Dannii Minogue recalls Sharon Osbourne and Graham Norton 'tearing her to pieces' on chat show
Dannii Minogue has recalled Sharon Osbourne and Graham Norton "tearing (her) to pieces" on a talk show in 2007.
During an appearance on the How to Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast, the singer and TV personality opened up about the "pile on" of negativity she endured when she was a judge on The X Factor between 2007 and 2010.
The 53-year-old felt that there was a "free-for-all" against her because she was an "easy target" as Kylie Minogue's younger singer.
Citing a particular example, Dannii remembered when her fellow X Factor judge Sharon went on The Graham Norton Show and she and the chat show host made mean jokes about her appearance and talent.
"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 said. "I'd loved Sharon Osbourne on X Factor. I'd love(d) her on the Osbornes. I loved what Graham Norton was doing, and here were these people just tearing me to pieces.
"That show would never be made today. At the time, people didn't realise how wild it was and I remember going home and having to sit and watch it so that I knew what had happened and I could not believe my eyes."
During the episode, Sharon and Graham criticised Dannii's appearance, Australian accent and what they perceived as her lack of musical talent, with The Osbournes star savagely stating, "She knows she's there for her looks, not her contributions to the music industry."
Dannii told podcast host Elizabeth that nobody who publicly ridiculed her has ever apologised.
For most of her time on The X Factor, Dannii judged the contestants alongside Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Cheryl. She only worked with Sharon on the 2007 edition.
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