I think that each time she's used the phrase about the word not being in her vocabulary, she's been referring to just the one word. I also don't think it's all that indicative of Ereka being limited in any way that she uses this phrase as a soundbite in more than one interview--I believe she's shown herself capable of revealing herself as a delusional bimbette with many phrases, as opposed to Omarosa, who's pretty much got a public appearance vocabulary of about five tested phrases:
"She called me the n-word."
"It was all in the editing."
"The other contestants couldn't handle a strong black woman."
"I was the most amazing contestant there and so had to be gotten rid of."
"It was cee-ment. Cee-ment, I tell you."

While I'm sure the 'N' word is still used in a racist way, I've personally never heard it used that way (except in the movies). The only way I've ever heard it used is by one black person referring to another (ie: "What's up nigga?" or "That nigga thinks he's so smooth...". Therefore, I can believe Ereka when she says it's "not in her vocabulary".

On the other hand, I don't believe Assy AT ALL when she says she's never been called the 'N' word before. If she grew up in a bad neighborhood in Youngstown, I can pretty much guarantee that word's been thrown in her direction before.

I think the "N" word is used plenty--and in the worst ways. I don't think people routinely teach it to their kids these days, but EVERY kid knows it any way. I also doubt we are ever going to be able to prove anything either way about it here in this forum.


Yeah. Right. USA Today is the voice of the people.

I'm pretty sure she means she has never been called that by another race.

ew. At least if you're going to put you professionalism on the line, get paid for it.

I still feel like the FHM thing is only a rumor, at this time.

Ereka and Omarosa Face Off

The article recaps Ereka's appearance on The View and then the reporter quotes Asorama's response;



Seriously? I hate this woman.

And she's also a liar I think, since I believe that she HAS in the past mentioned Ereka's racism, even if she's juggled the context of it around later on. Wasn't it first said weeks and weeks ago to one of the posters here who met her in the real world, or am I misremembering?

Also, once again look at her point of criticism--"they are jealous of me"... in this case stated as "Ereka has no press". Omarosa actually thinks of things in this narrow focused "all about me" framework, and it's just amazing that she's functional enough to even get up in the morning.

In addition to the "all about me" attitude, there are also the constant lies or half-truthes, the passive/aggressive way she approaches any conversation, the sense of entitlement which has been mentioned so often, a good dose of paranoia (alternated with delusional obliviousness when she has to explain to herself WHY people are after her), and the almost magical way she can twist things to reduce them into the most crass possible summary. I know there's some ambitous psychology student out there who could make a nice study for a thesis out of this woman.

Also, "How can you fight against denials" is a somewhat classless reversal of the "how can you fight accusations like that" line of logic that you'd expect Ereka, the person who was originally attacked, to use.

No racial slur is found on 'Apprentice': Trump

Washington Post Live chat transcript about TV from 3/11

Funny snarks on The Hair, The Donald, love for the viceroys, disdain for Omiseria and lots of other drivel about TV in general.

Because Ereka is friends with one of the View co-hosts, possibly. It surprised me that Star Jones, being a lawyer, didn't immediately end that conversation with O. so as not to put the View in jeapordy. If the comment was libelous or slanderous in anyway, I would think Starr would want to keep The View away from any potential liability


There's a part of me that agrees with this, only because I think issuing a rebuttal statement and then dropping it would have been a wiser idea.


Just rude, bitchy and unecessary


It's scary how she knows how to turn a phrase. We know Ereka was clipping articles about her to use on The View (which I thought just looked petty and stupid) but it's amazing how Omarosa can take anything and spin it to her advantage.

Heidi denied that any racial slurs were used by anyone. But when she was asked if a tape could surface proving this claim she said "I hope not."

And what else can Heidi say? She can't say that they won't for sure, because she wasn't there for everything that ever happened. I find that, actually, to be a refreshingly honest response. She's not claiming "I know for sure that no such thing could happen." She's just saying, "Sure as hell not that I know of."

Exactly.

Generally, it seems the best way to approach a rebuttal with Assy is through indifference. Her Stepford Wives-ness on Conan the other night is a good example: ultimately, he could have cared less about her double-speak, and she grew a shade more flustered and insecure of her practiced prattle the more she realized she didn't have his full attention and that she was never going to wield complete control of the conversation, however brief and transparently intra-network-promoting it was.

