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Starchild
Ya know, Nick is starting to make me a little queasy. I think it may be all that slime.

First he is asking his fans to approach magazines to do articles on him ("So I don't have to pay my publicist a commission").

Then he is asking them to design a logo for him for a nominal reward ("So I don't have to pay good money to a real graphic artist").

And now he is partnering with a motivational speaker who specializes in sales techniques to put Nick's image on a website ("So I can make money without doing any real work"). At least this last one doesn't depend on his fans to make the effort for him and actually makes money for the guy doing the work.

Yuck.
Empress1
So, even after being told it wasn't for her, she couldn't be on the same stage as the lie detector machine? Is that something like a vampire and a cross?

Heeeee hee hee. I don't even know when Jimmy Kimmel is on, but this story makes me wish I'd caught it.

Maybe she's getting the point that people are trying to drive home: viewers don't love to hate her, they just hate her.

Watch her try to put a self-important spin on the whole thing. I can just see the bit on her resume: "First person ever to be booed on Jimmy Kimmel Live." Bleargh.
Starchild
" Ha!

You know, I have doubts that she will ever get the help she needs. It seems that at least some of the people closest to her (read: Mom) are enablers.
choco
Campins, 24, a real estate agent, charges that Henry somehow kept her off "Larry King Live" the other night, where eight "Apprentices" appeared, as well as the recent VH1 "Divas" special. "Amy organized the 'Larry King Live' show because she ran into Larry King on 'The View' and begged him to be on the show," Campins says. "When Omarosa asked her, 'Amy, where's Katrina?' off-camera, Amy said, 'This is my revenge.' I'm so sick and tired of it. She is so cunning and deceptive. This is the last straw!"

Good Lord! Haven't these women matured beyond high school? Six months later and they're still cat-fighting. Pathetic.

Nick isn't planning on selling clothes, he's planning on selling his name, and the clothes would be an afterthought. These aren't cutting-edge people, all their clothes will look alike!

Nick never struck me as a particularly sharp dresser. In fact, I draw a complete blank when I think of him. Is there a market out there for people who want to dress like a copier salesman?

Good work everyone on the Herbal Essence campaign! Let's just hope she doesn't come back for Apprentice 2 or we'll never hear the end of it.
txsunshine33
Got the May 3rd People magazine for the office and Omarosa has a bit in it under the "Truth, lies and piuctures from her past" blip. Bill is in there too under the "The Hired Man" sectment with him talking on the phone in his limo wearing all black and legs pretty widely gapped open. Guess the boys needed some air to breathe.

Anyway, the piece opens like this...

Bill Rancic already has his title -- president of Trump International Hotel and Tower -- but his first order of business hsould be to make Apprentice loser Omarosa Manigault Stallworth quit prancing around as if she won the $250,000-a-year job on NBC's reality hit. The night after the show's finale, they both flew from New York to LA..."I'm in first class, and homeboy's bak in, you know, business or coach or something," she gleefully reports. Rancic has just about had it with her. "Omarosa's 15 mintues," he syas, "are like 17 right now."


Then there's a pretty big piece of her in it wearing a tank top with "Diva" on it and she's smiling the horse mouth smile. Girl has a huge birth mark on the side of abdomen area. Maxim would have airbrushed that out. Looks like a burn or something...but I'm sure it's a birth mark. The caption says....


"I've been described as aggressive, frosty - every single label you could possibley get as a woman in business," says Omarosa (in Vegas April 18)."And you know what? So what."


There's a pic of the "projects" where she grew up (which is now being razed). Pic of her doing cheerleading as a child. Ugly ass pic there. Then a yearbook picture in 1992 that I'm unable to describe. It's odd and has this gold crap going from her head attached to her gold shirt...with a tall hat that looks like some masonic lodge grand pooba hat. Then a high school pic of her on drill team or something, but the caption says she was a "team player in high school, she excelled in track and volleyball and won her first beauty pageant." Ummm, ok then. Why only the stupid drill outfit.

Other things she says is that she has a 4-in scar from what she says is a stab wound. Yeah, I wonder who the hell she pissed off to get that one. Her father died when she was 7 and she won't talk about it. Her cousin said that maybe that tragedy "may have indirectly helped spur her on to acheivement." -- wanting to make her dad proud. Sooo, dad would be proud of a lying, psycho. Okay then. Sooo, not going to get sucked into her ploy to get symapthy and try to make folks feel guilty about calling her out for not taking self responsibility. I refuse to be manipulated I say!!

Finally, there's a section called "Analyzing Omarosa" where People asks, "So what is the deal with her behavior?" Here's a quote...

"She's a narcissist," says author and psychotherapist Jane Greer (How Could You Do This to Me?). "Narcissists deal with envy and rivalry by being extremely competitive. To feel good about themselves, they have to put other people down."


