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Sharon Osbourne: 'Dannii Minogue used to stick her tongue in Simon Cowell's ear on set'

Outspoken 'X Factor' judge Sharon Osbourne has revealed that she used to dislike working with Dannii Minogue because she was clearly having a relationship with music mogul Simon Cowell at the time, which she described as making her stomach turn. 

In Osbourne's new autobiography, 'Unbreakable', she explained that the pair's incessant on-set flirtation was horrible and it created significant tension between the panelists:

"Of course, when she joined X Factor as a judge in 2007, Simon fancied the pants off her. I get that. He's single, he's the boss and he can do what he wants. But during filming it was obvious to me that there was some sort of relationship going on between them."

"And, the more it progressed, the worse it became between her and me. It was unbelievably bad. Dannii had taken to walking past me in the hallway without even making eye contact. I'd like to say it didn't bother me, but it did. A lot."

She added that watching Minogue 'stick her tongue' into Cowell's ear behind the screen was revolting and it made both her and fellow judge Louis Walsh feel incredibly uncomfortable:

"Meanwhile the antics behind the screen had gone up a gear, with her sticking her tongue in Simon's ear and giggling like a bloody teenager as Louis Walsh and me stood there like a couple of gooseberries. For me, it made her so unbearable to work with that I just couldn't take it. It was horrible. My stomach was constantly knotted with anxiety about it and as each show loomed I would wake up and think, "Oh God, I have to spend the day sitting alongside her again.'"

 

 

Watch Osbourne discussing her disappointment in Lady Gaga below: