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name. It had been a long, expensive and emotionally draining process, and I personally got very bad press from it, but I couldn’t give a shit as I was doing the right thing both for my husband and my family. Because long after Ozzy and I are gone, people will still be wearing Black Sabbath T-shirts and buying posters and other memorabilia. And it’s only right that some of the profits should be passed on to our family. It’s Ozzy’s heritage. Ultimately we’re happy with the settlement, and so is Tony. And that’s all that matters.
    The curious thing is that, throughout all the legal battles, Tony and Ozzy and Geezer always kept up a friendly dialogue, never discussing business, keeping it only to personal stuff and music, which says a lot about them all – and it’s part of what makes them so wonderfully strange.

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    In My Opinion

    Sharing a joke with young Mr Bieber.
    I count Louis Walsh as a proper friend, not one of those ‘showbiz’ ones that air-kiss you at parties while looking over your shoulder for someone more interesting.
    After I quit The X Factor , we stayed in regular touch, talking on the phone at least once a week from wherever we were in the world. We still do. It’s been a long friendship, and Ozzy loves him too. We know each other so well. We can be at dinner with other people, and if one of them says something that’s a bit up their own arse, or whatever, we sort of glance at each other and know we’re thinking exactly the same thing. If he comes to LA, we hang out, and likewise if we’re both in London at the same time.
    One day, in early 2010, he called me.
    ‘Sharon, how do you fancy coming over to Ireland to do judges’ house with me this summer?’
    It wasn’t his ‘house’ at all, it was some Irish castle hotel. But it looked like a really lovely place when I checked it out online, and I adore hanging out with Louis, so how hard could it be? I was over the moon that he’d asked and said yes immediately. I would have walked on water to get there because I knew we’d have such a great time. And we did. It was just him and me, sifting through the over-twenty-fives group, and it was two days of non-stop laughter. I barely slept because, once filming had finished, we were up most of the night chatting and putting the world to rights, and then of course it was a painfully early start again the next day.
    A couple of people asked me at the time if it bothered me that I wasn’t one of the main judges, but I can honestly say, hand on heart, that it didn’t. That type of thing never bothers me. Who cares if you’re having fun? It was largely the same crew and producers, so it was like going back to a family but with none of the responsibility. I just went in, got a taste of it again and left. It was fantastic. Obviously, Louis had to get clearance from Simon and all the senior production people to ask me, and they all agreed to it. But he wanted to ask me again the following year, and Simon said no! I never found out why, but Louis ended up with Sinitta.
    A couple of days having a laugh in Ireland was just what I needed. I was still recovering from a very different TV experience. In March 2010 I’d headed to New York to take part in Celebrity Apprentice on behalf of my colon cancer programme.
    In the American version, the Alan Sugar role is taken by property magnate Donald Trump, who probably owns half of New York City. He’s a fabulously eccentric character; I have only ever met him socially, but he has always been great to me and my family. I had been approached by NBC, the network that airs America’s Got Talent , asking if I would like to take part. Just as with the British version, the show entices celebrities with the promise of large amounts of money that they can earn for their nominated charity. So I think to myself, what a great way to raise awareness and money for the colon cancer programme that I run at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles.
    My colon cancer programme