Sharon Osbourne has heaped praise on the "phenomenal" Lady Gaga.

The pair haven't enjoyed the most fruitful of relationships over the past couple of years after the singer and Osbourne's daughter Kelly were embroiled in a head-to-head over cyber bullying.

However, the X Factor judge told Classic Rock that the US star is one of the few "true" artists around these days.

When the magazine stated that her husband Ozzy said Lady Gaga is the "last remaining rock star", Sharon said:

"She's phenomenal. She's a true artist; she's a musician, a singer and songwriter and she can command an audience of tens of thousands of people. And all this in her twenties. Artists like that are like previous jewels today. So few artists now are as special as the old gods."

When questioned where it all went wrong, Osbourne replied:

"Well, I'm going to sound like a hypocrite here but social media and TV talent shows have a lot to blame for it. It's the easy route. Artists used to hone their craft, they would tour, they would know who they were and they'd come up with an individual identity.

"Now you get people who can sing okay-ish coming up through talent shows - and that's why I say I'm a hypocrite, because I've been part of it - and they're taught how to move and how to dress and they're set into a little pre-packaged genre box. We create these artists who don't have any identity or attitude and throw them out into the world."

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