So... as much as it pains me to say it (but not that I feel compassion for Assy), I would LOVE to see her swan into an interview/news program built around a personality whose hallmark is an arrogant indifference, a la Bill O'Reilly (aaack-- yes, I said it), and watch that sock unravel. It wouldn't be the classiest option, but it would more likely get her what she gave.

Ereka was on Inside Edition last night and they had a video clip of Omarosa from a previous Inside Edition flat out saying that it was Ereka who said the "N word".

I ain't no lawyer, but it seems to me that Ereka has pretty strong grounds to file a slander suit against Omarosa for defaming her and injuring her future earning potential. Ereka could get thousands I tell ya, but maybe MB had them sign the same kind of contract as Survivor where contestants give up the right to sue the show or other contestants.

Assorama called into a local radio show (Z100) in the NY area this morning. I hate, hate, hate the "Z Morning Zoo" and they did nothing this morning to disprove that hate. They all talked about how they didn't like Assorama on the show, but didn't hit her with any hard questions. As usual, she trotted out her same lines - "thought she was going to be gone week 4", "strong player", "editing" - blah, blah blah.

Actually, her lines could have been lifted from the appearance she made on the LA radio show that was transcribed a few pages back.

Not that she'd ever agree to this, and neither would he, but I'd love to see Assorama on the Howard Stern Show.

surlychick: That would be the most hysterical thing. I would love to see Robin all up in her grill about Recent Events.

Assorama has a Q&A in this week's US. From a quick glance (I couldn't stand to spend money on it), it's the same old stuff. They asked about her implication that Ereka is a rascist and her response was along the lines of "Her reaction to that was so violent. It's a bit sad. She lives in her mother's basement and has no job."

Um, I think I would react strongly to being unfairly branded rascist, too. I can't stand that she doesn't answer the questions she's asked and just trots out her standard lines and/or insults of other contestants.

I would like to know the behind-the-scenes on this Ereka-Oma sniping. O's charges are significant enough that surely E. could send off a legal letter. and if prohibited by game rules, then have Burnett handle it -- what rules could possibly permit having some contestant accused in this way by another and not have someone come forth and say there are no grounds.

The person who came most to the defense was Elizabeth from the View who said that she called MB who is "a good friend of hers," and he said there was no footage that would "confirm" the accusation. Actually, the better word would have been "corroborate," or even "support."

Unless O's right and it is giving E. more media time than she would have had otherwise. Or they're just letting O hoist her own petard.

I find it incredibly unlikely that Ereka is happy about being accused of using probably the widely-agreed-upon literally worst word in the English language to direct at another person, just because she gets to go on "The View" and talk about it.

Not happy. But happy to go argue.

I guess my point was that I found the accusation so appalling that I cannot conceive why someone would not have a more effective response/solution.

More local Idaho articles about Troy

Nothing really new in this one
Local TV station clip
Troy's a great guy... blah blah blah.

This one has an interesting tidbit about The Hair, among other things. Troy claims that the hair is real.

Local newspaper

Heidi and DT will be on The View together! And I have to share my brush with classiestness. The bus I was riding this morning to my office near Rockefeller Center nearly ran over the irrepressible Heidi! She was wearing a lovely goldish/brownish shift dress and was with her sister (the one we saw in the sweatsuit last night). She actually looked quite cute and teeny-weeny. She must have just come from her Today Show appearance (which I missed!) and she was dashing across the street to have her picture taken with tourists. Which explains why she didn't see the yooge M27 bearing down on her. I love NY!

Omarosa said the same thing on the radio this morning. And then stated that she didn't know why there was such a big deal about The Hair (capitalizing to piss her off). Then one of the hosts said something about Donald making a big deal over his own hair, basically rebutting her statement. Which is kind of funny.

Yeah, that sounds like the outfit Heidi was wearing this morning, with knee-length boots. Her interview was pretty good, I thought. She came off very well, much better than she often did on the show. Although I didn't always like the Heidi I saw on the show, I think I would like her in real life.

The funniest part of her appearance was that the Today-show quartet making fun of her for her "potty-mouth" and joking, even before she came on, that she had promised to clean up her act for morning TV. She was a good sport about it, though, genuinely laughing along with them.

She admitted that she had actually considered the Playboy offer, at least briefly, but concluded that it ultimately wouldn't help her any. Well, duh.

