Sharon Osbourne Apologizes for Calling Susan Boyle "Ugly"

USMagazine, Thursday, November 12, 2009, 6:04am (PST)

Sharon Osbourne has apologized for saying that "Britain's Got Talent" runner-up Susan Boyle was hit by "the ugly stick."

Last month, Osbourne, 57, appeared on Sirius XM Radio's "The Opie & Anthony Show" and was asked about Boyle. She cracked, "You just want to say God bless and here's a Gillette razor."

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But on her Twitter page this week, Osbourne changed her tune.

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"Susan Boyle is a lovely gracious woman and I took advantage of that by poking fun at her," she wrote. "I would never want to be responsible for hurting Susan and I must apologize for getting a cheap laugh at her expense."

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Boyle, 47, is set to release her first album, "I Dreamed A Dream," Nov. 24