Guess Who's Still Crying? (The Apprentice-related)
03-13-04, 09:18 PM
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Guess Who's Still Crying? (The Apprentice-related)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4514795/
Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth left the cast of NBC's reality show, "The Apprentice," when Donald Trump fired her on last week’s episode. It seems however, that Manigault-Stallworth’s 15 minutes of fame — and controversy —are not over.
Manigault-Stallworth is accusing one of her fellow contestants of racial bias, particularly the use of the ‘"n" word.
On ABC’s ‘The View’ Wednesday, host Star Jones asked Manigault-Stallworth about an angry scene that aired in an earlier episode of the show. During an argument with Manigault-Stallworth, fellow contestant Ereka Vetrini made the comment that Manigault-Stallworth was “the pot calling the kettle black."
Omarosa told Jones that the use of this metaphor was a racial slur — and said that she was also called something much worse that was not aired. “I was responding to a much, much worse term than that, that I won’t even say because it’s so repulsive,” she said. She later added that it was the ‘n’ word and that it was her "worst experience on the show."
She didn’t name Vetrini on ‘The View,’ but did so later on syndicated show "Inside Edition."
Vetrini then appeared on MSNBC's "Lester Holt Live" and vehemently denied that the slur was ever used. “The ‘n’ word was never uttered on the show, it doesn’t exist in my vocabulary. None of the other contestants said that either,” Vetrini told Holt.
Vetrini said that all of the "Apprentice" contestants are on camera or audible most of the time: “If we did say it, that would make television. That’s good TV," she said. "And if anyone said it, why didn’t she bring it up right then, not six weeks later?”
Vetrini said that Mark Burnett, the executive producer of the hit show, has reviewed the tapes and has no idea what Manigault-Stallworth is talking about. NBC also says it’s unaware of any such incident.
“I’d never expect they’d cast such a lunatic,” said Vetrini.
Manigault-Stallworth has said that she was unfairly depicted on the show as lazy and mean, saying that this is what is usually done to powerful black women on TV.
She has also attributed her firing to a group effort to get her out of the competition. On MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews," she said, “The first reason I got fired was very simple: I was truly the strongest player. And, as a result, the other contestants put a big bullseye on my back and they wanted to get me out.”
In her final episode, Donald Trump said Manigault-Stallworth had “a chip on her shoulder,” and fired her for her inability to get along with her teammates. He also wasn't happy about her frequent claims of a concussion after plaster fell on her head at one of Trump’s construction sites. The resulting headaches continued for 3 more weeks — except when it was time to get rewards, claimed her then-teammate Heidi Bressler.
“We never looked at her and saw a color, we saw a person — that none of us agreed with,” says Vetrini. “Unless the whole entire cast is racist, she has a very poor argument.”
Manigault-Stallworth has been making talk-show circuit saying that she has been fielding offers to host her own talk show. “I really got a lot of interest when I first got on the show, and started getting calls from a lot of different places,” she said.
She says she’s modeling herself after Trump, who she still respects. “I‘m trying to mold myself after him by branding my own line of business suits and business accessories, coming out with my own book, and designing my own talk show,” she told Matthews.
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Really, is this a shock at all. She is completely arrogant...her shit just doesn't stink, and she flat-out refuses to be held accountable for her own actions/interactions on the show.
I'd sue her ass right now for slander and defammation (can you actually sue for both?).
Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth left the cast of NBC's reality show, "The Apprentice," when Donald Trump fired her on last week’s episode. It seems however, that Manigault-Stallworth’s 15 minutes of fame — and controversy —are not over.
Manigault-Stallworth is accusing one of her fellow contestants of racial bias, particularly the use of the ‘"n" word.
On ABC’s ‘The View’ Wednesday, host Star Jones asked Manigault-Stallworth about an angry scene that aired in an earlier episode of the show. During an argument with Manigault-Stallworth, fellow contestant Ereka Vetrini made the comment that Manigault-Stallworth was “the pot calling the kettle black."
Omarosa told Jones that the use of this metaphor was a racial slur — and said that she was also called something much worse that was not aired. “I was responding to a much, much worse term than that, that I won’t even say because it’s so repulsive,” she said. She later added that it was the ‘n’ word and that it was her "worst experience on the show."
She didn’t name Vetrini on ‘The View,’ but did so later on syndicated show "Inside Edition."
