On Monday, "The Talk" co-host Sharon Osbourne admitted to battling depression for 16 years, People reports.

Osbourne, who also admitted to taking anti-depressants, explained that "some days are better than others" in her on-going struggle with depression.

"Some days you feel like you just want to pull the sheets over your head and just stay in that bed and not do a damn thing -- except rot," she revealed on CBS' "The Talk."

Osbourne then encouraged the show's viewers to "speak up" if they battle with depression and get help.

"If you have the bravery, if you can do it, it's important to speak up," she said. "So many people suffer in silence, and they feel alone."

Osbourne's surprising revelation follows Wayne Brady's recent decision to share his story of depression to Entertainment Tonight.

Like Osbourne, Brady explained that suffering with depression was often disabling.

"You don't want to move, you can't move in the darkness," he explained to ET. "You're like, 'I am just going to sit right here and I want to wallow in this. As much as it hurts, I am going to sit right here because this is what I deserve. This is what I deserve, so I am going to sit here because I am that horrible of a person.'"

After experiencing what he described as a "complete breakdown" on his 42nd birthday, Brady made the decision to seek help for his depression.

Brady credited his ex-wife, Madie Taketa, for supporting him in his road to recovery.

He also paid tribute to late comedian Robin Williams, who lost his battle with depression and committed suicide in July.

"He made all these people feel great," Brady said. " And at the same time, knowing that he had this sense of ... what I make up in my mind, this low sense of self-worth, of belonging, of loneliness, of pain that all the money in the world can't cure, all the accolades and awards, and all the love from people all over the world ... all that love could still not stop that man from saying, 'I am in so much pain.'"


People reports, that other celebrities including Wil Wheaton and Rene Russo have also recently admitted to having mental health issues.

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