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Jan
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08-01-2000
| Saturday, April 17, 2004 - 12:59 pm
Hey Babyjax, I saw Dateline and I loved the line they used when describing Omarosa's dress..."in a dress only Bjork could love" LOL!!!!! note also that in the news article that Spear references above they also mention that O is not a fav with Trump. Apparently O begged to be a Miss Universe judge and the Donald was "not amused"! in fact, he was annoyed (although he has, apparently, offered Amy a job as manager of his trump tower sales team.)
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Saturday, April 17, 2004 - 2:44 pm
I think Kwame should be the next spokesmodel for Fruit of the Loom or Hanes. Did he look hunky answering the phone in his boxers? TWOP said poor Robin probably wishes she'd delivered the message from Mr. Trump in person rather than by phone!
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Saturday, April 17, 2004 - 4:40 pm
You've got to do both of these, they are hilarious!!! www.funtown.slap_omarosa www.funtown.trump_dancing_toupee
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, April 17, 2004 - 4:49 pm
I loved them both Putter..and I managed a 364 MPH slap that knocked the chip off her shoulder and got her fired!!!!
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Saturday, April 17, 2004 - 5:19 pm
Too funny, Puttergirl! I'll have to share those with DH. He HATES Omarosa!
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Saturday, April 17, 2004 - 5:26 pm
Wow, Jan. I knocked the chip off her shoulder but not that fast!!!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 5:47 am
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/22887.htm 'APPRENTICE' CRIES: NO-MAROSA! By DIANE CLEHANE Ereka Vetrini demands to know why everyone - including Oprah - has been giving in to Omarosa Manigault Stallworth after the fight on Donald Trump's "Apprentice." April 19, 2004 -- 'THE Apprentice" may be over, but the cat fighting continues. In a Post exclusive, contestant Ereka Vetrini is publicly questioning why Omarosa Manigault Stallworth is getting all the attention - including a possible shampoo commercial - in the aftermath of the hit reality show. "I'm shocked that Clairol [manufacturers of Herbal Essence, which is giving Omarosa a screen test this week] would consider using Omarosa to endorse their products," says Vetrini. "To glorify and praise her bad behavior is a bad move for such a well-respected company. "You can be sure I won't be using Clairol products anymore." Vetrini says she's sickened by the favoritism that has been shown to Omarosa. The biggest offender, says Vetrini, is Oprah Winfrey, who showed the controversial contestant preferential treatment when she appeared on her talk show with Vetrini, contestant Heidi Bressler and Donald Trump. Vetrini, 27, became embattled in one of reality TV's nastiest skirmishes when Omarosa accused her of using a racial epithet during the taping of the NBC megahit. Eager to set the record straight, Vetrini jumped at the chance a few weeks ago to appear on "Oprah" to face off against her accuser. "The producers promised it would be a fair show," says Vetrini. "Then they told me Omarosa refused to be in the segment with me. "I said, 'That's not fair. If she makes these accusations, I won't be able to respond.' They said, 'Okay, that's fine.' Then I asked, 'Where will she be sitting?' and they said, 'She'll be sitting where you're sitting.' " But when the cameras rolled Vetrini and Bressler were sitting in the audience, and Winfrey gave Manigault Stallworth a seat on stage with herself and Trump. "I was told afterward that she wouldn't appear unless she was on stage," says Vetrini. "Oprah gave in to her. Everbody seems to be afraid of her. It's disgusting." Vetrini also says what viewers saw on Winfrey's show isn't what really happened. "At one point, Oprah turned to me and asked 'Did you say the N word?' and the audience saw that. "Here's what really happened: I said to her, 'If you knew me for more than five minutes you'd know I'd never say that. I did not say that word.' In real life what happened was when I said, 'If you knew me' - she cut me off and said, 'I don't know you.' That was it! They re-edited it afterward. I was completely cut off. "It was an unfair platform to discuss a very serious issue. I had no voice - I had to flag Oprah down to make even that one comment. It was awful. I was in tears afterward because the one time I was asked to speak I get cut off by the host." During the show when Winfrey asked Omarosa about her allegation, she never addressed it directly, responding instead by saying she's "moved on." Calls to Omarosa's publicist seeking comment for this story went unreturned. Ereka, who is meeting with talent agents and developing a workout video, says she was heartened by viewer reaction to the show. "I got so many e-mails and letters from Oprah fans saying they were writing to Oprah to complain," she says. Hundreds of viewers took the talk show host to task on her own website. Even Trump acknowledged that Vetrini has been an unwitting victim in all this by telling her during the live broadcast of "The Apprentice's" finale that she was the contestant who "suffered" the most. "I was so glad Mr. Trump stood up for me," says Vetrini. "Most of the viewers were able to see through Omarosa's lies and phoniness. I really do believe what goes around comes around." The part in bold, I disagree with. I saw that Oprah show I remember her saying that whole sentence..it wasn't edited out.
