'You can't give them free rein': Sharon Osbourne says 'bully' Lady Gaga should take responsibility for 'abusive fans' in new book



Sharon Osbourne says Lady Gaga should take responsibility for her fans' hateful abuse of daughter Kelly in her new book.

The X Factor judge was caught up in a feud last year, where her daughter received an overwhelming number of abusive and hate-filled tweets from Gaga's 'little monsters', after making a comment about the singer on her reality show Fashion Police.

Sharon, 60, explains that after much effort on her part to persuade the Born This Way singer to use her power - and position as an anti-bullying activist - to dissuade her fans from attacking Kelly, 28, Gaga's lack of action proved herself to be 'a publicity-seeking hypocrite.'

Rein them in: Sharon Osbourne says Lady Gaga should take responsibility for her fans and stop being a hypocrite following singer's feud with daughter Kelly

Revealed: Sharon opens up about the experience of dealing with Gaga in her new book Unbreakable

'She may have been bullied at school,' Osbourne writes in an extract for The Sun from her book, Unbreakable. 'But she was also the little rich kid that got everything she f***ing wanted.'

The X Factor judge believes Lady Gaga, 27, and all celebrities in a position of influence should take responsibility for their fans: 'Everything that Gaga is trying to stop ie, bullying, she's perpetuating by not telling her fans to do the same. That's the responsibility.'

The spat began, after Kelly suggested Lady Gaga may have been pregnant during her Fashion Police show following the 2012 Grammys. A torrent of online abuse targeted the former reality star, with threats calling for her rape and murder.



Defender: The X Factor judge contacted Gaga's management numerous times to get the singer to dissuade her fans from abusing Kelly online

'Pompous': Osbourne said Gaga's letter of response had no right to ridicule Kelly and was 'full of contradictions'

Sharon explains that she got in touch with Gaga's manager to see if the singer could post a message to her fans, but even though the rep said he was 'on it', Osbourne heard nothing back from him or the pop icon.

Kelly then did an interview where she said the 'little monsters' were 'some of the worst for bullying' and labelled Gaga a hypocrite for not stopping them, at which point Sharon, for a second time, contacted Gaga's manager, telling him 'one tweet from Gaga can change this situation.'

Instead of a tweet, Gaga and her mother Cynthia posted 'a pompous statement about promoting positivity, criticising Kelly for "choosing a less than compassionate career path".'

Sharon published her own open letter in response, dissecting the singer's assessment as well as pointing out the hypocrisy in a number of her statements.

'Stop wearing fur, stop looking for publicity and stop using your fans to belittle not just Kelly but an endless stream of celebrities,' Sharon wrote in her letter.

Unbreakable, by Sharon Osbourne is available to buy on October 20.



'Publicity-seeking hypocrite': Sharon stands by her label of Gaga, saying that she should use her influence to stop the bullying, like she does in her activisim