I don't believe anyone envied her...but O thought they did. And I don't think that she was all that competitive. I saw Amy as competitive. I saw O as destructive and enjoying her destructive power. She knew she had the power to mess with their minds. The worst thing though is that it seeems as if none of those folks could handle her. I agree with the last sentence though.

Some other psychologist chimed in with this...

"She doesn't seem to be consciously manipulating a situation as much as subconsciously defending herself," says Tim Ursiny, psychologist and author of The Coward's Guide to Conflict. "It's absolutely exhausting to watch."


I don't agree with this conclusion though. I think she knows what she is doing and doesn't care because she feels entitled to everything she wants just because she's "Lady O."
goobaletta
Omarosa To Star in Apprentice Spinoff. Spoof UK. Lame, but I bet the headline gotcha!

For NBA hoops fans too. Scroll all the way down to the last bit. Hoopsworld.com.

Trump's man Rancic now has to deliver. Chicago Sun-Times.

Nick meets the mayor. NY Times. Amusing.

Ohio restaurateur not just joking about finding a boss. Telegraph-Forum in central Ohio. Restaurant owner doing his own Apprentice-style competition. Sounds fun.
Words
Regarding that NT Times article referencfed by Goobaletta as Nick Meets the mayor":

Mayor Bloomberg recalled during his weekly radio appearance on WABC-AM that he was attending the opening of a Bloomingdale's store in SoHo on Thursday night when another guest at the event, a moderately famous television star, approached him.

"Somebody comes up to me, and he's actually one of the guys who was on 'The Apprentice,' " the mayor said.


"Moderately famous television star" Buwahahahaha!
ottoDbusdriver
On Jimmy Kimmel last night, they really mocked Assoroma with a series of skits/stunts that re-enacted the crew dealing with her backstage.

First, a PA brought the stunt-Omarosa a bowl containing 3 apples when she only asked for 2 apples. And stunt-O completely lost it.
Second, another PA returned stunt-O's newly polished shoes to her, only they were too shiny. And stunt-O completely lost it.
Finally, Jason the exec producer went into stunt-O's dressing room, and was promptly thrown through the door -- before stunt-O rampaged through the backstage area like Godzilla.

And just to hammer home JK's complete contempt for Assoroma's behavior, they showed one of Friday night's guests, Tom Jane from 'The Punisher', handcuffed to a railing so that he couldn't bolt before his segment.

NOTE: it was really difficult to spell stunt-Omarosa without accidentally replacing the 'st' with a 'c'.
JMack
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Omarosa To Star in Apprentice Spinoff. Spoof UK. Lame, but I bet the headline gotcha!


LOL! I would so totally watch that show!
Carny X
There was a tiny segment on The Best Week Ever about Kwame. According to them he proves that losers are the new winners and that this last week was Kwame-riffic. They also mentioned the offers he's been getting. Since random Kwame sitings are always good times for me I was like, "KwameYay!"
BibiBella
Campins, 24, a real estate agent, charges that Henry somehow kept her off "Larry King Live" the other night, where eight "Apprentices" appeared, as well as the recent VH1 "Divas" special. "Amy organized the 'Larry King Live' show because she ran into Larry King on 'The View' and begged him to be on the show," Campins says. "When Omarosa asked her, 'Amy, where's Katrina?' off-camera, Amy said, 'This is my revenge.' I'm so sick and tired of it. She is so cunning and deceptive. This is the last straw!"


Good Lord! Haven't these women matured beyond high school? Six months later and they're still cat-fighting. Pathetic.



I'm not so sure I'd believe the response quoted as being from Amy ("This is my revenge...")....after all, look at the source of that - none other than The World's Biggest Liar - Omarosa.

Given how much I bet Oma hates Amy (for a myriad of reasons, among them, being the last woman in the competition, being so well liked and chosen so many times by both teams, etc.), I'm sure this is just another way for Oma to a) get even more publicity for herself and b) mess with Amy's head the way she did on the show. And don't forget that Amy - at the VH-1 Diva thing - was the one interviewing Oma for "Extra" when Amy brought up the cancelled Clairol ad - so Liar-rosa has even more reason to lie about Amy.

Besides, I've worked in TV and the guests most definitely do not control who and who isn' tgoing to be on the show. That's completely up to the producers, not a guest.

Just another in a long line of lies by Oma. Don't believe it!
RubbaBandMan
She never said that she heard from Omarosa.
2ys4me
I'm not so sure I'd believe the response quoted as being from Amy ("This is my revenge...")....after all, look at the source of that - none other than The World's Biggest Liar - Omarosa.