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Scorpiomoon
Member
06-06-2002
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 7:25 am
Texannie: I agree. I vividly remember too (God only knows why). Even though I am sick of everything having to do with this show, every time I read about that Oprah show my disdain for Oprah grows even more. As bad as I feel for Ereka, I wish she, and the rest of them, would just go away already.
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Max
Member
08-12-2000
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 10:11 am
Methinks Ms. Vetrini has forgotten the first rule of television ratings and advertising: Give people what they want to see. Let's face it, people love a good villain. Omarosa is the villain of the moment. She gets attention because people want to see what bizarre thing she'll claim next. Heck, soap operas give VERY long careers to villains. THey are what makes the shows interesting. Ms. Vetrini would do better to ignore all this stuff and just take care of herself from here on. Certainly, she needed to defend herself when Omarosa first made the allegations (which seem patently ridiculous to me because you can bet your bottom dollar that Mark Burnett would have gotten some of that on air for ratings purposes if it had happened), but now it's time to just ignore and rise above. Omarosa's candle will burn out soon enough. There's only so much of her inauthentic smile and backstabbing ways that people can take. Ms. Vetrini's protestations remind me of when Tammy ( I think it was her) pleaded to Mr. Trump in the boardroom saying something like, "Would you really want someone who does business like that (implying that someone else had done something unethical) working in your organization?" She had an idealized perception of Mr. Trump, assuming that he prefers to operate his business with ethics and fairness ahead of anything else. I don't think she knew much about Mr. Trump or the world of big business. Ethical lines get blurred all the time and her idea of what was unethical was pretty simplistic and naive, IMHO. Anyway, the bottom line is that Ms. Vetrini is starting to sound like she's jealous and envious. The more she speaks now, the worse it's going to make her look. She should just go ahead and forge her own success and let Omarosa's candle burn out on its own. 
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Max
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08-12-2000
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 11:03 am
Just saw Kwame and Bill on The View. Kwame said he hasn't accepted any job offer yet. Mentioned the one from Mr. Cuban, but said he was entertaining many offers right now. Kwame is really cool. He said he, "never got the Realty-TV memo saying that he was Mark Burnett" and could fire Omarosa. Bill's mom and three sisters were in the audience. His mom is gorgeous! Bill is the youngest in the family. Bill said that the fact that he and Kwame were the two finalists shows that you don't have to lie and cheat and be unethical to succeed in business (or something to that effect). They asked Bill about Jen from The Bachelor (the one with Andrew Firestone) who also lives in Chicago. He said they've talked and have gone out a few times, but people are "blowing it way out of proportion." While he was talking about it, Kwame was doing "duck and bob" moves like a fighter. Bill said that Kwame is beating the women off with a stick. They asked Kwame who he would hire, Carolyn or George. He said George because he had more experience and he spoke up for Kwame. Bill said Carolyn because she's a lot of fun and went to bat for him. They both seem to be really enjoying themselves and seem like good friends, too.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 11:26 am
I got a very high opinion of both Kwame and Bill. They both seem to be great guys with a lot on the ball. I think they'll both go far. As far as Ereka goes, I agree, Max, it's time for Ereka to hold her head high and move on. After seeing in the final two episodes that Omarosa does not always tell the truth, I think Ereka has made her point and needs to let it go.
