The Apprentice - Season 07, Episode 01

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Tonight begins a season of The Apprentice like never before.
This time on The Apprentice, I've issued a challenge to 14 of the world's most successful celebrities
to prove that they have what it takes to make it big in my world.
How you doing? It's good to see y'all.
Stars that have made their mark beyond the spotlight.
Heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis.
Playmate of the year Tiffany Falun.
Ultimate fighter and sportswear mogul Tito Ortiz.
That was an old-school beatdown right there.
Star of taxi and best-selling author Marilu Henner.
Multi-platinum country star Trace Atkins.
I don't think I've been any more apprehensive about anything I've ever done.
The apprehensive apprentice, that's me.
Notorious tabloid journalist and Judge of America's Got Talent Piers Morgan.
You called me a fat Italian.
I didn't call you fat.
Why did you call him?
I called him a very fat Italian.
Genius and Kiss legend Gene Simmons.
It's aptly named show business, the business of show.
Softball gold medalist Jenny Finch.
Come on, boy!
Actor, author and entrepreneur Stephen Baldwin.
That's beautiful, perfect.
Television executive and Latina media tycoon Nelly Galan.
Oh, I love that shot.
The original supermodel and health pioneer Carol Alt.
I'm not Carol Alt, don't you ever even say that to me.
Soprano star and Broadway headliner Vincent Pastore.
Am I gonna get whacked for this?
I've been whacked before and I'm still around.
Five-time Olympic gold medalist Nadia Comaneci.
And just when you thought it was safe to go back into the boardroom, Omarosa.
What was your name?
Omarosa.
Sorry, I know you're a celebrity, I just never heard of you.
14 celebrities, 14 egos and more drama than even they can handle.
Get over here.
That arrogant English bastard.
You're in a place of business and we're representing a company.
I'm tired of it, Stephen.
Gone are their agents.
Where's the bajeeza?
Gone are their managers.
I don't want this company.
Mommy, don't tell me that.
Gone are their assistants.
You know how to do the computer?
Nope.
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen.
This time, the battle is to raise millions for the charity of their choice.
Reminded me why I'm doing this for that six-year-old.
My brother passed away last year and this charity is in memory of him.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars would put this charity on the map.
I present this check to you.
Are you kidding?
$50,000?
Oh, my gosh.
To win this game, they'll have to rely on their wit
I need some heavy hitter people to come down.
and their celebrity robot dance.
Call the richest people you know
to bring as much money as they can.
$5,000 for a water.
Richard Branson just called me. He's giving us $10,000.
But no matter how famous they think they are, every week, one celebrity will be hearing those dreaded words.
You're fired.
Welcome to the New York Mercantile Exchange, the world's largest commodity exchange.
Now, we're all commodities.
I'm a commodity.
Lennox, you're a commodity.
A fighting machine who really took it to a new level.
Trace, how many singles have you had?
Hits, number one.
23.
You're a commodity, Trace, whether we like it or not.
So, commodity is why I hand-picked each one of you to take part in the Celebrity Apprentice.
Now, instead of playing for a job, this time, you're playing for charity.
Your favorite charity.
I am here at the Apprentice because I have a wonderful charity that I'm playing for, which is the Walter Reed Society,
which help and assist wounded heroes that come back from combat.
In the end, all but one of you will be fired.
Only one of you will become the Celebrity Apprentice.
Now, you are going to be divided male versus female.
You're going back to the Trump Tower.
You're going to set up a team name.
You're going to also choose, very importantly, a project manager.
And, Mr. Trump, I'm going to go on record now and say that I'd like to be the first project manager for the Women's Team.
OK, but you're going to have to convince your teammates because maybe they don't want you.
Nobody likes you but me, Omarosa, so maybe they're not going to like you.
Hey, that's all that counts, is that you like me.
OK, that is all that counts, actually.
In this game, that's all that counts, I have to tell you.
Omarosa. What's her name?
Amarosa? Ponderosa?
Whatever her name is, nobody knows who she is.
So forget about her.
So go back.
I'll see you in a little while in the boardroom.
Thank you.
Well, I just thought I'd come prepared because, you know, I'm a prepared person.
I brought props.
Try it on. I wanted hats that would make us look good.