She did make a rather astute observation, I think, about why more women have been fired than men. She says it all comes down to the boardroom, which is a situation which tends to be easier for men than women. Women sometimes bring their emotions into the room or are afraid to stand up for themselves, and that is often what sinks them. She says that if she had it to do over she would have defended herself more and fought harder, but her mind was with her mom. Also, she said she should have called Troy on the fact that he didn't bring Kwame to the boardroom, and Kwame has never brought Troy. I think she's right. That's the only thing that might possibly have saved her.

As said above, she denied any knowledge of "racial slurs" being used against anyone on the show and seemed pretty confident it never happened.

Overall it was a good interview.

That newspaper article in the Idaho paper about Troy appears to me to be the exact (and I mean *exact*) same one that was in USA Today yesterday. Don't know how these newspaper things work; maybe the two are owned by the same company and share articles?

Oops!

Both newspapers are owned by Gannett.



Technically, Omarosa is right. She never mentioned on 'The View' which contestant she was referring to. And did anyone else see an 'Inside Edition' clip with Omarosa claiming that Ereka said the "N word."

Also, IMO, we shouldn't assume that because she brought up this accusation in at least two personal conversations with people that Ereka knew Oma was accusing her. I think she knew it was her because of the context of the pot-kettle question.

So Heidi changed outfits between Today and the View. (Ereka didn't. Just saying.)
I like her new bangs, and her hair has been straightened. She actually looks *gasp" cute.
DT says the N word never happened and if it did, they would have put it on TV.
Heidi said Omarosa is lying and is pulling "a publicity stint." [sic]
She says she wasn't in the game for last night's task. She was worried about her mom.
It's incredible to me how DT has burnished his repuation with this show. As a New Yorker who's never been able to stand the sight of him in all his craptacular gaudiness, I actually find myself not exactly liking him but, I dunno, stomaching him?

RE: The View

The way DT talked about it, it almost seemed that he fired her so that she could be with her mother.

I love the rapport between Heidi and TD! Genuine affection there. And I do appreciate that they both said that the incident purported by Omyassy (TM someone very funny) to have occurred did NOT occur. Trump didn't call O a liar, but Heidi did outright. (Go Heidi!)

Funniest bit during The View interview? When Joy Behar, who normally irks the behoojies out of me, had TD sign her, "Your fired!" shirt. It was just so inane that it was funny. Granted, I'm on my 6th coffee this morning and am buzzing somewhat.

ETA: Curby, I agree. He did say that was definitely a factor in his decision.

Back to the Troy article for a moment, if I may. The most intreresting tidbit in there, for me, was the reminder that Troy is a "real-estate developer". I guess I had forgotten that. It certainly puts a whole new light on his "duping" of Katrina, the great real-estate expert a few weeks ago. And makes her whole blabbering on in the cab about how real estate is her baliwick and how good she is at it and so forth that much more humorous. You had to wonder what Troy was thinking. And that whole, "You just wanted to use my expertise to get yourself the best apartment" argument of Katrina's was so totally bogus. As if a real-estate developer like him wouldn't know which apartment was likely to sell for the highest markup without her.

That woman has got. to. go. Now.

What time was Heidi on the Today show? I tuned in to see her in the 7:00 hour but didn't. Was she on in the 8:00 hour? It would suck if that's how it's going to be, because 8:00 hour is Survivor hour on CBS. If Burnett can keep the networks from putting his shows opposite one another, surely he can keep the booted contestants' morning interviews at different time slots as well.

The last few weeks, anyway, the Today show seems to have pretty much been showing the Apprentice segments (the latest firee on the day after, Carolyn & George yesterday) towards the end of the 8-8:30 Eastern block.

Heidi was great this morning -- looked good, had a good sense of humor and positive outlook about things. The main topics were her mother, her language, and Omarosa (Heidi unequivocally said that the racial slurs O's been talking about never happened.) The best part was the sound guys bleeping her even when she wasn't swearing -- you could still hear .

People I know who don't watch the show but do watch Today (my sister and my grandmother) both thought Omarosa seemed very nice and very professional last week ("much better than that Ereka who doesn't seem like a nice person at all" according to Grammy). I'm curious to see what they thought of Heidi. It's hard to figure how these folks look to people who only see their interviews and not their actions.

Heidi did an interview with the Philadelphia Daily News right after the episode aired. She wasn't very happy with Carolyn and said she "just has it out for women."