Vetrini then appeared on MSNBC's "Lester Holt Live" and vehemently denied that the slur was ever used. “The ‘n’ word was never uttered on the show, it doesn’t exist in my vocabulary. None of the other contestants said that either,” Vetrini told Holt.
Vetrini said that all of the "Apprentice" contestants are on camera or audible most of the time: “If we did say it, that would make television. That’s good TV," she said. "And if anyone said it, why didn’t she bring it up right then, not six weeks later?”
Vetrini said that Mark Burnett, the executive producer of the hit show, has reviewed the tapes and has no idea what Manigault-Stallworth is talking about. NBC also says it’s unaware of any such incident.
“I’d never expect they’d cast such a lunatic,” said Vetrini.
Manigault-Stallworth has said that she was unfairly depicted on the show as lazy and mean, saying that this is what is usually done to powerful black women on TV.
She has also attributed her firing to a group effort to get her out of the competition. On MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews," she said, “The first reason I got fired was very simple: I was truly the strongest player. And, as a result, the other contestants put a big bullseye on my back and they wanted to get me out.”
In her final episode, Donald Trump said Manigault-Stallworth had “a chip on her shoulder,” and fired her for her inability to get along with her teammates. He also wasn't happy about her frequent claims of a concussion after plaster fell on her head at one of Trump’s construction sites. The resulting headaches continued for 3 more weeks — except when it was time to get rewards, claimed her then-teammate Heidi Bressler.
“We never looked at her and saw a color, we saw a person — that none of us agreed with,” says Vetrini. “Unless the whole entire cast is racist, she has a very poor argument.”
Manigault-Stallworth has been making talk-show circuit saying that she has been fielding offers to host her own talk show. “I really got a lot of interest when I first got on the show, and started getting calls from a lot of different places,” she said.
She says she’s modeling herself after Trump, who she still respects. “I‘m trying to mold myself after him by branding my own line of business suits and business accessories, coming out with my own book, and designing my own talk show,” she told Matthews.
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Really, is this a shock at all. She is completely arrogant...her shit just doesn't stink, and she flat-out refuses to be held accountable for her own actions/interactions on the show.
I'd sue her ass right now for slander and defammation (can you actually sue for both?).
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03-13-04, 11:51 PM
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What a clown. "Pot calling the kettle black" a racial slur? 
What's truly sad from this is that there are a few black groups propping her up as some kind of role model.
In a society where there is still racial inequity, it's disgusting that whores like this try to capitalize on it at the expense of everyone. What an ugly human being. Anyone who supports her pursuits should be ashamed of himself.
I really hate to paint with such broad strokes here, but I have to speak on something I've witnessed over the years: this type of behavior among "successful" people who received their education at HBCUs is not as uncommon as it should be. I know quite a few people who came out of an HBCU just fine, but I also know way too many that graduate with an incredible chip on their shoulder and a terribly racist view of the world. I don't know if the HBCU turns them into this or if that's just the way they would have turned out regardless, but I cannot help but feel that the isolationist nature of the HBCU has some part in nurturing this style of racism and hatred that we see with people like Ponderosa. It's not that surprising that she has degrees from not one, but two of them.
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What's truly sad from this is that there are a few black groups propping her up as some kind of role model.In a society where there is still racial inequity, it's disgusting that whores like this try to capitalize on it at the expense of everyone. What an ugly human being. Anyone who supports her pursuits should be ashamed of himself.
I really hate to paint with such broad strokes here, but I have to speak on something I've witnessed over the years: this type of behavior among "successful" people who received their education at HBCUs is not as uncommon as it should be. I know quite a few people who came out of an HBCU just fine, but I also know way too many that graduate with an incredible chip on their shoulder and a terribly racist view of the world. I don't know if the HBCU turns them into this or if that's just the way they would have turned out regardless, but I cannot help but feel that the isolationist nature of the HBCU has some part in nurturing this style of racism and hatred that we see with people like Ponderosa. It's not that surprising that she has degrees from not one, but two of them.
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03-14-04, 12:33 AM
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I think she's onto something. Look at the way the cast rallied against Kwame in recent episodes. For example, in one week his team named him "Project Leader." As in The Projects. This blatant racism is just one step from burning crosses!
03-14-04, 01:47 AM
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Btw, Groucho, notice how last week Troy asked Kwame to leave the Board Room, clearly indicating that he didn't think a black man is good enough to be in the room with The Donald. Also notice how upon returning to the suite it was very clean ... I bet they made Kwame do it.