See, I brought...
I already feel smarter.
I brought us props because sometimes you want to have hats.
You want to have things that sort of show team unity and to brand us together.
I'm a big brander. I'm into branding.
We can have a... So that way we come in where we can make something else happen.
When Nelly started pulling out those props, I thought, oh, I'm going to lose my mind.
I mean, I love the hats, but if we could just focus on a name.
This is not some dress up tea party.
This is The Apprentice. Get with it.
How about like powerful names?
I want a powerful name.
Like Mega or Explosion or something.
Is there a word for like a powerful woman?
Yeah, Omarosa.
I know a lot of people like Omarosa.
She definitely wants to prove to all of us that she's got,
you know, a little more power, a little more knowledge than the rest of us.
Look up dominance, charisma, you know, talent, dynamism.
Dynamism. Thank you.
We were just thrown ideas left and right, which I love about this group.
Everyone's very active and love to participate.
What's the Spanish word for expert?
Experto.
Empresario.
I love that word.
Empresario is good.
I love that. Can we do that?
And it works in multiple languages.
An empresario is someone who creates a business
and is really a mogul.
It's another word for mogul.
Who likes empresario?
Empresario.
OK, what about that name?
Gentlemen, anybody have a name?
The Champions.
No, you want something that sounds corporate.
What about the Bada Bing Boys?
Mr. Trump gave us the orders this morning.
Come up with the name for our team.
And we have a secret weapon.
And his name is Gene Simmons.
What about something that's got a mythic quality?
Something like Hydra.
Hydra was the, I think, the three-headed dog
that guarded the gateway to hell.
No, that was my ex-wife.
Gene Simmons came up with the name Hydra.
I immediately thought, that's quite a good name.
It sounds quite aggressive.
And we rather like the idea of being this savage beast.
Hydra is not what we thought it was.
Hydra had seven heads.
I think it's good. It was unbeatable.
Even Hercules couldn't beat the Hydra.
Cut off one of our heads.
And another one grows back.
Another one grows.
That's it.
We can never be killed, and we're immortal.
Correct.
What could be better?
We all agree.
Hydra, Hydra.
So, project manager, you'll know I've gone on record
that I really want to be the first PM.
I think it's great. I think you should do it.
I think in a business, if you have somebody
who's been here before, that's an advantage
we have over the guys.
I stepped up to be project manager
because I wanted Mr. Trump to know that I'm here
to win this game.
And I also wanted him to know that the things
that happened in the past are in the past,
that I'm a new person.
Everybody agree?
Aye. Aye.
You got it.
I'm first PM.
I'm not going to let you down.
Coming up...
You know who the project managers are.
Omarosa, do you know Steven?
Unfortunately, I do.
Now that I'm managing...
No, I do care about the product.
Let me finish.
Now that I'm managing this product,
we bank on solid sales skills.
I am very curious about what Donald
is going to have us do,
because I've watched every Apprentice,
every episode,
and the game sometimes took a toll on people.
So I can't imagine that he would put
celebrities through that,
although, you know, maybe.
Team Hydra,
Team Empresaria.
Did I get that right?
Okay.
My daughter Ivanka and my son Donald Jr.
will be assisting me during this process.
It looks like Steven and Omarosa
have stepped up as project managers.
Omarosa, do you know Steven?
Unfortunately, I do.
Wow.
Not very nice.
Steven, do you know Omarosa?
Of course. I think she's delightful.
Very good.
I hope you say that in two weeks from now.
Now, the restaurant business
is a $10 billion a year industry
in New York City.
Now, a little section of that business,
but also a big business,
is the hot dog business in New York.
So you're going to be selling hot dogs.
And the team that makes the most money wins.
A hot dog in New York goes for about a dollar,
maybe a little bit more.
You're big celebrities.
You should be able to do
an unbelievable business in selling
for a lot higher price than that.
And don't forget,
you're working for charity.
The team that doesn't sell as much
is going to lose a celebrity.
A celebrity will be fired.
Now, let me tell you,
I'm in the real estate business.
Real estate, to a large extent,
is about location.
Selling hot dogs is about location.
So pick the right location.
Good luck. Go.
Thank you.
Steven, good luck.
