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Two Competitors Fired on Celeb Apprentice

Truth rating: 10

10:59 pm, March 11th, 2012

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(NBC)

Sunday’s “The Celebrity Apprentice” saw not one competitor hear “You’re fired,” but two.

Donald Trump chose to do a double elimination after one team implodes in the boardroom.

The teams had to host both a presentation and a Q & A session highlighting the new Buick Verano, during which they’d be judged on informational content, brand messaging, and overall creativity.

A headstrong Adam Carolla, leading male Team Unanimous, immediately clashed with the remaining guys when he refused to entertain any ideas other than his own.

Plus, the initial decision not to include the expertise of former professional race car driver Michael Andretti threw some of the teammates for a loop.

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Meanwhile, the women on Team Forte, with Debbie Gibson at the helm, found themselves juggling perhaps too many ideas.

Though the ladies eventually got their act together, Aubrey O’Day nearly risked all their progress when she called the Verano “Verona” twice during their presentation.

Still, the women won the challenge — and were spared.

After Carolla refused to offer up two competitors to potentially get the boot, Trump announced that all the men were fair game – and two would be eliminated.

So, who got fired?

Project manager Carolla and Andretti for not stepping up despite his background, and for his lackluster contribution to the presentation.

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  • Mountainsage

    Donald Trump set Andretti up. I think it was obvious he promised Buick an Andretti endorsement and he didn’t get it. He was pissed that Adam circumvented his plans for that free Andretti endorsement and pissed that Andretti didn’t take the bait. Trump is a punk who got punked.

  • Flare4roach

    Adam was completely robbed on that episode. By all accounts he did a great job selling. He knew the product backwards and forwards. He answered all the questions with the information that Buick wanted out there. He knew what he was doing. Plus he was smart enough to have Michael at his side for 50% of the pitch. Yes, the Andretti carries weight in the car industry but the whole team backed Adam as the spokesman. He had the crowd eating out of his hand. You could see the executives smiling ear to ear. Compared to the women who didn’t even pronounce the vehicle correctly? The men were flat out robbed. This has more to do with Trump not understanding why Adam was chosen than the women outshining the men.

  • Mountainsage

    I think Trump and the Buick execs were just ticked off that Andretti didn’t come out and jump up and down and praise the new car to the high heavens. I think it was a set up for just that and it didn’t happen and Trump punished Adam for screwing up his plans and Andretti for not falling in line. He really hurt the men’s team by firing those two and keeping Lou who is obnoxious and pretty much worthless to the team.

    I think Teller was ticked off as was Paul.

  • Mountainsage

    I meant Penn – I always get the names backwards.

  • Ron

    Tonights (03-11-12) Buick program was the most crass infro-mericial I’ve ever witnessed. Had absolutly NOTHING to do with a contest.>>>>had everything to do with pitching Buicks. Trump has NO scruples. Anything for a buck..in this case a ‘double-buck”! deKritikRon

  • http://www.onecitizenspeaking.com OneCitizenSpeaking

    Big mistake by Buick Executive to brand the Verano as a chick car. Trump was pissed that he couldn’t “pimp-out” Andretti to front the car’s brand and Carolla took the hit for the team. “One-trick pony” Ferrigno was the lamest of the lame and should have been fired. Trump’s class is as deep as a dollar bill. Much respect for Adam Carolla. In a man’s world, Trump would be the last person you would want to hang with. Well that’s what you get with Government Motors’ effeminate liberal groupthink.

  • Mario2124

    The show sucks now. It’s all B.S. The girls team in no way beat Carollas’ The Buick bigwigs had no say in who won. It was all Donny Trump. A car company picks Debbie Gibson’s endorsement over Andretti ? This show is a bunch of Shhhhhhh** Don Donny you’re FIRED.

  • Rex Rexmano

    The Show has become a joke and Trump was a chump nothing more. I will NEVER buy or advise anyone to buy a GM product…ever! Adam ran a car show for fucksake. He knew and presented the car absolutely magnificently. Andretti didn’t have the charisma to present the product and he knew it. Adam’s apt analogy about jocks and nerds of football was spot on. The women’s team did a horrid job but GM and stupid Trump and his sniveling brood got it all wrong. The men’s team wuz robbed!! FU GM and Trump, you suck and I’m organizing a boycott of your inferior product.

  • rhonda

    Donald you may be super rich but you proved once again that you sir are a BIG ASS!

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    People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for them.

  • Deba0987

    I have great respect for Michael Andretti not enabling Trump and Buick to use his name without knowing whether or not the car is any good. Trump should be fired for trying to force someone to lend their “brand” to car company when Michael did not have enough time to determine whether or not the car was going to be a lemon. Buick definitely was upset that they didn’t get the free endorsement that Trump probably promised. I have great respect for Michael Andretti in that he supported his project manager and commented on the car which what he knew. Too bad the Buick executives didn’t have enough brains to figure out that this was a good thing and were selfish enough to want more for free.

  • nono

    Trump just showed all his playing cards last night. Andretti is not impressed by Trump and the men’s team is the obvious winner every time. Sorry, but the women are just not that sharp so Trump has to keep changing the rules to match his decision for the women to ever win. NO WAY could the women have won last night or any other time. I bet Carrolla and Andretti went away skipping!

  • alexstorm

    Love all these comments soooo right on all points

    Does anybody realize that hour 1 of the show is the competition and then then hour 2 is freaking Trump?
    He likes to incite the celebs, throw them off, annoy and irritate, and he likes to bring himself to their level, why would a celebrity want to deal with any of that?