As my old Pappy used to say, Word. O is a walking, talking example of "Lets you and her fight"...p.s. here's the ammunition.
BibiBella
Today's NY Post skewers Oma for walking off the Jimmy Kimmel Show, calling her "Chip-Witch"...very funny bit! The show - on Friday night - even did a mock-up of what happened, further skewering Oma and her bigger-than-ever sense of entitlement and chip on her shoulder.

NY Post bit about Oma/Jimmy Kimmel Show Walkoff
blocked writer
I can't believe I'm about to say this about Omarosa, but in this particular instance, I kind of feel for her. She's probably gotten a lot of flak about lie-detectors, likely more than we know about, and might have been afraid she was being sandbagged. And it's a comedy show, not a place where she could stonewall the interviewer like she did that other guy. Fleeing might have been an overreaction, but I could see why she'd be so suspicious.


Meghan Jill, I can't believe that I'm going to say this either, but I'm actually starting to feel a bit sorry for her, too. Not because she's trying to gain sympathy by talking about her troubled childhood, but because I now see her as a truly sick individual.

I was furious at her antics for a while, but I think she has been taken down, and deservedly so. Donald Trump, Mark Burnett and her fellow Apprentices have called her a liar, she's been caught lying on tape, she rightfully lost the Clairol commercial, and she's lost all credibility in the minds of any reasonable person. She's probably virtually unemployable, so for me, she has gotten her comeuppance. I believe she's too deluded to see truth, because if she did, she'd get out of the public eye and get some therapy. Her 'non-appearance' on Jimmy Kimmel's show should make her lower her public profile, but I'm afraid she won't have the common sense to do that.

She's probably convinced herself that the boycott against her was due to jealousy or racism, that the other Apprentices are just ganging up on her, that Donald Trump unfairly turned on her, the show's producers misrepresented her through editing, etc. The woman obviously lives in her own reality. She can't acknowledge that her own horrific behavior has landed her where she is now.

I now see her experience as a cautionary tale on how to ruin your life by going on a reality show. I hope the Apprentice doesn't feature her in any way next year, because I won't be able to watch. I also hope that Burnett and the producers won't deliberately try to find an "Omarosa type" contestant to spike the ratings on Season 2. I don't doubt that there are applicants who are already planning to try to be even more outrageous than Omarosa, just to get attention.
BibiBella
She's probably convinced herself that the boycott against her was due to jealousy or racism, that the other Apprentices are just ganging up on her, that Donald Trump unfairly turned on her, the show's producers misrepresented her through editing, etc. The woman obviously lives in her own reality. She can't acknowledge that her own horrific behavior has landed her where she is now.



So true. The sad part with someone as mentally ill as Omarosa is that usually until they have a complete meltdown - and get professional help - they typically are unable to even begin to acknowledge their own role in such a mess. And somehow I don't see Oma as being able to do that even if she did have a meltdown.

It would be too threatening to the 'persona' she has very, very carefully constructed over the years -- and to confront her illness (and begin to admit that she has a problem) would mean looking at her intense pain and issues over which she has built this persona. And it would require taking responsibility for her own actions instead of blaming everyone else.


blocked writer, somehow I don't think Oma thinks she is 'ruining her life by going on a reality show'. I honestly think she believes that 'it's her against the world', that everyone (as you said) is jealous, racist, etc. and that it's up to her to prove them wrong. That's why I don't think she'll 'go away' so easily.

And unfortunately, I doubt the show producers could have ever seen how delusional/sick Oma is. She comes off very well in interviews (folks have posted that when friends who didn't watch the show have seen Oma interviewed, they like her and wonder why the uproar about her) and probably came off as incredibly polished and accomplished in show interviews before being selected. Very often mentally ill people (and I do think she is) can fool many, many people.
blocked writer
And unfortunately, I doubt the show producers could have ever seen how delusional/sick Oma is. She comes off very well in interviews (folks have posted that when friends who didn't watch the show have seen Oma interviewed, they like her and wonder why the uproar about her) and probably came off as incredibly polished and accomplished in show interviews before being selected. Very often mentally ill people (and I do think she is) can fool many, many people.


BibiBella, you are right, the producers probably didn't initially see her for what she really was. I have to confess that I didn't, at first. At the beginning of the show, when Omarosa tried to alert Tammy to the fact that she was alienating her teammates, she actually seemed quite reasonable. Even on Larry King's show, she would have appeared to be reasonable and polished if I didn't have the benefit of having seen her in action on The Apprentice.

But now that the producers of TA know what she's like, I hope they don't feature her on the next season. The controversy surrounding her might tempt them to include her somehow - maybe as a guest viceroy? In any event, they might think a lot of people would want to see her, just to see what she'd get up to next. I personally have had enough of her, and watching her now is like watching a train wreck in slow motion.
BibiBella
blocked writer, I so hope that they do not bring Oma back for TA2. She doesn't deserve any more attention and I hope Mark Burnett & Trump realize that she is not someone "we love to hate" but that she only inspires hatred and is repulsive.
Tashanir
Burnett was recently quoted (I think it was in the latest InTouch or Us Weekly) that there would be "no more wannabe actors" on his shows. Wonder if The Apprentice was the straw that broke the camel's back?


