutes before they were due on air.

The reality TV star, 39, said the X Factor supremo, 64, had a ‘s**t fit’ and declared he ‘no longer wanted’ her family mother Sharon Osbourne, father Ozzy Osbourne, and brother Jack Osbourne on the programme.

In response to Simon’s outburst, Kelly said the American Idol crew extracted the foursome from the set in the advert break at the eleventh hour in an incident she described as ‘really awkward.’

Regaling the tale on The Osbournes Podcast, Kelly addressed her family and said: ‘Do you remember when we were meant to go on American Idol and Simon Cowell threw a s**t fit and we all were there waiting to be on camera and they pulled us off the set?

She continued: ‘Simon was like, “I don’t want them on the show” and had us taken off during the commercial break.’

Appearing to remember Simon’s flare-up, Jack, 38, asked his mother Sharon if the music mogul had ever relayed the incident to her but she replied ‘no’.

The Osbournes were apparently due to appear on American Idol (Picture: Paul Mounce/Corbis via Getty Images)

But Simon reportedly said he no longer wanted them on the show – so they were pulled (Picture: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Kelly claimed that Simon had an outburst about their appearance (Picture: Kurt Krieger – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

Sharon, 71,added it was likely he ‘doesn’t even remember’ it.

Agreeing Kelly remarked: ‘Probably not. But that was really awkward.’

Kelly did not specify when Simon’s ‘s**t fit’ supposedly happened.

It comes after Sharon made cutting swipes about Simon while she was in the Celebrity Big Brother house earlier this year.

Music manager Sharon worked for Simon during stints on both The X Factor and America’s Got Talent between 2004 and 2017.

Sharon and Louis claimed that Simon ‘cuts you off’ while on Celebrity Big Brother (Picture: ShowBizIreland/Getty Images)

Simon however didn’t take it personally and insisted they were still friends (Picture: Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

On the ITV reboot,  Sharon said would not return to either role ‘not [for] all the money in the world’ and also discussed how Simon’ cuts you off’ with fellow housemate and former X Factor star Louis Walsh.

Sharon also alleged that Simon didn’t ‘know how to keep friends’.

The mother-of-three and Louis then sniped about Simon’s unchanging fashion sense over ‘probably three decades’ as well as staple phrases on the talent shows like ‘do you have another song?’, ‘I didn’t like it, I loved it’ and ‘Tell me your story’.

However, despite their harsh criticism, Simon later insisted in an interview he still thinks of Sharon and Louis as ‘good friends.’

He told The Mirror: ‘If you put Sharon and Louis in the house, that’s what you pay them for, they’re going to be controversial.

‘I still consider Sharon and Louis really good friends, we could pick up the phone to each other tomorrow. I think that’s probably one of the things they’re upset about because they can never get hold of me.’

Metro.co.uk has contacted Simon’s rep for comment.

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