I won't need it.
Oh, you will.
Empresario.
Teammates.
I love that name.
Did y'all hear their name?
Hydra?
What in God's name were they thinking?
I feel very confident in my leadership skills.
I don't want to go in that boardroom.
I'm telling you,
I don't want to go in that boardroom,
so we've got to bring a win home.
Carol, our first order of business is location,
and you're our New Yorker.
Okay, the first place I think of,
34th and 7th.
It's just north of Penn Station.
So you've got Madison Square Garden there.
You have a post office one block over.
I'm the only New Yorker in the group.
I pick the location right by the subway,
right by Penn Station,
where every businessman in New York City comes out,
and I'm confident that we should win this one.
Okay, ladies, we've come up with a consensus.
Let's get location first.
Location's key.
Yeah.
We need to choose a place where the big money is.
Radio City.
Rockefeller Center.
Rockefeller Center is Radio City.
Right.
Same place.
I've never actually had a hot dog cart,
but if you get the right location,
you can make a buck.
Let's start about the big idea.
So how would you suggest that we get to use
all of our, you know, celebrity, et cetera?
I probably wouldn't go with that.
We need to build it on solid business concepts
as opposed to celebrity.
It's called Celebrity Apprentice,
and selling celebrity is what always works.
People know what a hot dog looks like,
but, you know, this is the way she wants to run with it,
so here we go.
Why are you looking at me like that?
The average person that's going up to get this hot dog,
the thing that's going to attract them to our cart
is the fact that there's some beautiful women selling it.
Take that approach that who cares about the product.
Now that I'm managing...
No, I do care about the product.
Let me finish.
Now that I'm managing this product,
we don't bank on the celebrity.
We bank on solid sales skills.
You had some really negative energy in the room.
I just don't work well with people
that are condescending and abrasive.
It doesn't want to make you work harder at anything.
Fine, and that's the decision that's made.
I'm glad you're picking up what I'm putting down.
What do we do as promotion?
People are going to want to take pictures with us.
No, we don't allow that.
If they give us $25, we'll allow it.
Okay, yeah, we'll allow it.
We'll allow it then.
And by the way, they're paying $100
because they get a picture with Lennox Lewis and an autograph.
I'm willing to take a picture with somebody
and sell them a hot dog for $25.
Well, then we're going to lose.
We're not going to lose.
We are.
We're going to do value.
Vinnie, the commodity that's most valuable to this
is not the food and drink, it's the celebrities, right?
We've got big, big stars.
The chance to be photographed with Lennox, Tito, Kiss.
You know, we can charge $100 for a hot dog.
If we sell ourselves short, we might get beat.
Okay, but hold on a second.
You have to have people who have $100 in cash in their pockets.
Nobody in New York has $100 in their pocket.
Do me a favor.
It's the richest city in the world.
Hold on.
That's why you all keep telling me.
Hold on.
I'm going to recommend...
Bob, it's Gene Simmons.
Would you do me a favor?
I'd like you to show up and buy a $5,000 hot dog.
All of the money goes to charity.
Will you do that for me?
Tomorrow.
Thank you, Bob.
$5,000.
This is what we need, right?
We can make more money.
By just making phone calls?
Get out of the dollar hot dog business.
I want to know if you will buy an expensive hot dog for charity.
And I need your help because I know you're a big man with a big heart.
It's fun to listen to Gene do his thing.
You know, he's got numbers of very wealthy, powerful people.
And we're tapping into them.
Will you guys hop on a plane and put a check in our hands on the streets of New York?
We're going to crush them.
There's no doubt in my mind.
We're doing well.
We got some money.
It's not in yet.
That's right.
Come on, guys.
Let's go.
Everybody stop.
One second.
Quarterback's got to talk.
Ready?
Huddle up, guys.
Quick.
Don't break up, guys.
Don't break up.
We jeopardize the whole thing.
Let's put the signs down.
Let's get ourselves ready.
Are the hot dogs prepared?
Are the buns ready?
Yes.
Ladies, we are in business.
Okay.
Here you go.
We decided to go with an all-American theme.
White t-shirt, some sexy jeans, and a red cap.
Red, white, and blue.
We were all-American girls selling the all-American food, the hot dog.
