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THE APPRENTICE
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In fact, Omarosa also made quite a few enemies in the White House, banished from four jobs in two years with the Clinton administration. At her last one, “she was asked to leave as quickly as possible, she was so disruptive,” said Cheryl Shavers, the former Under Secretary for Technology at the Commerce Department, with whom Omarosa worked several weeks in 2000. “One woman wanted to slug her.”
02of 07THE SURREAL LIFEVH1After being “fired” fromThe Apprentice, Omarosa took her polarizing personality to season 5 ofThe Surreal Life,where she butted heads with former supermodel Janice Dickinson. The pair famously feuded for the entirety of the season, with Omarosa calling Dickinson “a crackhead” after the model threatened her with a knife.
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THE SURREAL LIFE
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After being “fired” fromThe Apprentice, Omarosa took her polarizing personality to season 5 ofThe Surreal Life,where she butted heads with former supermodel Janice Dickinson. The pair famously feuded for the entirety of the season, with Omarosa calling Dickinson “a crackhead” after the model threatened her with a knife.
03of 07THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICED Dipasupil/Getty; Maury Phillips/WireImageHer run on the second installment of the NBC series included a feud with Piers Morgan. “Piers was looking at me like he was going to kill me,” Omarosarecalled toAccess Hollywoodof the pair’s arguments on the 2008 show. “That’s when there’s a line, I have kicked the line, stomped the line, crossed it. I mean, his attack towards me, my attacks towards him, going back and forth, it wasn’t entertainment anymore.“In 2013, she returned to an “All-Stars” edition ofThe Celebrity Apprentice; Morgan was among the judges, and wasted no time criticizing Omarosa. The future Trump aide also bickered with contestant La Toya Jackson.“I loved being the villain,” Omarosa previously toldAccess Hollywood. “There was something so exciting because it was so different, believe it or not, from my real life. On the personal side, there is a very sensitive aspect of me that I never let the world see because that’s being vulnerable and being weak and I never wanted to be perceived as weak.”
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THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE
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Her run on the second installment of the NBC series included a feud with Piers Morgan. “Piers was looking at me like he was going to kill me,” Omarosarecalled toAccess Hollywoodof the pair’s arguments on the 2008 show. “That’s when there’s a line, I have kicked the line, stomped the line, crossed it. I mean, his attack towards me, my attacks towards him, going back and forth, it wasn’t entertainment anymore.”
In 2013, she returned to an “All-Stars” edition ofThe Celebrity Apprentice; Morgan was among the judges, and wasted no time criticizing Omarosa. The future Trump aide also bickered with contestant La Toya Jackson.
“I loved being the villain,” Omarosa previously toldAccess Hollywood. “There was something so exciting because it was so different, believe it or not, from my real life. On the personal side, there is a very sensitive aspect of me that I never let the world see because that’s being vulnerable and being weak and I never wanted to be perceived as weak.”
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BETHENNY
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“You get to walk around and be mediocre and you still get rewarded with things,“Omarosa saidduring her interview. “[African-American women] have to be exceptional to get anything in this business.”
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CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER
After resigning (theWhite House claims she was fired) as President Trump’s director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison in December 2017, Omarosa signed on to compete onCelebrity Big Brother. She memorably opened up to fellow contestant Ross Mathews about how “it’s not going to be okay” having Trump in office.
06of 07MEET THE PRESSTimothy A. Clary/AFP/GettyAfter previouslydenyingthatshe was firedfrom her position at the White House, Omarosa released a recording that allegedly proved Chief of Staff John Kelly not only fired her, but threatened her while doing so. She shared the recording on an August 2018 episode ofMeet the Press.In the recording, a man purported to be Kelly tells the former White House aide, “It is important to understand that if we can make this a friendly departure.” Kelly adds that it would be necessary so that Omarosa could “go on without any type of difficulty in the future relative to your reputation.““It’s very obvious[ly] a threat,” Omarosa told host Chuck Todd. “He goes on to say that things can get ugly for you. The chief of staff of the United States under the direction of the president of the United States threatening me on damage to my reputation and things getting ugly for me — that’s downright criminal.”
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MEET THE PRESS
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After previouslydenyingthatshe was firedfrom her position at the White House, Omarosa released a recording that allegedly proved Chief of Staff John Kelly not only fired her, but threatened her while doing so. She shared the recording on an August 2018 episode ofMeet the Press.
In the recording, a man purported to be Kelly tells the former White House aide, “It is important to understand that if we can make this a friendly departure.” Kelly adds that it would be necessary so that Omarosa could “go on without any type of difficulty in the future relative to your reputation.”
“It’s very obvious[ly] a threat,” Omarosa told host Chuck Todd. “He goes on to say that things can get ugly for you. The chief of staff of the United States under the direction of the president of the United States threatening me on damage to my reputation and things getting ugly for me — that’s downright criminal.”
07of 07TODAYToday ShowOmarosa — who was onTodayto promoteher new book,Unhinged— claimed at one point during the sit-down that hostSavannah Guthriewas asking questions too quickly.When Guthrie asked the former Trump aide why she worked for Trump, on top of a few other questions, Omarosa retorted, “Savannah, slow down. I’m gonna answer your question. Don’t worry, I’m here. I’ve got all the time you need. You don’t have to ask 10 questions in one second. It’s okay.”
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TODAY
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Omarosa — who was onTodayto promoteher new book,Unhinged— claimed at one point during the sit-down that hostSavannah Guthriewas asking questions too quickly.
When Guthrie asked the former Trump aide why she worked for Trump, on top of a few other questions, Omarosa retorted, “Savannah, slow down. I’m gonna answer your question. Don’t worry, I’m here. I’ve got all the time you need. You don’t have to ask 10 questions in one second. It’s okay.”
source: people.com
