Is This Why Holly Robinson Peete Was Fired From The Talk

Is This Why Holly Robinson Peete Was Fired From The Talk?

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By Hope Campbell/May 21, 2021 4:18 pm EST

At the time she was let go a decade ago, Robinson Peete was in the dark about why it happened, telling The Hollywood Reporter, “Usually when you get fired, your boss brings you in, sits you down and tells you why they can’t keep you. They say we have to downsize or you’re not doing this, you’re not doing that. I was never given that opportunity.”

She went on to explain that before she was let go, she heard about new hosts joining the show. “So, I just started hearing rumors that other people were hired. So, I’m like, ‘That’s going to be a crowded table.’ And I couldn’t get anything from my agents, no one could get anything from anybody -– just that I wasn’t released [from my contract]. It was the most peculiar situation” (via The Hollywood Reporter).

With “The Talk” going through some things in 2021 and becoming a topic of controversy, fans are learning more about what really happened the year Robinson Peete and Remini co-hosted the show.

Did Sharon Osbourne have anything to do with Holly Robinson Peete’s departure?

Per Deadline, following Osbourne’s support of Morgan, Robinson tweeted in March, “I’m old enough to remember when Sharon complained that I was too ‘ghetto’ for #theTalk … then I was gone … I was mortified watching the disrespectful condescending tone she took w/ her co host who remained respectful because … she HAD TO.” 

Osbourne denied any responsibility for Robinson Peete’s firing in her own tweet, sharing an email exchange that reportedly hinted at no bad blood between the two.