This has been on the edge of so many conversations about Donald Trump in the past few weeks especially: the idea that Trump behaved appallingly to contestants during the runs of The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice. In the immediate wake of the Grab-Them-By-The-P-ssy Tape, many theorized that there was some kind of supercut of Trump’s offensive words and behavior captured on-camera for those TV shows. So far, Apprentice producer Mark Burnett has refused to release anything, and MGM – which owns those properties – says they can’t release the audio/videos because of existing confidentiality agreements.
All of that hasn’t stopped former Celebrity Apprentice and Apprentice contestants from speaking out. It also hasn’t stopped many behind-the-scenes people from speaking out as well. So here are some stories related to Donald Trump and those shows:
Summer Zervos. Zervos was a contestant on The Apprentice in 2007. She claims that Trump kissed her twice on the mouth without consent on one occasion, and then on another occasion, Trump allegedly kissed her aggressively and felt her up. Zervos is being represented by Gloria Allred. Trump’s spokesperson gave a blanket denial and basically called Zervos and everyone else crazy famewhores who are just claiming these things for attention.
Khloe Kardashian. Khloe appeared on Celebrity Apprentice in 2009 and sources told HuffPo that Trump loathed Khloe simply because he didn’t think she was hot. One source said, “He basically wanted to just get rid of her. He called her a ‘piglet.’ Trump asked, ‘What is this? We can’t even get the hot one?’” Another source backed up those claims, saying: “He said: ‘Why don’t we fire Khloe? She is a fat piglet. Why did we get the ugly Kardashian?’” A third source said that Trump wanted Khloe off of the show so badly that he fired her off the show not based off of merit, it was just because he didn’t like her. Jesus – now I feel really sorry for Khloe.
Marlee Matlin. We heard last week that Trump was both sexually suggestive/harassing towards Marlee and it was very uncomfortable for everyone involved. We also heard that Trump referred to her as “r-tarded” to other people. Well, Marlee is speaking out:
My response to recent media reports – Marlee. pic.twitter.com/Mkrbh47dUO
— Marlee Matlin (@MarleeMatlin) October 14, 2016
Trump didn’t understand a very simple racial slur. For non-Americans, this might seem like a weird thing, but to call a black person an “Uncle Tom” is basically like saying that the person is a “traitor to their race,” and that a black person is subservient to white folks. It has a very specific meaning in America, and a very specific connotation. Well, during the 2013 season of Celebrity Apprentice, Trump apparently wouldn’t stop calling Lil’ Jon “Uncle Tom.” It was for no reason other than Trump is too stupid to know the difference between Uncle Sam (representing America) and Uncle Tom. Lil’ Jon was dressed up as Uncle Sam for one event in the competition. And Trump repeatedly called him Uncle Tom. Lil’ Jon actually released a statement confirming that it happened in front of him and he asked Trump to stop and Trump did.
— LILJON (@LilJon) October 15, 2016
Dear MGM, Mark Burnett and whoever else: we need the tapes. We’re beyond confidentiality agreements at this point. In fact, I would argue that A) it’s for the good of the public in the middle of a presidential campaign and B) these tapes involve criminal matters like sexual harassment, workplace discrimination and assault. Therefore, confidentiality should be thrown out the window.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I literally just read your articles about him and have to scroll past his photos–that’s what an ugly person he is. It hurts my eyes and soul.
What must he look like on the inside? A shriveled up olive pit or something.
Someone needs to grab Mark Burnett by the pussy, and lead him to the vault…or computer wherever they keep video these days.
a friend said he will release the tapes if Trump wins.
LMFAO!
Marlee Matlin. Woman, I love you.
At this point I don’t see how releasing the tapes is going to affect anything. We — including the supposedly undecided voters — already know how horrible Trump is. We also know the deplorables will support him no matter what.
I agree although his numbers could go up in the next couple weeks- not to where it was before or where I think he could win but the American people have such short attention spans that I think a leak of more footage in a week or so would be a good thing. I want him to get the lowest numbers ever so I can tell my child that a racist & sexist candidate will not prevail.
It could shift more republicans to Hillary if -more- women come forward particularly represented by Gloria Allred.
I really do believe at this point that he could shoot someone in brood daylight in Times Square and not lose any of his supporters. It’s like he has them hypnotized. God I can’t wait until this nightmare is over.
Speaking of undecided voters – how are they going to find any to be the audience at the third debate? Or are they giving up on that idea?