    Micheal Andretti covered his brand, would Trump toss his brand in with say…… the Dollar Tree Store? or
    Aldis? A brand is a brand, and for Trump to even think that having a race car driver, [who I'm sure has a sponsor], put his name/brand/face [even in a competition] on a car company that was not his sponsor, big nono there Mr Trump and you know its a nono!!

    Shave your head Mr Trump

  • http://www.onecitizenspeaking.com OneCitizenSpeaking

    Dollar Tree actually provides more value to the consumer than Trump’s “Trumped Up” Prestige Brands. It was Donny who said that the Trump’s understand branding … yes, they remove their name as quick as possible from any failed or under-performing venture lest the brand be tarnished with reality.

  • Anuwat01

    That why the Trump’s show so sucks. I did not get it How the woman team won the contest. They could not even say the name right couple times and did not do all Q&A. Adam is gone we are not watching it any more. Not worth it for Adam and Mike to stay anyway. Good job, Adam. You did not hurt your team at all.

  • GailW

    What I saw on TV last night on Celebrity Apprentice was Donald Trump assuming Andretti would give a free endorsement to Buick: WTF? It sure appeard that Andretti was set up. And I was also stunned to watch Donald Trump made Andretti a whipping boy for not taking the bait, pilloring him in front of millions of viewers – for not allowing himself to be PAWNED. Jeeeze, it doesn’t get any meaner or sleazier than that.

    If I were Andretti, I’d sue the liable parties every which way the sun shines. Or at the very least, confront a certain eogmaniac for the truth – to be shared with millions of viewers.

    Hey, Donaldt, it’s time to retire yourself and the show.

  • Borad88

    I could not believe the men lost. I thought it was total bs. I also disliked Buick for this. I was so excited too. I saw an American car, and the men’s team nailed it! I was expecting the women to lose because they performed poorly. Come to find out, Trum wants to fire Andretti because he didn’t give a free endorsement to Buick. But the twist… The team manager took the blame, on himself. Covered for Andretti. So Donald didn’t get his way twice, and ended up digging a bigger hole for himself, and for Buick. This is definitely bad rep for Buick. Never buying a Buick, for their association with Donald. Horribly done!

  • Dajakaty

    Couldn’t agree more with everyone here. Buick/Trump picked the girls team because Andretti didn’t suck up to Buick by being the project manager. Well boo hoo…I’ll never buy a Buick after the way they tried to extort a free endorsement out of Michael Andretti.

  • http://www.onecitizenspeaking.com OneCitizenSpeaking

    It now appears that Adam Carolla was coached (?) by someone on the production staff to use the “Steve Jobs” approach. And that the edits were specifically done to support a non-existent story. Even the reaction shots were apparently faked because they were taken from other scenes.

    Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice appears to be totally dishonest in this matter and this should raise the suspicion that the outcome is rigged for ratings.

  • Chloe Mc

    Those girls did a presentation that would have gotten them fired by quality corporations!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Fred-Macintosh/100001711419025 Fred Macintosh

    The presentations came down to who made the least negativity attached to the car. The Tiger crack didn’t help and that really set the bar a mle higher for the guys. Adam insisting you suck crack, backfired worst than a 1980′s F1 car on pump gas. Remove the Tiger crack and the You Suck crack and we have with guys winning it. Mike was cut off half way thru his sentence, strike Three your out.

  • dogbreath5

    Transparent: Free testimonial, Michael, or you’re fired. Pathetic. Bad PR for Buick.

  • Cinzio Lee

    Very bad PR for Chevy- which is also GM motors. Could not believe that he failed this..
    MA was obviously very confused but his indifference toward the expectations of the overall challenge was not #winning for this task,
    The woman also were struggling but they managed to beat the men’s failure, which speaks very loud and clear. IMO

    Ivanka asked a very simple question, “If you weren’t going to step up to this task, which task would you step up for?” That was a fair question, after the 3rd episode of almost nothing from MA. Now his people say he was saving his his major donations and PM skills for a huge fundraising event, had to LOL.

    Certainly MA is not a victim in this situation and he failed at something that he may not be used to delivering and that is meeting the expectations of others. He wanted to make up the rules of the challenge.

    Also, who cares about his dirty garage when his friend just died? Wendy Williams said after her show on twitter that he was a very tiny man. SInce there was absolutely no reciprocation and such poor professionalism. Well spoken Wendy Williams- IMHO

    The men are coming across as mysogynistic, spoiled and totally unprofessional now.
    Sad for them. Absolutely could not stomach A, Corolla another minute- so glad to see him go and as for Buick – very nice car. Love the 10 airbags!

  • Babytigger2420

    Totally agree!!!! Does Trump not no that Michael as a team owner can severely be fined for endorsing anything but what car his team owns? I watch more NASCAR but its the same there. They have it in their contracts that they can be fined or even dropped if they are caught using, endorsing the competitors brand. To be honest, I am growing bored of this show already.

  • Babytigger2420

    Obviously you no nothing of motor sports sponsorships. If Michael owns a Ford, Dodge, Toyota, etc. he could not endorse a GM brand car. Tv show or not he could be highly fined or dropped from his contract. I lost a lot of respect for the show because obviously trump wanted him as project manager and got pissed because he didnt. Hey trump, buy a race team and find out for your self of the strict rules of endorsement for ALL drivers, teams in any race league.

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