Let's go.
Big hot dogs.
The best in the city.
Oh, thank you so much.
My first customer.
Our first customer.
I appreciate you.
We started out selling the hot dogs for $5.
Pretty quickly, we started thinking, okay, well, maybe we can ask for more money.
Okay, how about $10?
Okay, thank you.
You're giving me $20 for the hot dog.
That's for sure.
You're giving me $20 for the hot dog.
This is the most I've got.
Oh, get out of here.
When we saw that we could get $20, then we started trying to get $100.
$100.
Come over and get your hot dog.
$200.
This gentleman is buying a hot dog for $500.
Thank you so much.
We gave things to people that only had $1 or $2, but the people that really had a lot to give,
we, like, dug it out of them.
Like, major money.
We have major money.
I'm a rock star.
Ladies, Mr. Trump is here.
Be calm, cool, and professional.
Our great mayor.
Oh, my gosh.
Mayor Bloomberg and Donald Trump paid a visit.
It was the highlight of this task for me.
He's the number one Francophile in this city.
I'm supposed to see whether you guys can cut the mustard.
All right, then.
Very good.
I can't tell whether these are better or worse than the one the men's are selling
until I have a hot dog with the men.
I can tell you this, without seeing the men, you guys look better.
We got a lot of dogs here.
Oh, no.
Oh, yes.
Oh, no.
Oh, yes.
That's terrible.
Get a celebrity hot dog.
Meet Lennox Lewis.
Tito Ortiz.
Come on, guys.
Don't get a free pitch.
Come and get one for charity.
That's not enough.
Get the ten.
I'll think about it.
Come on.
Yes.
Let me get a pitch with Lennox Lewis.
Give me $15.
You take $20.
You still make $5.
That doesn't matter.
Give me $20.
Come on.
We'll talk about the $20 another time.
You want to take $5 right now?
Sir, you're not really want change out of my bag, now, do you?
Don't be so embarrassing.
$4?
You're not getting a hot dog for $4.
The reason I'm so keen to charge a premium price for the hot dogs is to get a load of
money in if Gene's guys don't turn up.
Gene's talking a great game, but if his people don't turn up, there's a disaster.
Okay?
How much you got?
I got $5.
No, $4.
I got some $1's.
Whatever one I can get.
What do you want?
Okay.
I can't deal with the minutia.
If they show up, cool.
If not, there's nothing I can do.
Celebrity hot dogs for charity, baby.
Let's go.
What are we getting, ladies?
$100.
I knew we'd get $100 off the people of New York.
It was shaky in the very beginning, but now it's going very well.
I don't think anybody in the world has sold hot dogs as quick as we have.
Hot dogs for charity.
Got about another hour left.
The lunch crowd just started coming in.
Everybody's working in unison.
The team's coming together great.
Team Hydra, baby.
Hot dogs for charity.
Now, how much you got?
I got $100.
Thank you very much.
$100.
Go through and get your picture with whoever you like, okay?
I got a dog coming at you.
$100.
Because New York is such a melting pot, you know, there's country music people walking
by, KISS fans walking by, UFC fans walking by.
So, you know, we had a real mixture.
This is getting crazy.
Meet Donald Trump, everybody.
Meet the mayor of New York, Mayor Bloomberg.
Hey, Mayor Bloomberg, how are you, sir?
Very nice of you gentlemen to come by.
The question is, is this the best hot dog or is the best hot dog sold by all of those
gorgeous women at the last hot dog stand?
Very good.
And I'll bet he'll never reveal the answer.
And that's why you're the mayor of New York.
That's accurate.
There you go.
Just give me two of mustard and kraut.
Kraut and mustard.
Falun, playmate of the year.
Hot dogs, chips, water.
Had people standing there, just walk up and pull them in.
Tiffany, for somebody to sell an ass in magazines, sure couldn't sell a hot dog to save her life.
I couldn't get her to go out there and sell and sell and sell.
We've got hot dogs, baby.
Ready to go, hot dogs.
One hot dog for $5?
You're going to get a water for $5?
The girls are doing good.
They've got to upsell, though.
We've gotten a lot of caps.
We've gotten a few big ones, but we need more.
Just doesn't feel like enough.