Isn’t Mark the new president of MGM? Can’t release the tapes my foot 🙄😒
It’s a conflict of interest for him because while Donald Trump “played” the boss on the show, ultimately he wasn’t the big boss, which is why they are able to continue the show without him and definitely isn’t the one with the deepest pockets and the most generous insurance plans. At best Mark along with his company and NBC at best, willingly turned a blind eye to this behavior, at worst they condoned and enabled it by allowing him to continue to do the show until Trump went way off their script and started this hellacious campaign.
Trump is already drowning Mark doesn’t want to be taken down with him. Sitting on the footage and hoping this fire burns itself out is in his best interest. NBC and Mark are already starting to see some blowback because of their close association with Trump. If we have learned one quasi-positive trait of Trump’s throughout this election it is he is not fake and can’t and refuses to hide his abhorrent personality for more than five minutes at a time. They knew.
Yes, this sounds correct. NBC and MGM have liabilities here and one contestant has already retained counsel. NBC has already had to fire Bush, they know they are under the microscope here and they could lose big, as could MGM.
Yes he is 😒
Mark Burnett is a very close longtime friend of the orange one’s. His son was in the orange one’s last wedding party. He’s never going to rat out his bud. He’s using confidentiality as an excuse for his moral bankruptcy.
Trump plans to start his own station. The Apprentice would be one of his biggest shows. Mark Burnett stand to make a lot of money if this happens. He knows which side of the bread his butter is spread.
I doubt Trump can take the Apprentice with him. That is owned by Brunett and NBC. Notice how they carried on without him with Arnold?
I never gave Donald Trump much thought before when he was simply a reality tv presence on Celebrity Apprentice, etc. Last year, when I heard he was running for the GOP ticket, I hoped he wouldn’t get very far b/c of the little I knew of him, he seemed despicable to me. Since then, everything that has come out of this vile man’s mouth has confirmed my feelings about him. Now I also know he is most likely a sexual predator on top of being a racist, misogynist, xenophobe, and all around horrible human being. I am no Hillary apologist (I would have preferred Bernie Sanders on the ticket), but Trump is an embarrassment to our country. Let this election be over already. Okay, rant over 🙂
It wasn’t a bad reality show, as far as those go, either and the closest Trump seems to have come to actually contributing to charity. Now we know why he was given ten minutes of screen time max in a two hour show. George, Ivanka, and the other blonde one (I want to say Carol? It was like ten years ago) were much more palatable. His sons not so much.
Just recently a couple of old producers of the show came out and said that they had to retrofit the storyline through desperate editing to justify Drumf’s choice of winner. They would advise him about the merits of contestants but Drumf basically chose on a shallow whim, including looks.. Sorry, I don’t have a link but read the report on Daily Kos or maybe Mother Jones.
That would not surprise me at all. Even with editing some things did come a bit out of left field. Everyone plays favorites, reality shows are rife with editing and production trickery even without an unstable host. It seems like Pierce Morgan sold his soul to win as he still defends him.
It still beats drunk women fighting over nothing or The Bachelor and it’s ilk. YMMV
The money given to charity on that show did not come from trump..even when he would say he was ‘personally’ giving to a cause..it was not his $..the wash post did extensive research on this, I’m surprised it wasn’t covered more in the media
yay for the george shoutout! i bet he has some stories
Too add further to my comment above- Variety originally reported the stories from the editors. It also turns out that Trump’s favourite word, one he used constantly, was “drill”, as in “I’d like to drill her”. Yup, even his p*nis is a power charged inanimate object and what does that say about he perceives women and the sex act?
He really is a sunshine, isn’t he?
Yeah he REALLY is “That Guy”.
Eve, he defies explanation or rationalization. I am completely confused by those who continue to support him even if they despise HRC. What part of narcissistic, misogynistic, xenophobic, racist, unstable and irrational is not obvious? I could almost, almost understand if DT only existed one of those traits that people would still support him (not me), but all of them?? Plus a hair trigger temper. Hmmm…sigh this election has opened my eyes like never before.
Stay classy, Drumpf.
Unfortunately I’m starting to believe OmaRosa was telling the truth when she said she was called the N-Word. I can’t stand that woman but now that all of this is coming to light, I don’t find her accusation hard to believe.
Trump fired Khole because she had received a DUI in California. Now we know that was jus a lie and an excuse to get rid of her.
Isn’t Omarosa campaigning for him??
I saw a PBS special where Omarosa was practically championing him.
Yes she is but that doesn’t change what happened in the past. She didn’t say it was Trump but another contestant. This just goes to show how they try to cover up all the bad crap. She still to this day claim that she was called that word.
I watched all the celeb apprentices. Yes it wasn’t bad some of these celebs are actually brilliant at marketing. Anyway, I remember the Khloe episode. She basically got fired for something entirely not related to the task. So now we know he was itching to get rid of her on anything.
