For those of us keeping score at home, the Donald Trump bleep count is now up to two!
Over the course of the last eight seasons.
Apparently, Trump hates to lose so much, that he’s taken to chasing the runaway train that is Dennis Rodman‘s potty mouth. Pick up the pace, Donald; Rodman’s at 200 on the year.
Okay, episode two of this “celebrity” fest was a bit of a puzzler. Often on The Apprentice, the contestants are tasked with an unusual undertaking, a sure sign that Trump and co-creator Mark Burnett are running out of people who are willing to be a part of their franchise. Last night, the resigned partner was zappos.com. The challenge? Design a comic book character to potentially become the mascot of the e-retail website. How dumb was that? See both characters for yourself, above and below.
Meanwhile, the men and women went through the creative process, focus groups and all. Here’s what caused me to drop my chin. We got to watch the women’s focus group first, a handful of youngish men come to respond to the ladies’ creation. Many a comment was made by the participants about how unlikely it was for them to be discussing comics with a playboy playmate (Brande Roderick). Okay, not an unreasonable observation.
Team leader Khloe Kardashian, however, took things to a new level. In a talking head, she described the members of the focus group as typical comic book readers (okay), or what she would imagine comic book readers to be. (Huh?) Her assumption? The men assembled weren’t used to being around pretty women. Maybe pretty female superheroes, but not real women. Seriously? She said this on national television? Who the hell is Khloe Kardashian? Her father was a well respected attorney, and her sister made an infamous home movie; so she’s who to insult these guys? Not that celebrity should absolve her, but who does she think she is?
Not to be outdone by another nobody, Claudia Jordan jumped in with her own choice opinion, this time with the men barely out of the room. As the door swung closed behind the focus group, she observed to her fellow teammates: “Were those a group of virgins, or what?” How disgusting can these people be? Jordan is best known for standing in a flowing dress next to a briefcase on Deal or no Deal, but sure, why not insult a bunch of people who just provided you with constructive criticism on your “celebrity” task. These guys were probably so excited to be on TV that they told all of their friends and family to tune in. Did they all really need to be embarrassed like that? I’m a little upset that Trump had nothing to say to the women about their behavior in the boardroom, as he usually passes judgment on things he deems inappropriate once in there. It seems silly, but it really bothers me a lot.
So, the women won again. Not surprising, since the men decided to play on the letter “E,” for a company whose name begins with a “Z.” And it probably didn’t hurt that golfer Natalie Gulbis dressed up as the women’s dominatrix superhero. Fitting that her name was “Mizz Z.”
Let’s not forget some other highlights from the night (how in the world are these things two hours long?):
So, yeah, the task was a loser (as was Scott Hamilton). But the insanity is still fresh. These people are seriously delusional to think … well, they’re seriously delusional. It’s really wild to hear what’s going through their heads at any given time. And Dennis Rodman is just living on a different planet. I can’t wait to see him as project manager … maybe the upcoming wedding dress task? Sounds intriguing. Don’t miss it!
Thank you so much for your article. I am in face one of the guys interviewed on this episode and in the focus group. I did in fact have a large number of people around viewing the show and I couldn’t believe what I saw. I mean it is really funny to be mocked on national television but it kind of insults me that this woman who has no talents other than looking good, decent at best in my opinion, giving her far reaching criticism on comic book readers in general. I wish they had put in some quotes I said in my interview that didn’t make the screen. In the interview they were baiting us as much as possible to try and get us to say something about the playboy model I had to bite my tongue so as not to embarrass myself. One final note: no I am not a virgin and I know for a fact that at least 3 of the other guys in there aren’t either! So ha!
“Ivanka was absent this time. Remember last week when Trump bit her head off for calling Andrew Dice Clay a quitter?”.
He stated an opinion contrary to what she said, but he certainly didn’t “bite her head off”. That’s the way I saw it anyway. He didn’t raise his voice, snap at her, belittle her….
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So, I got that from the break in pattern as well as the context. Usually, the kiddies end the boardroom with sycophantic agreement, and Donald pats their heads. Last week, when Trump disagreed with Ivanka’s restatement of his own assessment, the vibe I got was that of a snapping, snarling dog, because it was so odd for him to claim to loathe quitting one minute, and then disagree with his own opinion the next. I could definitely have read too much into it, but there was something very off about the exchange.