Meghan Jill, I can't believe that I'm going to say this either, but I'm actually starting to feel a bit sorry for her, too. Not because she's trying to gain sympathy by talking about her troubled childhood, but because I now see her as a truly sick individual.


Word. I think it's very possible that Omarosa is truly, deeply disturbed. And I'll bet that Burnett and Trump will now include some sort of psychological evaluation in the audition process for this show. I thought that Burnett did that with Survivor, so I'm surprised that I haven't heard anything similar concerning Thje Apprentice. I really don't think some of these candidates EVER should have been put on this show because I think their egos/self-esteem were just too out of whack to handle the scrutiny and pressure.
choco
Meghan Jill, I can't believe that I'm going to say this either, but I'm actually starting to feel a bit sorry for her, too. Not because she's trying to gain sympathy by talking about her troubled childhood, but because I now see her as a truly sick individual.

WORD! All this overload of Omaorsa hate is starting to make me sympathise with her. As horrible as she's been, she can't be scapegoated for everyone else's despictable behavior. If she's considered such trash, then why do Amy, Heidi, Ereka and all these other women persist in making public appearances with her??? Amy's done a pretty good job of avoiding Katrina, why doesn't she do the same with Omarosa? By interviewing her for the tabloid news, she just perpetuates the problem. I think these women secretly enjoy all the Omarosa hate and feed right into it to bolster their own publicity. They wouldn't even be invited to all these shows if it were not for riding the coattails of Omarosa's notoriety.

I don't see Troy, Kwame or Nick making the rounds of public appearances to battle it out with Omarosa. Obviously, these men are mature and have moved on with their lives, since it is 6 months after the fact. They seem to be putting their energies into building their own careers, not Omarosa's career. For whatever reason, the women seem incapable of doing the same. It's immature and spiteful, and famewhoring at its worst. That Larry King episode completely turned me off. It was like watching a cheap episode of the Jerry Springer Show. In fact, I think the public will not be satiated until they actually see a fistfight. Why don't we just give Ereka and Amy boxing gloves and put them in a ring with Omarosa and get it over with so they can all just shut the fuck up.

I personally have had enough of her, and watching her now is like watching a train wreck in slow motion.

I feel the same way. I'm sick of hearing about her. This woman thrives on attention - good or bad - it is like oxygen to her. The only way to make her disappear forever is to ignore her.
Tashanir
That Larry King episode completely turned me off.


WORD, choco, WORD. To be honest, I really didn't know who to believe in the whole "You wanted to pose" hoo-ha between Amy and Omaorsa. I had just seen Amy on Access Hollywood calling Omarosa out on the Herbal Essences firing and I thought that that was pretty bitchy and unnecessary. If we TWOpers can see how disturbed Omaorsa is, then Amy et al must too. To pile on and start trying to humilate her on national TV is just cruel. Who the hell made Amy Henry judge and jury? She had her own not-so-shining-moments on The Apprentice. They all did. The only female who seems to grasp that she isn't perfect is Heidi. She's pretty much toned down the catty Heathers bullshit and risen above it. She refuses to get sucked into the whole cat fight thing.
blocked writer
I don't see Troy, Kwame or Nick making the rounds of public appearances to battle it out with Omarosa. Obviously, these men are mature and have moved on with their lives, since it is 6 months after the fact. They seem to be putting their energies into building their own careers, not Omarosa's career. For whatever reason, the women seem incapable of doing the same. It's immature and spiteful, and famewhoring at its worst. That Larry King episode completely turned me off. It was like watching a cheap episode of the Jerry Springer Show.


choco, you are so right! It is more than time to move on, especially for the women. I know Kwame got criticized for refusing to comment on Omarosa's implication that the show was somehow scripted. Although I don't blame Bill and the others for refuting her statements on Larry King, I think Kwame is on the right track. He probably realizes that no matter what you say to or about Omarosa, she will always come back with more lies and exaggerations.

I agree that all the Apprentices should stop commenting on Omarosa (the better to distance themselves from her), and move on with their lives. By continuing to answer the same questions and argue about the same allegations on different shows, the contestants, especially the women, bind themselves more closely to her in the public's mind.

ETA: Tashanir, you made an excellent point about Amy and all the other women. They all had their high and low points on the show. I understand that there was a media frenzy immediately after the show, but hopefully that is starting to die down.
mrtv
The only pscho evaluation Burnett would do is to guarentee ...more...much much more, self deluded windbags. They make great TV.