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Gemma120in2002
Member
07-05-2003
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 12:24 pm
I agree with Max too. Ereka needs to let it go because her anger is starting to make her look bad. Righteous indignation eventually just looks like sour grapes. Omarosa knows that distancing herself from the whole situation will cast her in the best light in the long run. People will eventually look at the grace a person demonstrates, and that will be what leaves the lasting impression. While I think that Ereka's anger is justified, she needs to stop feeding the fire. It's easy to say that from the outside looking in though. I really enjoyed this show. It was so much fun looking at the different choices the contestants made during the challenges. Some of the ideas they came up with were inspired,(selling advertizing on the pedicabs,) and some of them were cringeworthy (Trying to get Rocco DeSpirito to foot the bill for a luxury vacation to europe). There were times when my jaw litterally dropped at the fabulous ideas they came up with. There were also times when I was just dumbfounded at the behavior of the contestants because they seemed to be absolutely clueless. This show was a lot of fun.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 12:35 pm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21110-2004Apr17.html On 'Apprentice,' a Briefcase Study in Chutzpah • The first season of NBC's "The Apprentice" may be over, but Chevy Chase's Sam Solovey, who was fired on episode No. 3, is still cashing in. On the Thursday night finale, Solovey offered a $250,000 bribe to Donald Trump if he'd hire him. He displayed and mentioned -- now this is important -- a Samsonite briefcase. Needless to say, Trump didn't take him up on the offer. (Since when does the Donald need $250,000 anyway?) On Friday, Samsonite Sam went on local radio stations to brag about his business savvy. He didn't deny it when Brett Haber from Z104 (WWZZ) asked if he had a deal with the luggage company. Solovey replied smugly, "I gave them about a half-a-million-dollar ad spot on national TV," adding, "They won't let me say a darn thing, but I will say that the briefcase was promptly shipped in from the lovely Samsonite corporation." He later told us he wouldn't discuss any "ancillary arrangements," including his deal with Samsonite. How much did they pay him? "I have no comment on that." NBC wasn't pleased about the unsanctioned plug, he said, but insisted, "I can handle it." .
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Hippyt
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09-10-2001
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 1:23 pm

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Puckerbutt
Member
07-21-2001
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 1:29 pm
"Methinks Ms. Vetrini has forgotten the first rule of television ratings and advertising: Give people what they want to see. Let's face it, people love a good villain. ..... Anyway, the bottom line is that Ms. Vetrini is starting to sound like she's jealous and envious. The more she speaks now, the worse it's going to make her look." What's wrong with looking worse by becoming jealous and envious? Sounds like the first few baby steps in becoming another good villian to me. After all, why shouldn't Ms. Vetrini be "loved" by the "people" too?
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Luvmyjrt
Member
09-18-2003
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 4:07 pm
Have to disagree with you Gemma and Max. That is one SERIOUS charge to level against someone; and the fact of the matter is that Erica has to prove her innocence instead of Omarosa proving Erica's guilt. It's very sad but the fact of the matter is this can follow Erica for a long time, I for one feel very sorry for her and you can bet if I were Erica, I'd stand up for myself too. Sour grapes, no --- I just can't see it!
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Max
Member
08-12-2000
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 7:54 pm
I think Ereka already HAS proven her innocence. Several times. Just as Omarosa has been proven to be a person who lies quite easily (with a big smile on her face) and dodges direct questions about it quite adeptly. As Bill (or maybe it was Kwame, I can't remember) said on The View today, after all, she DID work in the White House for a few years! PB, If Ms. Verini wants to be a villain, that's all well and good, but I don't think that's her aim. She's been trying to clear her name in conjunction with the accusation from Omarosa and show that she's the more ethical person. I just think that she's already done that and now her protestations are starting to look more like sour grapes. "Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." -- Dennis Miller
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Tishala
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08-01-2000
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 8:36 pm
Well, from her discussion about what happened on Oprah, it looks like Ms. Verini has no compunction about lying either. It's just sad, really, that she would do that. I suppose we'll see her posing in her underwear next.