Omarosa didn't want to, you know, focus on celebrity.
The southeast corner.
Okay.
But I figure I'm better off on the phone and call the contacts that I have.
So, you want to get a hot dog?
We have a high roller table.
A high roller table, I mean.
I figured.
I figured that appealed to you.
So, what do you think?
The boys, the guys?
What's this?
That's good.
But how much is this?
What's his right there?
$5,000.
$5,000 for a water.
Are you kidding me?
Oh, my God.
What do you want?
No, another $5?
Another $5.
Thank you so much.
A bottle of water.
I love you, Mary Lou.
Thank you so much.
My pleasure.
Thank you so much.
Jenna Jamison is here.
Jenna Jamison, ladies and gentlemen.
I am here in New York City.
I'm here to support Pete Ortiz, who's my boyfriend, over here.
Hey, Lennox.
Michael Jenner.
Jenna Jamison gives us $200, ladies and gentlemen.
Anything for charity and anything for my man.
Gene, one of you guys is here.
Hello, John.
Hi, how are you?
Nice to see you.
Major sale happening in front of my eyes.
Gene Simmons about to get a huge check.
Come and get a hot dog and do the right thing.
Step up and proudly tell him how much a hot dog is worth to you.
A hot dog today is worth $10,000.
Yeah!
He gets his hot dog first.
Thank you very much.
$10,000, ladies and gentlemen, for the hot dog.
Some of us can knock on some doors,
and some doors will open more because of who's knocking on the door.
$5,000.
We have a $5,000 hot dog sale.
It's not the vacuum cleaner that gets sold.
It is the vacuum cleaner salesman that sells the vacuum cleaner.
I'm the salesman, baby.
Count it off.
Five grand.
$5,000 this man is giving us in cash, ladies and gentlemen.
We did pretty well.
I mean, you know, it seemed to be loads of money coming in.
But what I keep thinking, if the girls have got one very rich donator
who turns up and gives them $100,000, we're wiped away.
I don't like that feeling.
Oh, you're so hot.
You're a friend of Jenny's?
David Wright is the third baseman for the New York Mets.
I was thinking of big baseball players,
and who's bigger in New York than David Wright?
So I was super excited about coming across his number
and hoping that he would come out and visit us.
Okay, how about we'll make a nice donation,
and then the next however many people come up, free hot dogs.
Okay.
David Wright would like to treat.
He would like to make a donation and then just treat.
That would be great because we only have 10 minutes left.
Okay.
Free hot dogs.
He just bought our cart out.
David Wright bought out the cart of hot dogs and started handing them out.
Thanks to David Wright.
How incredible was that?
We're all out of hot dogs.
Y'all did so well.
Put it in a pot.
Great win!
Welcome to your first boardroom.
Mayor Bloomberg had a great time.
He liked both Frankfurters, but ultimately it's how much you sold that counts.
Omarosa, how do you think your team did?
I think we did outstanding.
You think you won?
I would hope so.
Why do you think you won?
Well, we had a great plan, and I think that we executed it in a very effective way.
Steven, how did Hydra do?
Beyond my expectations, I really give the credit to all the other players.
Tito Ortiz brought his significant other, Jenna Jameson, and that was fun.
That will get the crowds, Tito, won't it?
Of course.
You going to marry her, Tito?
You going to get a prenup?
Prenup?
Remember that prenup?
Happiness is with that marriage at this time, so, you know, if I put the pressure on each other, that's all right.
You're right about that.
So let's hear the results.
Don, how did Empresario do?
Well, Empresario sold a total of $17,038.79 worth of hot dogs.
Hold up, guys. Hold up, guys. Hold up. Hold up.
You better hold up, because you don't know.
Ivanka.
Hydra, largely through large donations, raised a total of $52,286.
Wow. That's a drubbing.
Impressive wins.
Thank you.
That's a drubbing.
I concede to defeat.
Just an observation that I have.
I really thought the men were using the celebrity better than the women.
I also like their location much better.
Much more action.
How do you feel about that, Steven?
Mr. Trump, kudos to Mr. Simmons.
Very impressive in his ability to contact donors, etc., etc.
If we had to do it over, I wouldn't change a thing.
