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Sharon Osbourne has faced backlash after laughing about forcing her assistant into a burning building before firing him.
The 67-year-old star made the shocking confession during an appearance on the Christmas special of "Would I Lie To You?."
During the BBC comedy show, Sharon recalled how she forced a former member of staff into their burning mansion to retrieve her expensive artwork.
After he retrieved the dogs from the flames, Sharon revealed that firefighters gave the assistant an oxygen mask - only for her to take it from him, put it on her pooch, and send him back into the building.
She chortled: "They came and they had this oxygen for the assistant.
"So I said: 'How very dare you. You work here. You get more paintings out'."
Sharon then admitted to giving the assistant the sack when he didn't see the funny side of the entire incident.
Sharon Osbourne says she sent an assistant into a burning building to retrieve artwork, then fired him