“I really feel like I’m about to be put in the electric chair because I have a friend, who according to many people is a racist, so that makes me a racist?” Sharon took up the fight when Sheryl tried to explain that she gave ‘expressions’ to Piers’ remarks by supporting him in public.
“It was not the exact words of racism, it was the implications and reaction to it,” Sheryl told Sharon. “Not addressing her that she’s a black woman and trying to dismiss it or make it look less than it is, that makes it racist.”
“Right now,” Sheryl continued, “I’m talking to a woman I believe is my girlfriend, and I do not want anyone here to look and say that we are attacking you because you are racist.”
Sharon replies: ‘It’s too late. I think the seed has already been sown. ‘
Their conversation immediately made headlines and went viral online. Sharon told Variety“I’m a big girl. I’m a professional. However, CBS blinded me. I do not know why they did it to me. The showrunners told me it’s from drivers to do it to me. . “