Piers, let me ask you this question.
Who would you say is the least impressive person on the other side?
Well, we immediately identified their weak link as being Amorosa.
Omarosa, Piers. If you're going to say my name, say it right.
What's your name?
Omarosa. Learn it.
Sorry, I know you're a celebrity. I just never heard of you.
So, Amorosa...
And you think Americans have known about you?
Okay, whatever.
Amorosa we identified as the weak link because I've seen her work on the previous series of Apprentice,
and she's just trouble.
And I've seen your work on that show. I can't remember the name of it.
And you haven't been impressive either.
In fact, they call you the British ass.
Whatever. It's the number one show in American Summer. I'm happy with that.
Amorosa, in Apprentice 1, I remember you selling lemonade.
And I remember the women crushed the men because sex sells.
You have one of the most beautiful athletes ever, a Playboy centerfold,
and one of the best supermodels of all time.
You'll remember from the first season that we were heavily criticized for using our sex and not using our brains.
So I learned that lesson from the first season,
and I balanced that with what my marketing team wanted to implement in this particular task.
But they killed you, Amorosa.
Now the combined earnings from both teams in this task was $69,324.
An Apprentice all-time record.
I'm going to give you a little surprise, Stephen.
All the money that was raised is all going to go to your charity.
And obviously that's because you're the team leader, and we are going to do that over the coming weeks.
When the project manager wins, you take the risk.
You take all of the negatives, but you also take the positives.
What's the name of the charity?
On behalf of my mother, it's the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund.
By the way, I met her. She's a terrific woman.
Thank you. She is.
Congratulations, Hydra. It's time to celebrate,
and you'll be able to watch everything going on in here from the comfort of your war room.
You just watch if you want, but go back to the room.
We want to watch.
You'll be watching. You'll be watching.
Ladies, stay here. One of you is about to be fired.
Bruno said to turn the TV on.
Omarosa, what happened?
We had a plan. The implementation wasn't as strong.
We worked hard, but it just wasn't enough.
Were you disappointed with some of the members of your team, or not particularly?
I was disappointed with several of the members, and I was surprised by how other members stepped up.
Who stepped up, first of all?
Mary Lou. Mary Lou came in with a sale for $5,000, and she followed that up.
Oh, so you did a little bit of what they did.
Yes. I sold two waters, actually, for $5,000 a piece.
$5,000 a piece?
A piece.
$10,000.
$10,000 and a hot dog.
Well, $10,000 is like 60% of what you raised.
And one for $1,000, a hot dog.
Great job.
Thank you.
Who else did a good job?
On the technical side, Nelly. She was solid, she was really focused, and she kept us on task.
Well, let me ask you then the obvious question. Who did a poor job?
Tiffany, who I think is a great commodity, was not a great salesperson.
A commodity in what way? She's beautiful?
Well, she is former Playmate of the Year, and I don't know if you mind me saying this, but in that magazine, you're presenting sex.
And you're selling the obvious. You're selling yourself.
And she didn't do that?
No, she didn't.
Omarosa, a few minutes ago, you said that you didn't want to do that because in the first Apprentice, you were criticized for doing that,
and now you're saying that she should have been selling sex.
Let me make the difference. Here's the difference.
When Lennox was standing out, he was boxing. That's his brand.
When Tito was out there, he's an ultimate fighter. That's his brand.
The bottom line is she's a Playmate of the Year. That's her brand.
Omarosa's a survivor like a cockroach. No matter what you do, you cannot kill her.
She'll do anything to kill the others. This is her own teammates.
Unfortunately, when I went to Tiffany over and over again, we needed more energy, we needed more of a push.
She did not deliver.
That's not true. My first hot dog was 50 bucks.
And at the end of the day, what did you bring in for sales?
We weren't asked. I would say over...
I can tell you it was less than $300.
No, I collected a $200 hot dog.
There was no big sale.
And I was disappointed that she did not reach out to her personal network.
I did. Unfortunately, my contacts can't afford to do the $5,000 donations, which is fine.
But it's the point that we ask everyone across the board...
You have to afford it. Did you call them?
No, because I'd like to shape them for a different task on a later day.
But there's no guarantee for tomorrow, Tiffany.
But we were...