From Nick's "I bring big charisma, I'm phenomenal".
Sam: "I think Donald Trump saw a bit of himself in me"
Oma...well whenever she opened her mouth. Lady Batshit crazy reminded me of the famous book title on Hollywood." Hello, he lied"
Kristina : "I've never been duped"
etc.
I love Kwame, but 27 million people would not tune in to see 12 Kwames.
blocked writer
I love Kwame, but 27 million people would not tune in to see 12 Kwames.


mrtv, I get your point, but the contestants wouldn't have to be like Kwame (love him, too) for the show to be interesting. Yes, the crazy people are attention getters, but now that the season is over, I really don't want to see another Omarosa or Sam.

I just dread a situation where the show becomes too formula - where you can pick out types. I don't want to be able to say - oh, there's this year's Sam, or that's the the Amy of the season. I'd like to see more drama from the actual challenges, more grilling by George and Carolyn, that type of thing.

Anyway, IMO, it would be a mistake to try to duplicate the sucess of the first season by getting "types." Could anyone really outdo Omarosa or Sam, and remain outside of an asylum?
BibiBella
WORD! All this overload of Omaorsa hate is starting to make me sympathise with her. As horrible as she's been, she can't be scapegoated for everyone else's despictable behavior. If she's considered such trash, then why do Amy, Heidi, Ereka and all these other women persist in making public appearances with her???


They often don't have a choice about making these media appearances. I know from past reality shows that the contestants have contractual obligations to meet in the post-show media world...so I'm guessing that Amy, et al don't have much say in some of this.

And Omarosa has been making plenty of solo appearances - in fact, most of her appearances have been SOLO - where she keeps digging her own grave. The other night on Jimmy Kimmel where she threw a diva fit and then stormed out of the studio was just the latest. And she's thrown a lot of diva fits away from TV that keep making it in the press (her diva fit at American Airlines for not upgrading her to first class; a diva fit I read about a few weeks ago where she lambasted the makeup artist on some show she was going on, she didn't like the makeup job they'd done; etc.) that do further damage to her. She doesn't need any help from other Apprentice folks, she's doing it all to herself just fine.

(That's not to say that I don't think Amy, etc. should just shut up and leave her alone - I do, but I think it's important to remember that Oma keeps doing this to herself).
Tashanir
They often don't have a choice about making these media appearances. I know from past reality shows that the contestants have contractual obligations to meet in the post-show media world...so I'm guessing that Amy, et al don't have much say in some of this.


Amy seems to have backed out of anything related to the FHM spread (Howard Stern Show, Magazine signing at Tower Record here in NYC) so I do think they have a say in whether or not they appear somewhere.

It does strike me as odd that Katrina has been somewhat MIA in a lot of these things, especially since she was in the final 6. Even Heidi has gotten more of the major appearances. I would have assumed that Katrina would have made for a better threesome at the VH1 appearance than Heidi would.

Since Amy was part of the Final Four, she's really the only woman (next to Omarosa) that anyone has any interest in, so that would give her a decent amount of leverage to use if trying to prevent Katrina from being included in press appearances.

Amy always struck me as the type who would smile that big toothed grin while she was stabbing you in the back. I wouldn't put it past her at all to be kiboshing Katrina.
choco
They often don't have a choice about making these media appearances. I know from past reality shows that the contestants have contractual obligations to meet in the post-show media world...so I'm guessing that Amy, et al don't have much say in some of this.

They have to make the obligatory round of appearances right after they're fired, but after that it's really up to their own discretion. I can understand how Nick and Amy had to make their appearances together because they were fired at the same time and were promoted as the couple of the show or how Bill and Kwame had to appear together because they were the final two, but there is really no excuse for the women appearing with Omarosa at this stage, unless it's of their own volition. They were not fired with her, and outside of Ereka, there hasn't been any high-profile incident to mitigate a joint appearance. Kwame's done a good job of avoiding personal appearances with Omarosa, despite her obvious influence on his final task. And, Amy has done a good job distancing herself from Katrina after their numerous cat fights. Obviously when she wants to avoid appearing with someone, she can.

Omarosa has received many solo interview offers because she is Omaorsa. She's the star of the show. I think the other women get offers only when it involves Omarosa, ie, Amy's interview of Omarosa on Access Hollywood. At some point, these women need to decide what is more important to them, selling their soul to Omarosa so they can appear on TV, or accept that their own 15 min is over and getting on with their lives without Omarosa. VH1 Divas was adamant on having Omarosa as one of their Divas since she epitomized Diva to them. Amy and Heidi were invited as tag-alongs. They could have declined the offer, but obviously their desire to appear on TV overpowered their alleged hatred of Omarosa.

(That's not to say that I don't think Amy, etc. should just shut up and leave her alone - I do, but I think it's important to remember that Oma keeps doing this to herself).

