Celebrity Apprentice is back on NBC tonight at 9p with an All-Star edition. They are Trace Adkins, Dee Snider, Dennis Rodman, Omarosa, Penn Jillette, Gary Busey, LaToya Jackson, Lil Jon, Stephen Baldwin, Marilu Henner, Lisa Rinna, Brande Roderick, Claudia Jordan and Bret Michaels. And it should be an interesting season.
Recently I was on a conference call with Donald Trump to talk about this season and I asked why this group of All-Stars. He said, “It has just been a chemistry thing. We wanted the right chemistry. You never know if it’s going to work but we picked people and the chemistry really did work.” He explained to someone else on the call, “Well it just seemed good. You know, we’ve had so many people that have done so well on the show. They didn’t win but they did really well and they were really liked by the audience because ultimately it is about them being liked by the audience.”
But there is one winner who returned to play the game and Trump told us how he reacted when he heard Bret Michaels coming back. He said, “Bret already won it. And to be honest I was a little surprised that Bret, because the others are sitting next to me as my advisors, the other winners. And Bret really wanted to go on the show and really make a lot of money for his charity and that took a lot of courage.” Then he added, “As somebody that won the show, I was surprised. I don’t think I would have done it. But as somebody that had won the show and then to go back for a second I think took a lot of courage. And he did that because of his, you know, you raise a lot of money for your charity. And I think it’s going to end up being very good for him too. We’ll see how that all turns out.”
He also summarized the rest of the cast before highlighting just one of them. The Firer said, “Well it’s a strong cast. It’s a very smart group of people. They’re people that have done well in life and also in the show, for the most part in the show and in life in all cases. It’s a very nasty show.” Then he explained why, “I mean, there are some deals, Omarosa is extremely nasty I can tell you. I’m a big fan of Omarosa by the way, I love Omarosa. But she was brutal.”
We will have to tune in tonight and every Sunday at 9p to see just how brutal she is and how the rest of the All-Stars do their second time around Trump Towers. I know I am looking forward to it because this is just one of the very few competition shows I am still watching. I only watch this one, Hell’s Kitchen and that’s it and I used to watch almost all of them.
