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"Howard Stern has said he is holding out hope that Sharon Osbourne will return to America&amp;#039;s Got Talent next season. Osbourne has announced that she will not judge the talent competition next season because NBC allegedly fired her son Jack Osbourne from Stars Earn Stripes when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.   NBC has denied discriminating against Jack &amp;quot;on any basis&amp;quot;. America&amp;#039;s Got Talent judge Stern has now weighed in on the controversy, telling Access Hollywood that he hopes Sharon rethinks her departure. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m kind of sad to hear that. I&amp;#039;m more than sad,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I think that there&amp;#039;s a great dynamic between Sharon, Howie [Mandel] and myself. I think we&amp;#039;ve been doing a good job judging. I enjoy working with Sharon, I&amp;#039;ve known her for years. I hope some sort of miracle can happen.&amp;quot;   Stern then joked that perhaps Osbourne should &amp;quot;get down on her knees and beg&amp;quot; NBC chairman Robert Greenblatt for her job back. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t know what&amp;#039;s going on. I&amp;#039;m not privy to it, but I hope that she does return and maybe has a change of heart,&amp;quot; he added more seriously. Stern also indicated that although he has already been offered to return to America&amp;#039;s Got Talent next year, he has yet to formally accept. America&amp;#039;s Got Talent continues Tuesday (August 21) at 8/7c on NBC. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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