I agree. She's only hanging herself, she doesn't need prodding from the other women. But the other women do prod her, and I question their motives. Most sane people would cut Omarosa out of their lives for good and stay as far away from her as possible now that the show is over. Yet these women still cling to her...they are like "enablers" and only feed into a situation that is already ugly and emotionally unhealthy.
BibiBella
Amy always struck me as the type who would smile that big toothed grin while she was stabbing you in the back. I wouldn't put it past her at all to be kiboshing Katrina.


I agree, but having worked in television, I can tell you that folks like Amy don't have the say on who gets or doesn't get on a show. Yes, Amy can turn down an opportunity (I guess, after their obligatory media tour), but she can't prevent them from having Katrina or whoever on along with her. The only folks I've ever heard of who can control some elements of TV show appearances are folks like J-Lo, Barbra Streisand, etc.
2ys4me
Katrina is basically cursed with being the invisible girl. Yes, we know the name. Yes, we know she was there. After that, what does she have to contribute to any media appearance? Very much like Nick, although what saved Nick was the "showmance" with Amy.
bobosh
I hate to defend Omarosa, but I don't blame her for walking out of the Jimmy Kimmel show. I watched it and I honestly thought they were joking when they said Omarosa had been an invited guest. It was really rude and insensitive of the show's producers to bring out a lie detector test and expect Omarosa to stick around. Whether or not the lie detector was really meant for Omarosa is beside the point. What is more important is that Omarosa has been know to lie and it doesn't take much to guess that she might be offended by an introductory segment that obsesses over lie detectors right before she is supposed to appear. And I do think they were going to challenge her to take a test. It is something they should have discussed with Omarosa beforehand. What kind of idiots are the Jimmy Kimmel people anyway...disrespecting a vilian like that? I think these people were trying to earn a few brownie points from the public at Omaroa's expense, which is good for the O haters but maybe not so smart in the long term if you expect other controversial figures to appear on your show.
choco
I don't know about trying to get someone else knocked off a show, but the women could certainly band together and stipulate that they will NOT appear if Omarosa is present. Sadly, I suspect the show would choose Omarosa's presence over any of the women, but it's a worthwhile sacrifice for one's principles and dignity. I also think they should turn down any offers that center on Omarosa, ie., interviewing Omarosa, confronting Omarosa, talking about Omarosa etc.

I think Katrina has been pretty visible. She made it to the final 6 and has been making the rounds promoting FHM. She may have been shunned by Trump because some of her nasty allegations involve Bill. Actually, I get the impression that Amy finds Omarosa more tolerable than Katrina, which is interesting... Amy has no problem taking the high road with Katrina, but seems incapable of doing the same with Omarosa. I think it's because Omarosa makes for an easy target, but Katrina would certainly fire right back at Amy and bring to light incidents that may make her uncomfortable, ie., her use of sex appeal, her lying about the rental car idea. It's a lot easier to point out other people's errors on talk shows, but unpleasant when your own are brought to light.
goobaletta
Two more pieces from the Spoof UK.

Omarosa hired by Al Qaeda

Dr. Condoleezza Rice Not Half as Hot as Angela Taylor. Payoff is in the 4th paragraph.
Ty
Meanwhile, Ex- "Apprentice" Katrina Campins will be the NFL Draft correspondent for ESPN2's "Cold Pizza" Monday (7-9 a.m.). She'll tape her spots this weekend.
And who was previously holding this position? Anyone? The one and only KimberME Caldwell from AI2.

Those are some big fame-whorey shoes to fill, Katrina.
isabella19
She's pretty much toned down the catty Heathers bullshit and risen above it. She refuses to get sucked into the whole cat fight thing.


Well that's because she's not a Heather. It's never pretty when Heathers get into it because they all have such a yuuge sense of entitlement.
arlykeeno
Just a quick note about narcissists -- I've read that not only do they generally not think they need therapy, but they make terrible patients when and if they are forced into it by other people. Because overinflated sense of own worth is a characteristic, they tend to think they know more than the doctor does and to leave their sessions feeling perfectly chipper that they've proved their case and came out the winner. Some other aspects of the narcissistic personality disorder that SO apply to Omarosa -- pathological need to have the last word, obsession with and exaggeration of health problems or injuries, and strange dietary habits, like, you know, insisting that you need to eat NOW instead of doing work. They can also be paranoid and very distant from reality. Like, their perceptions and memories are WAY off from other people's who shared the same experience, and if presented with proof that they are incorrect, they'll just invent a new reality on the spot and deny they ever said what they just said.

