FOR a woman whose social media handle is “noholdenback”, it’s not surprising Amanda Holden isn’t afraid to say it how it is. Which is how she found herself recently embroiled in an unlikely Twitter furore with another non-shrinking wallflower — Sharon Osbourne . Six weeks on from their astonishing to-do — over Amanda’s boss and good friend Simon Cowell , who Sharon had slagged off — the BGT star has offered a botanical olive branch to her elder rival.
.. in the form of an Aperol Spritz .
She says: “I really wasn’t expecting it to all blow up the way it did, but I also can’t explain how much it didn’t bother me at all, either. “I was just sticking up for a friend and I know she would stick up for a friend. I would do it all again.
And honestly, I wasn’t phased. “Sharon’s a tough cookie who’s a survivor in this industry, and I look up to her. We have a lot in common, and I know she likes me and I like her.
“I will have a glass of Aperol with her one day. I have to say, I didn’t actually read it [Sharon’s tirade]. My husband Chris started reading it out, and he turned and said to me: ‘The first line says ‘you’re beautiful and successful.
..’ and I cut him off, and said, “All right, stop there, stop there!” “I’m sure I will see her again soon.
” The now infamous rant , posted on X on April 13, included such waspish lines as: “The truth is, you don’t know me, Amanda. You know nothing about my history in the music industry,.