You could be fired tonight and you're saving the biggest contact that you have.
And you could have brought more money in for the charity.
Tiffany, I will say this.
You're very beautiful, but you're very low-key in terms of your beauty compared to playmates of the year.
I've known a lot of playmates of the year.
I'm sure you have.
You're not very overstated, and I think that's actually a nice thing.
I'm not saying that negatively.
We were asked to wear a certain uniform, which I was happy to wear.
But at the same token, we weren't allowed to use our celebrity that often.
Allowed to use?
I actually think the uniforms were a terrible mistake.
They just didn't do anything to show who we were.
I mean, you're sitting there, you're hiding behind hats.
You've got, you know, a big hot dog on your chest.
You were advertising the product, hot dog, rather than the celebrity.
Again.
Coming from our project manager, Omarosa, she, when we said we wanted to do the red carpet, glam, all that kind of thing,
she said we want to use the celebrity-ness as a cherry on top, not as our sailing pitch.
Omarosa, what do you think it was about?
Hot dogs or branding or celebrity?
What do you think it was about?
It was about getting the largest amount of money you could for one transaction.
And I said a thousand dollars.
Is that about hot dogs or is it about celebrity?
I think it's about celebrity.
So, Nelly, what do you think?
Omarosa made a decision.
As it turns out, that decision was probably not the best choice.
However, everything else she did in the entire thing was perfection.
I think it's about leadership.
And Omarosa did display leadership, incredible leadership.
I don't think everyone that's sitting here can honestly tell me that you're ready to be a leader.
But you can't have seven leaders.
Who's not ready to be a leader?
Tiffany.
But I tell you one thing.
If I was a leader, I wouldn't be as condescending as Omarosa was.
Well, if you weren't so immature, I wouldn't need to be condescending.
All you have to do is listen.
Tiffany is toast.
She's a lovely girl, but she's not defended herself properly.
She has now.
She should have gone on the attack.
She's not a mean chick.
Why did you ultimately pick that location?
I thought it was terrible.
We deferred to Carol for the location.
Did you defer to Carol?
No, we did not.
Wait, wait, wait, stop.
Because I don't want you to step away from the fact that you took lead on location.
Did you not?
I didn't take lead.
You gave me lead on location because I was from New York.
You started giving us coaching lessons about New York.
And you were the self-proclaimed New Yorker.
I tutored you on the locations.
You asked me about the locations.
And now you're cowering from the fact that you chose that location.
I'm not cowering at all.
Don't you ever even say that to me.
That you step up and say that you chose that location.
What I'm saying to you is I gave you all the information about each of the areas that we chose.
Well, do you think you gave them the right information about location?
Absolutely.
Because you really would know location like I would know the location.
What I gave them about 34th and 7th was...
Well, it's not a good location in my opinion.
Anywhere near Penn Station.
Yeah, you can make the $1 sale to the tourist who's coming into New York maybe around noon.
But it's a very poor location.
Omarosa, I want you to pick two people.
And then I'm going to ask everybody to leave, including you and the two people.
And I'm going to ask you and the two people to come back.
Mr. Trump, my two people, of course.
Carol.
And Tiffany.
Okay.
Everyone leave and the three of you will come right back.
That's it. We won't say any more now.
Omarosa, Tiffany, Carol. Tiffany's gone.
She may want to take Carol out now.
No, she won't.
Who's more combative.
She needs Carol because Carol knows New York.
Those girls have now gone public slugging each other off.
We can disagree in here, but we have not publicly had a go at each other.
And that's a massive advantage, right?
If you thought the first part was fun, wait till you see this part.
It gets better.
Annette, let them come in, please.
So, Omarosa, what do you have to say for yourself?
You know, everybody likes the comfort of being a follower without the discomfort of being a leader.
I stepped up. I took a risk. We lost.
But I take accountability for the plan that I put in place.
And I look to these ladies, to my team, to implement it.
And we just came up short.
What do you think, Carol?
I think I stepped up in every moment that I could.
When there was a void to be filled, I stepped in.
When I disagreed with something, I said so.
But ultimately, Omarosa was our leader.
And I would always defer to her because she was making the ultimate decision.
You don't like Omarosa very much, do you?
