US TV
Cowell apologises to Osbourne
Published Tuesday, Feb 3 2004, 14:10 GMT | By Neil Wilkes
According to the old saying, there's a first time for everything. Apparently that includes Simon Cowell too, who has sent a letter of apology to the Osbournes.
When Ozzy was injured in a quad-bike accident just before Christmas, Cowell said it was just a "publicity stunt" to boost sales of his single 'Changes'.
What Cowell hadn't realised at the time, however, was that Ozzy's 'publicity stunt' left him with a broken collar bone, eight broken ribs, a punctured lung and a bruised heart.
Inevitably Ozzy's wife Sharon was less than impressed. She fumed: "If I could tar and feather Simon and handcuff him to a lamppost in Piccadilly, I'd do it this instant."
Since then Cowell saw the error of his ways and sent Osbourne an apology letter which read: "I'm writing to you to apologise. When I made the comment about Ozzy's quad-bike accident I only had a little bit of information and thought he only had minor injuries. When I realised it was much more serious, I felt absolutely dreadful. My comment certainly wasn't malicious and I do hope Ozzy is doing OK now. Again, I'm very sorry for speaking out of turn."
Heat reports that Sharon texted Simon back shortly afterwards to say that he was forgiven.
When Ozzy was injured in a quad-bike accident just before Christmas, Cowell said it was just a "publicity stunt" to boost sales of his single 'Changes'.
What Cowell hadn't realised at the time, however, was that Ozzy's 'publicity stunt' left him with a broken collar bone, eight broken ribs, a punctured lung and a bruised heart.
Inevitably Ozzy's wife Sharon was less than impressed. She fumed: "If I could tar and feather Simon and handcuff him to a lamppost in Piccadilly, I'd do it this instant."
Since then Cowell saw the error of his ways and sent Osbourne an apology letter which read: "I'm writing to you to apologise. When I made the comment about Ozzy's quad-bike accident I only had a little bit of information and thought he only had minor injuries. When I realised it was much more serious, I felt absolutely dreadful. My comment certainly wasn't malicious and I do hope Ozzy is doing OK now. Again, I'm very sorry for speaking out of turn."
Heat reports that Sharon texted Simon back shortly afterwards to say that he was forgiven.
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