Khloe was actually one of the better workers on the show. She wasn’t dumb.
She also failed to show up at the finale. That said a lot!
Khloe had more than a DUI. She violated probation by not following the judge’s orders that were a condition for avoiding jail, maybe not going to Drunk Ed? Or she skipped community service. Can’t remember, but she was on her way to jail for the violation. She skipperdeed out of jail immediately because of the usual overcrowding excuse. So that might actually have been a factor in Trump bouncing her, along with his usual prejudices. Ironically, Khloe looked pretty good back then. Also ironically, her mom wanted to celebrate Khloe’s quick release from jail with a drink…
Khloe was pretty lazy in the Apprentice though. Her mom set it up for her and she just didn’t want to do it. I’m sure she found Trump more obnoxious than he was worth, however.
It’s always amazing to me how men who are ugly AF think they are good looking.I am not just talking about rich,powerful men like this idiot.I have met broke guys who are ugly as sin who really believe they are handsome.
Does he think he’s good looking, though?
I think it’s one of 2 possibilities: (1) he doesn’t care whether he’s good looking or not, because women are the only people whose value is dependent on outer beauty. He has fake, wealth, power, and probably thinks he has intelligence, charisma, wit, etc.
Or (2) he knows what he looks like (overweight, balding, etc.)… hence his constant need to get fake tans and point out that his hair is real and force himself on every woman he finds attractive. His former cowriter was on the news discussing Trump’s lifelong idolatry of James Bond, and how his whole life is a quest to be a desireable billionaire playboy. Can a narcissist be deeply insecure?
Most psychologicist believe it is at the root of narcissism. That’s why they depend on others for their narcissistic supply.
He is ugly where it counts the most – on the inside.
I know! It kills me too! When I was dating,i would get these trolls offering their opinions on how I could be hotter, and I was thinking to myself, do you look in the mirror? Where do they get the nerve to do that? What makes them think it’s on to be like that? I was in a bar one time and this guy was saying I want his type, my nose was too big. And he had a big nose and overweight! Wtf?
I have come across a bunch of guys like this. Absolutely not attractive, mostly overweight, but feel like only slim, very attractive women are good enough for them. Their dream woman is that Emily R or whatever her name is – they are the ones keeping her relevant. Always commenting on women like Kim K and Beyonce who aren’t your normal stick figures as obese. I will never forget overhearing some gross guy at a table next to me complaining about how fat Kate Winslet was in the Titantic and no wonder the ship sank. Delusional dickheads.
Uncle Tom!?! Holy sh*t. That’s… He is… I can’t…
I know, it left me stuttering and speechless too. At this point, I just want Hilary to take office and forget that Trump ever existed.
This campaign is messing with my sex life. My midstream is full of melania trump face and unwarranted grope fears. Yuck. Let this end.
There was a whole article about this online. How the producers told him to stop and how Arsenio (he was the guest judge) got wind of it and was absolutely pissed.
I’m confused, I remember khloe being fired and it was because if her recent dui…
Apparently the was the on camera reason. He needed something to justify it. It was a pretty weak reason because people have left their teams due to other commitments and not been fired. Punishing someone for something that happened BEFORE they were cast is also unfair especially when you consider that while a DUI is not a laudable achievement it was FAR from the worst thing contestants on the show had done. Denis Rodman was allowed to reappear to rehabilitate his image because he spent his first run on the show wasted and high. It’s at best a mixed message. Even given the most generous interpretation that his older brother died as a result of his alcoholism and it really effected him and his views on drinking.
Plus, even he knew he couldn’t say “Khloe, you’re fat. You’re fired”
honestly, though (ashamed celeb apprentice watcher here) there was also no reason to keep her and her firing would still have been valid and since oddly enough DJT is not a drinker i think the DUI was reason enough on its own.
other “unf*ckable” women have stayed on the show longer
Then he should have given reasons related to the show. If the DUI happened while they were shooting I would get it but either don’t let her on at all knowing she had a DUI or trust it is being fairly adjudicated and let the legal system determine her punishment.
I get that he doesn’t drink. I understand from personal experience that alcoholism and the early death of a close family member can have a profound effect on the way certain people view drinking and substance abuse or irresponsibility. What I was trying to say is he has to pick. It can’t be completely unacceptable and unforgivable for Khloe to have a DUI BEFORE coming on the show but Dennis Rodman can get drunk/high be unreliable, emotionally unstable, and a huge detriment to his team WHILE on the show and get to come back for another season and not only is forgiven, Trump champions and applauded him for managing to stay sober at work for a few weeks.
