Sharon on the warpath

You would think people would know better than to upset Sharon Osbourne - but the X Factor judge says her co-stars Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh are try

12:00 29 October 2005

You would think people would know better than to upset Sharon Osbourne - but the X Factor judge says her co-stars Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh are trying to force her off the show.

Now she has hit back, calling Cowell "Herman Munster" and Walsh a "lousy leprechaun" - and says the show must go on, the Daily Mirror reports.

Sharon claimed a whispering campaign was launched against her because her acts are doing better than those of the other judges.

Cowell described her as being "one op away from the Bride of Wildenstein", and Sharon accused Walsh of spreading rumours that her hair was falling out.

"I can't believe some of the hurtful things they have been saying behind my back," Sharon said, confessing that she considered pulling out of tonight's show.

But in true Osbourne style, Sharon came out with all guns blazing.

"Simon looks like Herman Munster, the only thing he's missing is a bolt through his neck," she said.

"He and Louis have been utterly pathetic all week by ganging up on me, they're just making fools of themselves."