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MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 Sharon Osbourne invited me on to her heavily criticised ITV chat show today. I realised that things may not have been going brilliantly well with the run when one of her researchers said to me: 'Hi, feel free to swear we could do with the Pounds 250 you get for sending the clip into one of those TV blooper programmes.' An hour later I was sitting in the green room when I heard Sharon come out to record her introduction. It was the perfect opportunity to see if she was as bad with the autocue as everyone claimed. 'And later on we've got America's new Nazi, Piers Morgan.' I spat out my tea. 'Oh ****, I just called him a Nazi, didn't I?' she said, to much hilarity in the audience. 'I meant to call him Mister Nasty.' They re-recorded her intro, but the researcher was jubilant that cockup would fetch at least Pounds 500, and we hadn't even got to the interview yet.
After the chat, Sharon asked me to help with the day's quiz, where one viewer tries to win a load of cash.See the full content of this document
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'Something that swims, beginning with either N or R,' asked the quizmaster.
'Piranha?' came the reply.TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17 There are many things I've spent my adult life avoiding: teetotal vegans, lunch with Patricia Hewitt, buying a Coldplay album. Th...See the full content of this document
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