Once you know it's basically incurable, you start to feel really sorry for people with narcissistic personality disorder. But feel sorrier for the people stuck with them! Running far, far away is the only solution.
Trompe L'Oeil
I had just seen Amy on Access Hollywood calling Omarosa out on the Herbal Essences firing and I thought that that was pretty bitchy and unnecessary. If we TWOpers can see how disturbed Omaorsa is, then Amy et al must too. To pile on and start trying to humilate her on national TV is just cruel. Who the hell made Amy Henry judge and jury?

Not that I'm particularly defending Amy but when Larry asked Omarosa if she would have posed in a similar fashion, Omarosa made it sound as if her future political plans would have been be devastated by the existence of such photographs. It was an subtle way of insulting Amy...

Had Omarosa been less dramatic in her reply perhaps Amy wouldn't have felt the need to dish it right back.

At some point, these women need to decide what is more important to them, selling their soul to Omarosa so they can appear on TV, or accept that their own 15 min is over and getting on with their lives without Omarosa. VH1 Divas was adamant on having Omarosa as one of their Divas since she epitomized Diva to them. Amy and Heidi were invited as tag-alongs. They could have declined the offer, but obviously their desire to appear on TV overpowered their alleged hatred of Omarosa.

I might have agreed with you only when the ladies came out on stage Amy was in the middle...with the microphone. Maybe it's just me but Omarosa was the birdesmaid, Amy was the bride.
Drummouse
The only female who seems to grasp that she isn't perfect is Heidi. She's pretty much toned down the catty Heathers bullshit and risen above it. She refuses to get sucked into the whole cat fight thing.

I was thinking along these lines, too. Perhaps the reality of her mom's illness put alot of that junk in perspective for her. Life's not worth having obnoxious cat fights 6 mos. AFTER the matter. Heidi mentioned on the show that the experience with her mom did put the whole Apprentice thing in a different perspective.
I'm sure she's been around O's type before and knows they are full of crap.
She also seems to have the best "character" of any of the gals on all these post-show appearances. GO HEIDI!!

arlykeeno thanks for the narcissist info! Having gotten caught in the web of a narcissist, I can attest to how frustrating it can be. You are very right on about either you adapt to their ways or you run like wind as far away from them as possible! It is very sad because it IS a mental disorder and basically a result of their childhood experiences... definitely a type of "abuse". They can't really be cured because they do't believe any thing is wrong. I imagine learning about her mother raising her would answer alot of questions! I also imagine the fact that brother is in prison has a STRONG connection.
IzzyB
I do not feel sorry for her one bit. Don't forget how she totally and un-remorsefully F*CKED Kwame. She made her bed. Now she has to cry in it.
Tashanir
Not that I'm particularly defending Amy but when Larry asked Omarosa if she would have posed in a similar fashion, Omarosa made it sound as if her future political plans would have been be devastated by the existence of such photographs. It was an subtle way of insulting Amy...


I really don't think Omaorsa's response had anything to do with Amy initially. I think Amy was overly-sensitive because she was embarrassed by her decision and then went on the defensive towards Omaorsa. Amy has made it known that she regrets doing the FHM spread, so I could see her getting defensive over Omaorsa's comments.

To be honest, I don't see Maxim or FHM approaching Omaorsa to do a spread, so I can't really tell if Amy's accusations towards Omaorsa were real or not. When all was said and done and the show was over, it was clear to me (so this is a subjective statement) that Amy wants to get into the entertainment business. As much as I know they all hate Omaorsa and have valid reasons to do so, I also think there is a level of jealousy amongst all of the women towards Omaorsa due to the overwhelming media attenton she's gotten. That's the ugliest thing, too, because most of O's publicity has been so terribly, horribly negative...yet some of these women still feel a need to smack her down. To me, Omaorsa's craziness is being used for ratings, and that's sickening.
choco
I was thinking along these lines, too. Perhaps the reality of her mom's illness put alot of that junk in perspective for her. Life's not worth having obnoxious cat fights 6 mos. AFTER the matter. Heidi mentioned on the show that the experience with her mom did put the whole Apprentice thing in a different perspective.

WORD! When you face a real crisis such as the sickness of a family member, it really puts things like stupid reality show squabbles into perspective. Post-show, Heidi has shown the most grace. It sounds like things are really taking off for her now and she's making the most of all the opportunities. I get the feeling she's made her peace with Omarosa and moved on.

I might have agreed with you only when the ladies came out on stage Amy was in the middle...with the microphone. Maybe it's just me but Omarosa was the birdesmaid, Amy was the bride.

I'm not sure about the positioning of the women, but a spokeswoman for VH1 Divas mentioned before the show that they were excited about having Omarosa because she epitomized "Diva" to them. If Omarosa cancelled, I doubt The Apprentice women would have been invited. If Amy cancelled, they would have just replaced her with Katrina.

