Sharon Osbourne wants her money back.
The former “The Talk” co-host agreed with Kanye West that Black Lives Matter was a “scam” when TMZ asked her about the rapper’s recent antics, from his White Lives Matter shirt to his social media rants. .
“Well, we gave $900,000 to” [Black Lives Matter]and I want my money back,” she told a reporter.
Osbourne, 69, didn’t specify why she wanted a refund, but she did express her confusion over the outcry over West’s headline-making shirt at his runway show.
“I don’t understand why white lives don’t matter. I do not understand. It’s not my culture,” she said. “Everyone is important, isn’t it?”
Osbourne also said West, 45, should not be canceled for his actions and instead encourage people to ignore him if they don’t “like” him.
“Don’t go to his social media. Don’t listen to his music,’ she said. ‘Leave that man alone. Let him do what he does, and if you don’t like him, then do it.
“Leave him alone.”
The Yeezy founder infuriated the fashion industry and people around the world by modeling a White Lives Matter T-shirt with controversial commentator Candace Owens on Monday. West doubled down on his decision all week, calling BLM a scammer.
“Everyone knows Black Lives Matter was a scam now that it’s over, you’re welcome,” he wrote on his Instagram Story on Tuesday.
As the “Flashing Lights” artist continues to defend his platform, sources at Paris Fashion Week exclusively told Vidak For Congress Style that West is actually stunned by the reactions to his shirt.
“He thinks it’s a PC thing,” said an insider, “he wants to give a voice to the ‘other side’ [of the race debate in America].
“He doesn’t understand why people don’t see that.”