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Luvmykitties
Member
01-02-2004
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 8:59 pm
this is funny. I just had this same exact discussion with someone! I had Max's opinion that Ereka has finally been able to speak her peace - uninterrupted - and should now leave it at that. (I'm sure anyone who knows who Ereka and Omarosa is - saw the final episode of The Apprentice.) Omarosa has discredited herself; Trump & Burnett already stated several times that there is nothing on tape; and Omarosa has not mentioned anything since the Oprah show. If Omarosa was still going around discussing it, then I could see Ereka continuing to defend herself. I sympathize with Ereka and think it's horrible to accuse her of something like that. I totally agree that she should have the opportunity to defend herself - and she has now. I think everyone believes her and she looks good. I also feel that if she continues to speak about this incident, that she will look like she's trying to stretch her 15 min. and I know I will tire of her and what she has to say. And you know O is going to try and look good and continue with the stance "I've moved on." Let Ereka pursue the lawsuit. On another note, it's funny that Max mentions: "Heck, soap operas give VERY long careers to villains. They are what makes the shows interesting." Tonight I heard on Access Hollywood that O is going to have a guest appearance on Passions. (but supposedly not as a villain)
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Luvmykitties
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01-02-2004
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 9:11 pm
Also on Access Hollywood, they had Amy doing interviews on the red carpet at the live VH1 DIVAS show Sat night. Amy asked O about the Herbal Essences commercial getting cancelled. O said "you have a bad source my dear. I know you're a new journalist, but check your sources." Billy Bush said they DID check their sources and according to Clairol, they did cancel the shoot with Omarosa on Friday. BB said well he guesses O didn't get that information. Then Amy asked if she did do the commercial yesterday - and O said "I left the red carpet on Thursday and left for California on Friday". (wasn't it originally only supposed to be a screen test??) Then Amy said we want to be the first ones to see the commercial, and O proceeded to demonstrate her "hair toss" -------------------------------- OK, after I wrote all this, I checked Access Hollywood's website and they have the article with all the details including a conversation with a former boss at the White House: http://www.accesshollywood.com/entertainment/3019864/detail.html Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth may not have been The Donald's choice on "The Apprentice," but now she's got a new gig. Reality TV's new queen of mean will be doing a guest spot on NBC's daytime soap opera "Passions." After all, the soaps love that backstabbing, conniving action, so clearly it's a perfect match. But there is also word that Omarosa has been fired – again – from a different job. Fellow "Apprentice-ette" Amy Henry served as Access Hollywood's special correspondent at this weekend's "VH1 Divas 2004" concert in Las Vegas and she caught up with Omarosa to talk about rumors that a shampoo commercial starring Omarosa had been canned. "What happened with the Herbal Essences commercial? I heard it got cancelled," Amy asked. "My Herbal Essences commercial?" a surprised Omarosa responded. "You have a bad source, my dear. I know you're a new journalist --check your sources." As it turns out, Amy's info was right on the money. According to Clairol, the commercial shoot scheduled for last Friday was cancelled. Apparently, 'Lady O' never got that information, as she even offered to show Amy her "hair toss." "Did you shoot the commercial yesterday?" Amy asked. "I left the red carpet, left on Thursday and flew to California to shoot the commercial," Omarosa insisted. "We want to be the first ones to see the commercial," Amy added. "I'll think about it. I don't know," Omarosa replied, again showing off her "hair toss." This is just the latest rumor revolving around Omarosa's apparent inability to hold down a job. There is also a report claiming she was fired from the White House four times in two years during the Clinton administration. Meanwhile, "Apprentice" winner Bill Rancic stopped by Monday morning's "Live with Regis and Kelly" to talk about the show, his victory and 'Lady O.' Bill hinted that her political experience might have taught her the fine art of deception when Regis wondered why Omarosa never answered The Donald's accusations of lying. "Well, she worked in the White House for four years, she knows how to [lie,]" Rancic joked. When confronted about her White House firings, Omarosa went on the defensive. "That's pretty funny. I'm not going to comment on that," she told Access. "Contact the White House – they'll clear it up." So, Access did just that! We contacted Carlton Pressley -- one of her former bosses from Capitol Hill. According to Pressley, Omarosa worked under him for only one month before he had to have her re-assigned because of "leadership conflict style." "I was the director and there was only one director that was going to be in the Office of Communications – not two, just one," Pressley told us. "And I was that director, not Omarosa." Despite that, the old boss had no hard feelings towards his former employee. "I'd just like to say to Omarosa if you're listening, personally, you're a natural born leader, and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do next," he said.
