The Apprentice star ‘fired by Lord Alan Sugar before end of episode’ in show first
Apparently there was no time to waste.
Lord Alan Sugar was so fed up with a candidate on the current series of The Apprentice that he decided to fire them before the episode had even ended, it’s been reported.
It’s been claimed that this was a show first, as typically the business magnate at least gives the entrepreneurs a chance to defend themselves in the boardroom before he makes his final decision.
In the latest episode, which airs tonight, the two teams were tasked with creating new banking apps and money boxes geared towards children aged between six and nine.
As per usual, the team that scored the most money in investments won… but while it’s no surprise that one of the contestants was sent home, this time around, Lord Sugar decided to act on his disappointment earlier than usual.
It’s been claimed that before the project manager on the losing team brought in two people for the final boardroom showdown, the 77-year-old took matters into his own hands prematurely.
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‘I’ve heard enough,’ he said, according to The Mirror, when the room was still filled with all of the remaining candidates.
The business mogul didn’t wait for the losing project manager to bring in two of their team members before firing one of them (Picture: BBC)He then stated: ‘It seems like a completely disjointed organisation you were running there, completely disjointed.
‘I don’t like wasting my time. I think the dynamics of the team is terrible at the moment, listening to everybody, I think that you missed an opportunity.’
Then, he dealt the final blow, pointing at the doomed participant and announcing: ‘You’re fired.’
Lord Sugar wasn’t the only harsh critic in the episode, as the two teams also had to face brutally honest critiques from the target demographic for their products: children.
One child reportedly told a team that their money box ‘looks like popcorn’, with another jibe calling the product ‘kind of babyish’.
The early firing isn’t the first dramatic incident to take place on this year’s series of The Apprentice.
The early firing isn’t the only dramatic moment of this year’s series (Picture: BBC)One candidate, Dr Jana Denzel, dramatically quit the series, having been accused of using racist language in an incident and reportedly been asked to take part in diversity training by producers.
The dentist also said that his departure had been prompted by a ‘really hurtful comment’ from Lord Sugar.
It was later claimed that Dr Jana felt as though he was being ‘set up to fail’ on the programme.
‘Jana felt that he was being tripped up in tasks designed to make him look bad,’ an insider told The Sun. ‘He understands reality TV has to be about entertainment, but was unhappy about how unfair and staged it felt.
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In a TikTok video, Dr Jana addressed the allegation that he had used racist language, stating: ‘On one of the tasks, I was in charge of creating a character for a particular industry I don’t often see people like me being represented in.’
Another candidate informed him that he had used the ‘wrong choice of words’, while he added in the video: ‘I apologised, changed what I said, and carried on.’
A representative for The Apprentice declined to comment when contacted by Metro.
The Apprentice airs tonight at 9pm on BBC One and is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
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