At the time, Melania Trump told CNN that the host “egged on” her husband into “boy talk.” At the second presidential debate, he denied having acting on the “locker room talk.”
In a statement, Billy said, “Obviously I’m embarrassed and ashamed. It’s no excuse, but this happened eleven years ago — I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along. I’m very sorry.”
In 2019, he was hired by Extra. During an early 2023 taping, he made a sexual joke about Kendall Jenner, which did not air.
In a statement, a Telepictures red told Deadline, “As with many forms of production in the entertainment industry, the show’s creative process allows the flexibility to try different jokes and banter. In the end, some material lands on the cutting room floor, including remarks that may be too edgy to air on broadcast television.”
During a discussion about some colleges that were banning offensive Halloween costumes, she said, “I have to give you a fair warning, I’m a little fired up about Halloween costumes this morning. I mean, truly, political correctness has gone amok. There are strict rules on what you may and may not wear by someone who thinks is the boss of you.”
Later in the episode, she said, “What is racist? You do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface for Halloween, or a Black person who puts on whiteface for Halloween. Back when I was a kid, that was OK just as long as you were dressing as a character.”
Her guests, Melissa Rivers, Jacob Soboroff, and Jenna Bush Hager, voiced their disagreement with her comments.
Megyn later apologized in an internal email, writing, “One of the wonderful things about my job is that I get the chance to express and hear a lot of opinions. Today is one of those days where listening carefully to other points of view, including from friends and colleagues, is leading me to rethink my own views…This is a time for more understanding, love, sensitivity and honor, and I want to be part of that. I look forward to continuing that discussion.”
The next day, she apologized to viewers on air, saying, “I want to begin with two words: I’m sorry…I learned that given the history of blackface being used in awful ways in this country, it is not OK for that to be part of any costume, Halloween or otherwise. I have never been a PC kind of person, but I do understand the value in being sensitive to our history, particularly on race and ethnicity. This past year has been so painful for many people of color. The country feels so divided, and I have no wish to add to that pain and offense. I believe this is a time for more understanding, more love, more sensitivity and honor. Thank you for listening and for helping me listen too.”
The show was canceled by the end of the week.
On the episode, Sharon said, “Did I like everything [Piers] said? Did I agree with what he said? No. Because it’s his opinion. It’s not my opinion…I support him for his freedom of speech, and he’s my friend. I’m not racist…I don’t care what color or what religion anyone is. Are you a nice person? That’s what I judge you on.”
Sheryl replied, “What would you say to people who may feel that while you’re standing by your friend, it appears you gave validation or safe haven to something that he has uttered that is racist, even if you don’t agree?”
Their heated discussion continued during ad after the break.
After the clip went viral, Sharon told Variety that she agreed to being asked about Piers, but she was “so hurt, caught off guard and stunned by what [she] was being asked and not prepared.” She said, “I’m a big girl. I’m a professional. However, CBS blindsided me. I don’t know why they did it to me. The show runners told me it came from executives to do this to me.”
CBS conducted an internal review, which reportedly brought up allegations from two former cohosts. Holly Robinson-Peete, alleged that Sharon said she was “too ghetto” for the show, and Leah Remini alleged that she referred to cohost Julie Chen Moonves using racially-charged language on a frequent basis.
Sharon denied all allegations. Her reps gave a statement to Entertainment Weekly, which said, “The only thing worse than a disgruntled former employee is a disgruntled former talk show host.”
In a statement, CBS said, “The events of the March 10 broadcast were upsetting to everyone involved, including the audience watching at home. As part of our review, we concluded that Sharon’s behavior toward her co-hosts during the March 10 episode did not align with our values for a respectful workplace. We also did not find any evidence that CBS executives orchestrated the discussion or blindsided any of the hosts.”
Appearing on Fox & Friends a year later, Sharon said, “I was this lamb slaughtered that morning, and CBS denied responsibility…I didn’t want that to be the end of my career, and I thought it was unfair.”
“She has the power that was given to her,” she concluded.
In response, Sharon tweeted, “In response to Leah Remini’s continuous comments that I had her fired from The Talk, let me just go on the record to say I had absolutely nothing to do with her departure from the show and have no idea why she continues to take to Twitter to spread this false gossip. Leah knows that I have never been in the position to hire or fire anyone on the show. That being said, my only wish is that Leah would just stop all this negative, unprofessional and childish behavior. It’s been seven months….it’s time to move on. Leah is a very talented actress, and I only wish her happiness and success.”
Then, Leah tweeted, “If someone wants me to stop, they should call a lawyer and tell them what I am NOT telling the truth about. We can go from there.”
In 2013, he told Democracy Now, “Well, I think what happened to me, the biggest lesson, I think, is the — how corporate media shapes our opinions and our coverage. This was a decision — my decision — the decision to release me came from far above. This was not an assistant program director who decided to separate me from MSNBC. They were terrified of the antiwar voice. And that is not an overstatement. Antiwar voices were not popular. And if you’re General Electric, you certainly don’t want an antiwar voice on a cable channel that you own; Donald Rumsfeld is your biggest customer. So, by the way, I had to have two conservatives on for every liberal. I could have Richard Perle on alone, but I couldn’t have Dennis Kucinich on alone. I was considered two liberals. It really is funny almost, when you look back on how — how the management was just frozen by the antiwar voice. We were scolds. We weren’t patriotic. American people disagreed with us. And we weren’t good for business.”
On Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen in 2019, she addressed rumors that one of her cohosts got her fired. She said, “It has been said, but I don’t know for sure. I know for sure I’m not gonna go on a press tour like some other people have. But at this point in my life, I’m past that. I wish everybody well.”
The year prior, her former co-hosts addressed her firing on The Breakfast Club.
Loni Love said, “I think she’s embarrassed, she knows the truth. If you don’t like us, if you thought we had you fired, why would you sit with us when we all got nominated for an Emmy?”
She also alleged that she was told about an unaired, unedited clip from Braxton Family values where Vicent Herbert, Tamar’s then-husband/manager, told her the cohosts were “jealous” of her.
Loni continued, “We all loved her. We were all together with her…we supported her, nobody was jealous…Something happened and [Vincent] knows what happened. He’s trying to save face, I believe, because he knows that something had happened with him and Tamar.”
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