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Luvmykitties
Member
01-02-2004
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 9:26 pm
here's "Test Your Knowledge of The Apprentice" http://html.accesshollywood.com/sh/quizine/3005299/index.html (a few of the questions are from the FHM article - and some from appearances on other shows)
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Cathie
Member
08-16-2000
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 9:50 pm
I only got 7 out of 10--some tough questions!!!
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, April 19, 2004 - 11:48 pm
Oh how sad. It looks like some of these women reached the expected low already.
'Apprentice' Women Turn Heads With Magazine Layout link Four women contestants from "The Apprentice" are featured in an FHM magazine spread out Friday, wearing lingerie while posing at a Donald Trump property. The women posed for FHM magazine in a seven-page portfolio shot at the World Bar at the Trump World Tower in New York. FHM, a magazine that caters to men, said Kristi Frank, Katrina Campins, Amy Henry and Ereka Vetrini were reportedly offered $250,000 to pose nude for Playboy. Instead, FHM said the women chose to be photographed by FHM wearing lingerie for no payment.
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Sunrvrose
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08-13-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 1:04 am
Tishala, I couldn't agree more with your statement, "Oh how sad. It looks like some of the women reached the expected low already." I guess I just had some deluded idea that these people were above the standard media <nk>. Ya expect this stuff from BB ppl, from Survivor ppl, but I am actually disappointed that these women did this. I'm talking real head-shaking, disgusted, icky feeling in my stomach, disappointed. Recently I read somewhere that the winner, Bill, had also "tried out" for the Bachelor and got cut in one of the final rounds. That also gave me that icky feeling in my stomach. So, those of us on TVCH know that BB contestants are "recruited", AR contestants now include BB HG's, and that at least one "contestant" (the winner) for Apprentince has tried out for other shows. This reminds me of one of the best little workplace cartoons I ever saw, I'm sure most of you have seen it too: "I feel just like a mushroom, all they ever do around here is keep me in the dark and feed me sh*t." Probably the vast majority of viewers of these shows don't visit sites like ours and are blistfully ignorant of all the stuff that goes on behind the scenes. I'm not going to stop watching any of it, but I am still getting pretty disgusted that the big PR blitz is that all the people on all the shows are just regular people and that anyone has a shot at getting on. That just isn't true. Tonight on the 11:00, NBC, News in Sacto, they did a tease that they would be doing a report about the "lack of funding" available for the "1st Apprentince". But tho I watched for the story, I didn't see it. Did anyone else have that news lead in their area, and if so, did you see the story? The gist that I got from the promo was that there isn't enough funding from DT to do the Chicago project that Bill was hired to do. If you saw it, could you tell me what it was about?
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Texannie
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07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 7:24 am
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/television/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000491353 April 20, 2004 The Vine: More work for 'Apprentice'? The entrepreneurial spirit abounds for those involved with "The Apprentice." There's talk at NBC of mounting a spinoff of sorts to its Donald Trump-hosted hit that would follow "Apprentice" victor Bill Rancic during the next year as he dives into his grand prize: overseeing the construction of a 90-story Trump International Hotel and Tower in Rancic's hometown of Chicago. Sources stressed that the discussions are in the early idea stage and that no formal deals are in place, but "Apprentice" creator/executive producer Mark Burnett admits that a follow-up series on Rancic "seems like a fairly obvious choice." Burnett wouldn't elaborate on specific plans for the show but did hint that Rancic might even be persuaded to hire some of the contestants from "Apprentice" -- Are you listening, Omarosa? -- to work on the construction project and, of course, he'll have to deliver a progress report to the boss each week. Rancic may well need the help and counsel. According to published reports, the $700 million project is facing an uphill climb in securing final approvals from city officials. (Cynthia Littleton)
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