Celebrity Apprentice – Who’s Playing Who?
It was clear from the beginning that Joan and Melissa Rivers were brought in purely for a ratings ploy. Joan’s ideas throughout the competition were questionable at best, lacking decency, professionalism and any hint of humor. Remember “cluck cluck cluck”?
Donald Trump basically handed control of the board room over to Joan and Melissa’s tirades as they blasted anybody who happened to flip their bitch switch.
Annie, although totally self centered with her “look what I can do” approach to the game, was a much better project manager and fund raiser in every one of her tasks. In the real world Annie’s results and hard driven style to winning and fund raising would have catapulted her to victory.
Perhaps, though, one of Annie Duke’s biggest mistakes through the entire season of Celebrity Apprentice was not realizing that the Trump deck had already been stacked. And it wasn’t in her favor. Donald or the producers were in love with Joan from the beginning and it had nothing to do with her intelligence. They let her explosions walk away with the boardrooms and ultimately the entire show.
Both Joan and Melissa walked out on the show, dis’ing Donald and promising not to return. Joan even abandonded her team in the process. All of these actions would have resulted in immediate and permanent dismissal on any real Business Reality show. But both were allowed to come back, along with Dennis Rodman as though nothing had happened.
I have lost respect for the show itself as far as “business reality”. Donald appears to have sold out to the pressures of being accepted by Hollywood D-listers, lusting after his own status. With his kissing up and compromising he has lowered himself to just short of groveling. From a business perspective, any real owner would have surely picked Annie Duke’s track record over Joan Rivers’ emototional flamboyance.
Maybe there is more to this story than we know. Are there puppet masters behind the curtain pulling the strings? As they say, follow the money. Do the clues lie in who was involved and which charity won? Perez Hilton, Joan Rivers, Joan’s Charity, Kathy Griffin, Cross Dressers at the final event?
Sometimes things don’t make any logical sense because YOU might be the one getting played.