I have nothing against Omarosa.
I have the utmost respect for what she's accomplished on The Apprentice.
However, I just felt that that got in the way a bit.
I think that she was very secure in what she was doing and almost overly secure.
They all loved the fact that I had been on the show.
They tried to exploit me for that and extract information from it.
Not exploit.
And now she sits here and says it's a liability.
It ultimately appeared.
Well, because it's convenient because you're sitting in front of Donald Trump.
No, because it's now the end of the task, so I saw what the problems were.
I was open. I shared information with you all.
And now you have the audacity to sit here and criticize me for being helpful.
Tiffany, you look a little scared.
You know, you're dealing with two people that are a little older than you.
Two people that have been through the wars.
You really haven't been through the wars.
And I can see that.
Do you feel a little nervous or a little scared being with these two?
Not at all.
Because they're pretty intimidating.
Not at all. I've been through the wars.
And by the way, I have to tell you, Carol, I'm very impressed with you.
I mean, she's tough.
And Omarosa, you have to say that.
She's fighting.
I fought for two days. Come on.
I think across the board, everyone worked really hard.
At the end of the day, we were mentally and physically exhausted.
Am I scared of anybody?
Were you exhausted?
Heck no. I was in the pageant system.
Don't get exhausted. Don't even talk about exhaustion.
Don't even say you were exhausted.
Well, we worked very physically hard in engaging with these people.
Did you undersell relative to the other people on your team?
There's no way of knowing because as far as Mary Lou is concerned,
she brought in the biggest dollar.
And thank God, not all of us have those contacts.
Hey, look, you have one of the greatest contacts.
I do?
He's a friend of mine.
You could call him up.
You could say, would you do me a favor?
Would you buy a hot dog for $10,000?
It's for a charity.
Right?
And you never did that.
And I think he would have been the first.
He probably would have said, no, I'll give you $100,000.
We made a group decision to be very careful who...
Who made that decision?
Because the men made the opposite decision and they kicked your ass.
Who told you to not do that?
We were consciously aware of the fact that if we remained in this competition,
we wanted to use our resources to the best of our ability.
Asking Mr. Hefner to buy a $10,000 hot dog right now...
You should have done it. You would have done it.
So you were holding back for another task?
I was holding back for a bigger task.
Yeah, but a lot of times...
There's no bigger task. In the meantime, you may be fired, right?
What's the bigger task?
You may be watching the bigger task.
I understand that.
You're not going to win by selling $2 hot dogs.
And we talked about that upselling.
And I learned that from Omarosa.
I wanted them to sell at $1,000, $5,000.
You respect Omarosa, don't you?
I do. I do. I respect...
I think, Carol, you in a certain way respect her.
I do too.
You probably hate her, but you respect her.
No, I don't hate her.
You hate her. Be...
Give me a break.
Omarosa, if you were me, who would you fire?
You know, I actually think that Tiffany has potential.
She has an open mind, and I think she wants to be here.
Carol, I just think that she should probably go.
All right, let me just make a decision,
because, to be honest, it's not the easiest one.
I'm disappointed that Omarosa didn't do a better job as the captain.
I'm disappointed that you didn't do a better job
in terms of being a New Yorker and giving them the right location.
And I can't say I'm disappointed in Tiffany,
because she's young, and she's against these two killers,
and they're killers.
But I'm disappointed that you didn't call a very good friend of mine,
Hugh Hefner, and say,
Sir, would you contribute?
Forget about saving it for later.
There is no later.
This is the time.
So I say, Tiffany, you're fired.
Thank you, Mr. Trump, for having me.
Thank you very much, too.
Thank you.
Okay, thank you very much.
Good luck, Tiffany.
Thank you.
She's a nice person,
and unfortunately the nicest person is going home.
But oftentimes in business, that's the way it works.
Sadly.
Got to make a pack before we go in there.
We leave it in the boardroom.
Absolutely.
Deal?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
I'm back!
It's incredibly disappointing and frustrating
to be the first one fired out of the boardroom.
I did what was asked of me.
I did it thoroughly.
And the bottom line is,
we brought in a lot of money,
but we just didn't bring in enough.
I'm headed home.
I enjoyed it.
It was an honor.
Onward.
