Sharon Osbourne Is "Overwhelmed by the Reaction" After Reading About Her Split From Ozzy Osbourne on Social Media

The mother of three is looking at what the public thinks of her breakup days after the news was confirmed

After avoiding social media for days, Sharon Osbourne has started looking at the public reaction to her split and is feeling "overwhelmed" by the response. 

It's been a whirlwind week thus far for the 63-year-old daytime talk show host after sources confirmed over the weekend that she and her husband, Ozzy Osbourne, had broken up after 33 years of marriage. After taking a day off from her hosting duties Monday, the British star returned to The Talk Tuesday with further explanation of her current situation. 

Among her remarks, Osbourne was careful to note that she had been keeping her eyes off of the news. 

"I've been avoiding looking at any pictures, reading anything," she said Tuesday afternoon. "I know what's going on. I don't need to read about it and see about it because it's like putting salt on a wound. I don't need to."

However, a day later, she sat at the table with her wedding ring still on her left hand to make an admission. 

"Yesterday, I said that I haven't looked at any articles or anything that have been written about my husband and I and the girls here said I have to go on social media and see and have a look," she revealed.

Instead of taking a negative toll on her, the public attention filled Osbourne with gratitude. 

"I was just overwhelmed by the reaction and so much love and it's just amazing," she said. "Of course again, my family here. My girls here—I'm just uplifted and again, thank you all so very, very much."

Osbourne will need the support of everyone around her as she navigates this new unchartered period of her life. 

"I have no idea what I am going to be doing for the rest of my life. I don't know where I am going, who I'm going with and I just neeed time to think and really think about myself and what I really want for the rest of my life because this is really like getting to the last chapter of the book and I really want to think about it very carefully where I want to go," the mother of three admitted Tuesday. 

"When I know what I'm going to do for the rest of my life, who I'm going to be spending my life with and what I want to do with it—you will be the first to know," she concluded. "I have to follow my heart and I don't even know what my heart is telling me right now."