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Simon Cowell has wound up Sharon Osbourne by saying her burglary ordeal was "great publicity".

The Daily Mirror says Cowell told her: "It was well worth giving away the diamonds for that coverage."

Sharon stormed back to her X Factor co-star: "It is really awful to say that. I know in my heart we are not doing this for publicity."

She said later: "Simon can say what he likes but when you come close to losing your life, the publicity we get just doesn't matter."

In the recent jewel raid, two masked raiders got away with £1million of gems from the Osbournes' Buckinghamshire mansion.

Simon and Sharon clashed as she picked up an award at the Women of the Year Awards in London.

The pair were already at daggers drawn since last year after he cruelly described her daughter Kelly as "talentless" and "ugly".

And when Ozzy almost died in a quad bike crash, Simon suggested it was a stunt to help Kelly and her dad get the Christmas No1, although he later apologised.

Sparks are likely to fly on X Factor on Saturday. Kelly, who says she's "livid" with Cowell, will be in the audience.