Sharon's sights set on Strictly

14 January 2009 10:52am

Sharon Osbourne has said she would love to appear on Strictly Come Dancing.

"That's a happy show," the presenter and wife of rock legend Ozzy Osbourne told the Daily Mirror newspaper, "I love it, love it, love it... I can just picture me rehearsing at home with Ozzy - me and him doing the paso doble."

But the former X Factor judge also admitted that her real passion is to appear in panto in the UK.

Sharon, 56, said: "I'm dying for that, seriously. I think I'd be a brilliant fairy godmother - failing that, I can always beat someone up on stage!

"Americans don't understand - men dressing up as women, women dressing up as men, yelling 'He's behind you' ... But it's such a brilliant tradition, and I would love to do it."

Sharon rocketed to fame with MTV's show The Osbournes seven years ago and is due to appear back on screen with 60-year-old rocker Ozzy, daughter Kelly and son Jack, in the Osbournes Reloaded - a variety show that will air in the US in March - and she also presides over etiquette show Rock Of Love: Charm School.

Sharon said all the shows she's working on are "fun" and "you don't have to think about the political situation or your work problems - you switch on for an hour a day of easy, mindless viewing."

She added: "I think we all need a bit of light-hearted entertainment in our lives."

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