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04-02-2018 12:05 AM |
Sparknotes on Omarosa for all those unfamiliar:
• She first rose to prominence on the original series of The Apprentice with Donald Trump in 2004. The Apprentice was watched by ~30 million people and was a HUGE hit. Omarosa was the villain of the series—her most notorious moments included falsely accusing a fellow contestant of calling her the n-word, undermining her best friend in front of Trump to get her fired, faking an injury to get out of doing several tasks, and intentionally sabotaging her team in the finale. She was dubbed 'The woman America loves to hate,' and parodied by Maya Rudolph on SNL.
• In 2005, she appeared on another reality show, The Surreal Life. I didn’t watch this series but it starred Caprice (CBBUK 3) and Janice Dickinson (CBBUK 16). I do know that the main storyline of the season centered around a feud between Janice and Omarosa that resulted in Janice quitting the show. One of their fights included an inebriated Janice brandishing a KNIFE at Omarosa after Omarosa brought up Janice’s childhood sexual abuse to demean her.
• In 2008, she was brought back for the first series of The Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump. She was even more outrageous and villainous than in her original Apprentice series. She had a huge feud with Piers Morgan. Highlights included pouring a drink over Piers’ head in an argument, insulting his parenting, and accusing him of being an ADULTERER. She used most of the same tactics as in her original Apprentice of getting into arguments with fellow contestants, manipulating them into not taking her to the boardroom, and undermining people and shifting the blame onto others to get them fired.
• As a result of her infamy, in 2010, Donald Trump gave Omarosa her own spinoff, the short-lived reality show “The Ultimate Merger.” It was basically The Apprentice meets The Bachelorette. It didn’t sound interesting so I didn’t watch lol.
• In 2013 she returned to The Apprentice for its Celebrity All-Star series. She didn’t last as long as she did in her two previous stints and was kind of toned down, but was still a big villain. She got into a fight with La Toya Jackson (CBBUK 6) and criticized her for “betraying” Michael when he was accused of molestation back in the 90s. La Toya, in turn, accused Omarosa of MURDERING HER FIANCE, Michael Clarke Duncan (Oscar nominated for The Green Mile). Omarosa went on to file a defamation lawsuit against La Toya but it was settled out of court as far as I know. TV Guide went on to name her one of the 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time.
• Ever the opportunist, when Donald Trump started gaining momentum in his 2016 presidential campaign, Omarosa popped up out of the blue to voice support (despite being a lifelong democrat). After Trump won the election, he rewarded Omarosa with an official White House position and her entire year there was plagued with controversy. No one knows what her exact duties where, or her role in the Trump administration. It’s alleged that she helped to create a toxic work environment, feuded with many of the other White House staff, provided Trump with negative press just to make him angry (this was supposedly a game among the interns—Who Can Make Donald Trump Angriest), and invited her wedding party to the White House for pictures (which secret service had to confiscate for security concerns). After a new Chief of Staff took over, Omarosa was fired. She threw a tantrum, tried to run to Trump office, but was ESCORTED OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE BY SECURITY. The official story is that Omarosa left of her own volition but… let’s be real, she was totally dragged out kicking and screaming.
She’s done tons of other things that I can’t remember. She wrote a book called “The Bitch Switch,” got into fights with Wendy Williams and Bethenny Frankel on their own talk shows, got engaged to Oscar nominee Michael Clarke Duncan who died of a heart attack shortly after, appeared on Oprah, became an ordained Baptist minister, etc, etc, etc.
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