Sharon Osbourne has confirmed that she is currently split up from her husband of 33 years Ozzy Osbourne.

The long-time music manger was speaking on the American chat show The Talk about the entire ordeal. "[Ozzy and I] are talking, I spoke to him last night. I'm not with him, but I speak with him," Sharon explained.

She admitted that she has avoided all media speculation because reading the rumours just felt like "throwing salt in the wound."

"He's given me an unbelievable life and he's given me three gorgeous children and I love him. I'm just trying to take it all in, take it all in and process it... I've been avoiding looking at any pictures or reading anything. I know what's gone on, and I don't need to read about it, it's like putting salt in a wound and I don't need to."

Sharon was honest and direct when she answered whether the separation was permanent? "I honestly don't know. At this point I cannot answer that, because I don't know what I want. I've got to follow my heart, and I don't even know what my heart is telling me right now. I'm just trying to take it all in, process it and do it calmly and in a timely fashion."

Watch a clip of Sharon Osbourne speaking about her marriage with Ozzy below.