Also, to honor your brother maybe consider allowing his son with cerebral palsy, being raised but a single mother and whose family was cut out of Daddy Trump’s will, to have medical coverage rather than firing celebrities on TV from a fake job.
Do you really think a man that sold a line of vodka is really that worried about the over consumption of alcohol? He just wanted to get rid of her and came up with a reason.
Yes, it was a pretext to get rid of the “ugly sister.” Yes, he put his name on vodka. He did it because he’ll but his name on literally anything because that is what makes him money. For him cash will beat courage of his convictions every time. With him there is a price on EVERYTHING, even, as he admitted, dropping out of the race a few days before officially being named the Republican nominee. So his name is worthless. It isn’t an endorsement to him it is just business.
However, I am willing to believe he loved his older brother whose drinking started to get out of control by the time he was ten. He loved and admired his brother, who told him never to drink, so I believe him when he says it was a formative moment. It is terrible he did not have that same love and compassion when it came to his brother’s children and his niece and nephew.
He’s ugly inside & out…truly, honestly.
I love any and all references to Joanne 🙌
Yes! Love her so much! Debating if I want to dress like her for Halloween lol.
Dayanara Mendoza, a former Miss universe was a contestant on this show. The way he spoke to and about her in the “boardroom” was appalling. Another contestant said something about her begging for help on a task or something, and Trump was like “Yeah, I’d LOVE to see her on her knees, heh heh, know-what-I-mean?”. Ot was so rude and gross and sexist, and everyone seemed uncomfortable and weirded out. And that aired, so I can only imagine what offensive stuff that was edited out.
That was Brandi Roderick. She was sitting next to Brett Michaels. When you make him uncomfortable, you know you are over the top.
I felt sorry for Khloe on that show & remember her ‘firing’. She held her head up & handled herself well. He is a pig.
Trump, mirror. Mirror, Trump.
I have no words left for this vile gasbag.
but I do have some for every sane voting-age American – you have the power to stop this from prevailing so please, get out there and VOTE. The final results are still over three weeks away, we’re not home free. Not yet.
Good LORD when Lil Jon’s twitter has more integrity than the Republican nominee for President.
Wtf is wrong with his thumb? How does the tip of it go straight up?
I have been crying everyday. I don’t know if these posts are healthy for me, but since I work in a sign shop and get 50%, getting themb tomorrow!
Nicole, this is SMD, you are in Savanah right? I hear you I’m in between Athens and Atlanta and I’m floored by the support for DT. Limit yourself to a certain amount of media and posts per day. This country has survived all its previous elections and it will survive this one. I think what we are seeing and experiencing is a seismic shift in our culture, the far right mainly White Republican stronghold is weakening and they are in a frenzy to keep their power. It’s shifting, the country is more racially diverse than ever, the women in this country now hold some of the highest positions in government and business and we refuse to cower and back down to anybody. Keep your head high, be good to yourself and limit the negativity. I have gotten back on the treadmill to burn off frustration. Find something you can do daily that brings you joy 🙂
I did a very long yoga, watched snl, and parks and rec. I love you ladies. Internet hug!
And to all those nincompoops who think that after all the financial booms and busts we’ve had recently, a businessman is what’s needed in the White House, look at this and see how this man runs a business. On a show supposedly about merit, energy and business acumen, people were being judged and dismissed based on their looks, willingness to tolerate sexual harassment, race and gender. I really feel like I haven’t seen enough stories in the media about the African-American beauty queen who was told, “Trump doesn’t like black people” and the African-American winner on Apprentice who was asked to share his victory with a ‘hot’ white woman (he refused). Merit, my eye.
Those of you who care about Trump, look at this and recognize that he would never care about you. He likes you right now because you’re “nice” to him, but he will never do anything for you with whatever power he has because he would see you, too, as “piglets” and worse.
Not only that but he is such a terrible business man that he would have been better off never working. If he wasn’t a walking, talking id of a human being with a need to see his names on buildings he would be richer than he is today had he put the entirety of his inheritance in a low risk, low yield long term investment. Remember, this a man that hours after the Twin Towers fell, depending on your point of view, bragged or merely informed people that he now had the largest tower in downtown Manhattan once again.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/11/on-911-trump-noted-that-he-now-owned-the-financial-districts-tallest-building/
http://www.snopes.com/trump-bragged-tallest-building/
He also strategically used bankruptcies to screw over smaller businesses that had done work for him by not paying them and forcing them to fold in numerous cases. He also managed a casino so badly he was able to disprove the old adage “the house always wins”.
As a interpreter of the deaf myself, I feel disgusted by his comments against Marlee and the deaf community, and I’m still in shock that we give people like him a platform to talk so much nonsense.