I also thought Heidi did well on Today, and clearly had sense of humor about her "potty mouth." She said, "Everyone else swore, and they were bleeped just as much as me. OK, maybe I was bleeped a bit more," I laughed.

I was expecting her to get bitchy about Carolyn (Ereka said something in her interview two weeks ago about Carolyn being "snippy") but she didn't. In all, a much classier person post show than she was on it.

Classier, Omarosa. Not "least classiest."

I was expecting Heidi during the 8:30ET/7:30CT half hour, too and set my VCR accordingly. Fortunately, I had set it to run longer than necessary, because she wasn't on until the 9:00/8:00 half hour. That surprised me, too.

Did anyone else see the ad during Today indicating that for TA2 one of the potential apprentices will be selected on the Today show? Apparently there will be 8 contenders who will interview one on one with TD and eventually, though some undisclosed means, one will be chosen for a slot on the show. Don't know if there will be audience participation (people getting to vote on-line, for example) but that would be cool.

Sounds like NBC is milking this show for all the ratings it is worth. I suppose I can't blame them. Especially after the "Coupling" disaster this season.

Ereka saw it:

Inside Edition Story

I know I saw Omarosa during the 7:00 hour, because I flipped to CBS for the 8:00 hour for the Survivor bootee and thought it was very well timed for my optimal enjoyment (I normally never watch morning TV).

Mega-word! If anyone could cut Oma down to size (and then some), it's O'Reilly, He has no patience or tolerance for folks like her (esp. those who use the 'victim' mentality to excuse everything as I think she does, she just cloaks it under the mantle of "being the strongest player, they're all jealous of me, etc.").

Regardless of how arrogant and bullying he can be (and he can), I have seen him use that to an advantage dealing with some real spinners who refuse to really answer questions. Boy, she'd be so stunned by him that I think she'd unravel right there on national TV - a complete melt-down. Of course, she'd later blame it all on "his bullying, that he's a racist, he's afraid of a strong, black woman, etc., etc.".

Hey Oma, you seem to want to continue your media tour and publicity tour, so why not go on O'Reilly?!!!!! Are you up for it or are you afraid to go up against him since you know that he'd take you down in a minute?!!!

O'Reilly would eat her for lunch and spit out the gristle.

I thought Heidi and Donald came across rather well on The View. Donald even said he would probably hire Heidi and she was a great salesperson.

EW has an interesting take on who will win here, with quotes on remaining candidates from Burnett and Trump.

Seems Ereka was just on Fox News to rebut the whole accusation scandal. Some points brought up. I'm paraphrasing someone else's retelling of the interview:






Yeah I bet it's just KILLING her to get the press.





Oh for the love of Mike.......when will this pissing contest end????

peacheskdd, can you summarize what the EW article said? I can't access it since I'm not a subscriber or an AOL user....thanks.

BibiBella, the article handicaps the remaining players and does a mini profile on each one. I read the article last night, so this is based on my recollection.

Troy is the odds on favorite at 2 to 1. Why he might win? Cleverly dealing with Katrina during the real estate challenge, good people skills, etc. Then they list a weakness. Then there's a quote about them from Burnett and Trump. The article is very complimentary towards everyone. IIRC, the long shots are Heidi (correct) and Katrina. Amy's weakness? The article says "Nick?" Basically implying she could do better.

I meant anyone on the forums? If so, when did it first air? Does anyone here watch Inside Edition?

Watch the tone toward the rest of the posters, please.

Tashanir, I'm not one to defend Ereka from charges of stupidity, but the line about her having her own talk show sounded like a joke--like she was mocking Omarosa's own claim to have one lined up. It's ALMOST witty, but not quite since Ereka can't pull witty off.

The thing is, coupled with Ereka's shot about her new apartment (presumably she didn't have to flip a coin for it), it does seem to be reducing the level of debate to about Grade 7. The two of them are just complete jackasses.

True...but I don't think she'd name the William Morris agency if she were joking around.





Yep....Omarosa doesn't care how "least classiest" she looks....as long as Ereka looks "least classiest" too. They are both just baiting each other. Ereka weent on a national show yesterday to defend herself, Burnett and Trump supported her with their statements. That should have been enough...but Ereka had to suck the life out of her remaining 15 minutes. She went from getting to sympathy to looking petty and catty all over again. What a waste.

If Amy's only weakness is Nick then it's the easiest problem for Amy. Just Get rid of Nick. I never thought Amy is into Nick, anyway.