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Sharon Osbourne Says It's 'Embarrassing' That Kanye West’s Brand Received Millions From Federal Pandemic Loan

Updated August 16, 2021

With news that musician and fashion designer Kanye West is running for president, many people are weighing in on the decision, as well as the news that the presidential candidate received millions from the Federal Pandemic Loan fund, despite being worth over $1 billion dollars.

Now, Sharon Osbourne is speaking her mind about the news, and spoiler alert, she's not happy!

Since the news broke over the weekend that Kanye West would be running in the American 2020 Presidential Election, people have been incredibly skeptical.

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In addition to being a presidential candidate, Kanye is also a brand owner of the fashion house, Yeezy.

It has been reported that Yeezy (worth $3 billion) accepted money from the Paycheck Protection Program.

Sharon Osbourne is now speaking out against Kanye's company taking that money while the brand and Kanye himself are worth so much.

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While appearing on her show The Talk Sharon sounded off at Kanye's greed.

"Isn't he a billionaire?" Sharon quipped.

"Well, he should have used the $1.3 and put it in his company. I know obviously, you know the airlines had to be bailed out, but for me, it’s kind of like small companies, I thought it was like mama and papa type companies that really don’t have that much profit in the bank so you know they need help to keep people’s jobs and everybody going."

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It's estimated that Kanye received anywhere from $2 to $5 million from the government.

"I just think that when you have that sort of cash, it’s embarrassing to ask when you have it yourself,” she continued.

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"You have it, you have more than enough to keep 100 people going, so why ask the government, take from the government? I just don’t get that. When you are so wealthy, your family, everybody in your family is so wealthy, why are you doing this?"

Sharon's co-host Sheryl Underwood echoed her statements.

"I wish he would have explained it better,” Underwood expressed. “Because if you really need it because you are keeping 200 people’s jobs at the Yeezy factory, maybe, and I’m saying maybe, ’cause I don’t even agree with this. He got enough money to give me some."