Dannii joined X-factor to sleep with Cowell: Sharon

London (ANI): Sharon Osbourne has claimed that former fellow 'X Factor' judge Dannii Minogue was part of the reality show only because she wanted to sleep with Simon Cowell. The extraordinary outburst comes after mother-of-three, Sharon, denied a 1.6 million pounds offer for the last series of the show saying she didn't want to sit next to Dannii for another six months.

"All Dannii wanted to do was f*** Simon Cowell. That's why she's on the show," The Mirror quoted Osbourne as saying. Speaking to former Mirror editor Piers Morgan for his new show on ITV1, the wife of rocker Ozzy also called Dannii's plastic surgery 'appalling', despite twice going under the knife herself.

As per reports, Sharon, 56, compared Dannii, 37, to 'a mosquito you want to flick away'. The two ladies worked together on the 2007 X Factor series when tensions were said to be high on set. The interview will be aired in April.