Not that I'm particularly defending Amy but when Larry asked Omarosa if she would have posed in a similar fashion, Omarosa made it sound as if her future political plans would have been be devastated by the existence of such photographs. It was an subtle way of insulting Amy...

I think Amy was also being a bit sensitive too. From what I remember, this is when the claws came out and the ladies started sniping back and forth at each other.

On another note, I do think Amy needs to come up with a better response to the FHM spread question. She always looks disturbed and a bit flustered every time people ask about it. She always says it was something she "didn''t think about" and now regrets. I don't think this sounds good. How could a smart savy business woman in her 30s NOT think beforehand about posing in her underwear in a sexy men's magazine??? And worse yet, she did it for free, as Trump likes to point out. Her answer makes her look weak and flightly, and vulnerable to comments like Omarosa made. In a way, Ereka, Katrina and Kristi come off stronger because they seem proud of what they did and can confidently back it up, even if others may disagree.
Tashanir
On another note, I do think Amy needs to come up with a better response to the FHM spread question. She always looks disturbed and a bit flustered every time people ask about it. She always says it was something she "didn''t think about" and now regrets. I don't think this sounds good. How could a smart savy business woman in her 30s NOT think beforehand about posing in her underwear in a sexy men's magazine???


You know, the more I think about it (and the more I look at the spread itself) the more I wonder if Amy's "embarrassment" is really because she feels she doesn't look all that good compared to the other women. Out of the four of them, she looks the least at ease, almost stiff. She looks uncomfortable in her poses, which makes me wonder if she was uneasy all along about doing it. She comes off in her interviews as ultra-competitive, so I wonder if what's really bothering her is that she had to share the limelight on that spread. Ereka has a fantastic body, Katrina looks like she could be a model, Krisit...well...let's just say she had the boobs for it. Amy, to me, looks completely out of place.
oothoon
I thought they looked like hookers except Amy looked like a high-class one while the rest looked like regular ones.
RubbaBandMan
They all looked like women, while Amy looked like a boy who found his way into his mom's lingerie drawer during a sexual confused phase in his life.
kattam6175
Sympathy for Omarosa...a self-absorbed, manipulative, ruthless, liar?

Hell must have officially frozen over.
goobaletta
The Cruel Downside of Genetics. The Cloning of Omarosa and Heidi into Oma-Heidi And The Perverse Pol. The Spoof UK. Meh. I'm beginning to think these folks need some TWoP writers right quick.

Zilgitt on the Clock. USA Today. 1:45 p.m. ET, NFL Draft, Madison Square Garden is the relevant bit featuring Katty.

Win or Lose, “Apprentice” Contestants are Having a Field Day. thecelebritycafe.com. A somewhat piss-poor rehash of what we've seen ad nauseum. One or two snarkesque lines. Very esque.
AgentX
The Spoof UK. Meh. I'm beginning to think these folks need some TWoP writers right quick.


Word. I get the feeling they are trying to be the UK's answer to The Onion only its not funny.
LurkerNan
I do not feel sorry for her one bit. Don't forget how she totally and un-remorsefully F*CKED Kwame. She made her bed. Now she has to cry in it.


Word to that. I will agree that some reality "stars" do not deserve the bad publicity they get sometimes, but I reserve my pity for those people who are slapped with some tidbit from The Smoking Gun unrelated to their reality show experience. Or get crap because of the way they look or who they date. Those facts are secondary to the reality competition they signed up for.

But I have no pity for the woman who lies like a rug on camera during her competition, and then paints herself as a model businesswoman. As a real badge-carrying office-dwelling corporate flunkie female, I do not appreciate her trying to paint herself as a member of MY tribe. Nothing in her background makes her a businesswoman, so she can step off THIS title.
AgentX
Nothing in her background makes her a businesswoman, so she can step off THIS title.


Word. Which makes me wonder, why was she on the show in the first place? All of the other participants had some background in the business world, she was a political consultant - or so it said in her intro - not a business woman. Makes me think she was just cast for good tv.
RubbaBandMan
Or it was a sinister plot by THE Man to keep the Black man down, ya dig, homeslice?
Tashanir
From "The CelebrityCafe.com"

And super star female, Amy Henry, apparently has the habit of playing the field with many business colleagues, thus the reason for the demise of her marriage. No wonder she and Nick had a fling. I was told that “she played the field with many men when she first got married."



Wow. Does this writer have any idea how to write a succinct article? The headline was "Win or Lose, “Apprentice” Contestants are Having a Field Day." It opend with 4 sentences about Bill and Kwaame's future plans and then quickly dissolved into nothing better than a Page Six tabloid article. The remainder of the article was about how everyone hates Omaorsa and Amy supposedly cheated on her husband. The quote about Amy's marriage wasn't even attributed to anyone like "an old work colleague" or "reliable source." The author just slapped quotation marks around the statement. Blecch.
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