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Btw, Groucho, notice how last week Troy asked Kwame to leave the Board Room, clearly indicating that he didn't think a black man is good enough to be in the room with The Donald. Also notice how upon returning to the suite it was very clean ... I bet they made Kwame do it.
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03-14-04, 04:28 AM
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I didn't like Omarosa from day one. She was always difficult with people. Glad to be rid of her. As for her accusations ... Groucho said it best when:
Originally posted by Groucho
I think she's onto something. Look at the way the cast rallied against Kwame in recent episodes. For example, in one week his team named him "Project Leader." As in The Projects. This blatant racism is just one step from burning crosses!
I think she's onto something. Look at the way the cast rallied against Kwame in recent episodes. For example, in one week his team named him "Project Leader." As in The Projects. This blatant racism is just one step from burning crosses!
03-14-04, 08:27 AM
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I haven't watched in recent weeks but she always seemed to be crying racism from the beginning. People who throw that word around so easily are the most ignorant racist of all.
03-14-04, 11:40 AM
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Originally posted by Groucho
I think she's onto something. Look at the way the cast rallied against Kwame in recent episodes. For example, in one week his team named him "Project Leader." As in The Projects. This blatant racism is just one step from burning crosses!
I think she's onto something. Look at the way the cast rallied against Kwame in recent episodes. For example, in one week his team named him "Project Leader." As in The Projects. This blatant racism is just one step from burning crosses!
I kept yelling at the screen, "Go find Danny Glover! He needs a ride!"
03-14-04, 01:56 PM
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at the end of the show i have no idea how she managed to flag down that taxi to take her off the show. I mean a minority flagging down a taxi in new york?!?!?
03-14-04, 02:17 PM
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Originally posted by Michael Corvin
I haven't watched in recent weeks but she always seemed to be crying racism from the beginning. People who throw that word around so easily are the most ignorant racist of all.
I haven't watched in recent weeks but she always seemed to be crying racism from the beginning. People who throw that word around so easily are the most ignorant racist of all.
I have a cousin who is always complaining about the anti-semitism that is holding him back. What he fails to see is that he is a lazy, complaining, bore of a guy and even the other jews who know him (like me) hate the guy. Now, this isn't to say that racism and anti-semitism don't exist - just that they aren't always the cause of problems with black and jewish people.
And I would have had more sympathy for Omarosa's head injury if she hadn't begged out of that apartment renovation because of it and then started tossing around a basketball with a kid on the street.
03-15-04, 11:11 AM
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You know, the taxi point brings something up:
What is going on in with the taxi? Is it a fake taxi, or do they use the taxi itself just for the "walking up to the car and leaving" shot, then transfer to a different car for the interview? If that's the one, did they possibly film everybody going out to the taxi on one single night? Could that account for the hair issue that popped up a few weeks back (hair up, hair down, hair up)?
What is going on in with the taxi? Is it a fake taxi, or do they use the taxi itself just for the "walking up to the car and leaving" shot, then transfer to a different car for the interview? If that's the one, did they possibly film everybody going out to the taxi on one single night? Could that account for the hair issue that popped up a few weeks back (hair up, hair down, hair up)?
03-15-04, 12:15 PM
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yep and kwame is still there.... what is she talking about.... She is insane...... maybe she can audition next for American Idol.
Would love to see Simon say " What the hell was that"
Would love to see Simon say " What the hell was that"
03-15-04, 12:55 PM
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Originally posted by Jimmy James
What is going on in with the taxi?
What is going on in with the taxi?
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Originally posted by das Monkey
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Btw, Groucho, notice how last week Troy asked Kwame to leave the Board Room, clearly indicating that he didn't think a black man is good enough to be in the room with The Donald. Also notice how upon returning to the suite it was very clean ... I bet they made Kwame do it.
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Btw, Groucho, notice how last week Troy asked Kwame to leave the Board Room, clearly indicating that he didn't think a black man is good enough to be in the room with The Donald. Also notice how upon returning to the suite it was very clean ... I bet they made Kwame do it.
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03-15-04, 01:24 PM
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Originally posted by indianajdp
Omarosa told Jones that the use of this metaphor was a racial slur
Omarosa told Jones that the use of this metaphor was a racial slur
Omarosa: "Huh?"
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Originally posted by bigsoos
why does all the text have to be in black?!? all of you are racists!
why does all the text have to be in black?!? all of you are racists!