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Arnold Schwarzenegger Won’t Return to Celebrity Apprentice Due to You-Know-Who

Forgive the obvious opener, but… … Arnold Schwarzenegger will NOT be back. The actor-turned-Govenor-turned-reality-TV-host said hasta la vista, baby to Celebrity Apprentice on Friday, announcing that he will not return to the NBC series for a second season. The star, of course, took over for Donald Trump as host for the latest installment of this franchise. And that was basically the entire problem Schwarzenegger explained via statement. “I loved every second of working with NBC and Mark Burnett,” the 69-year old said, adding: “Everyone – from the celebrities to the crew to the marketing department – was a straight 10, and I would absolutely work with all of them again on a show that doesn’t have this baggage.” Ah, yes. This baggage . Schwarzenegger is referring to the fact that Donald Trump stayed on as Executive Producer of Celebrity Apprentice, despite being elected President of the United States in November. This cast a controversial shadow over the program before it even premiered in January. “With Trump being involved in the show, people have a bad taste and don’t want to participate as a spectator or as a sponsor or in any other way support the show,” Arnold continued. “It’s a very divisive period now, and I think this show got caught up in all that division.” It didn’t exactly help that Trump actively trash-talked his predecessor over the show’s dwindling ratings. “Wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got ‘swamped’ (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine, DJT,” Trump Tweeted on Friday, January 6 . He added at the time: “So much for being a movie star-and that was season 1 compared to season 14. Now compare him to my season 1. But who cares, he supported [John] Kasich & Hillary [Clinton].” Schwarzenegger responded by slamming Trump as a “skunk,” and later tweeted to the commander in chief himself: “I wish you the best of luck and I hope you’ll work for ALL of the American people as aggressively as you worked for your ratings.” Celebrity Apprentice did struggle in the ratings this season, but it also decreased over the course of Trump’s run. NBC has yet to pick up the show for another run, following Matt Iseman emerging victorious in the season finale that aired last month. In another Tweet, Schwarzenegger addressed Trump as follows: “Please study this quote from [Abraham] Lincoln’s inaugural, @realDonald Trump. It inspired me every day I was Governor, and I hope it inspires you.” Schwarzenegger then went ahead and read the quote in a video. This is what it said: We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. View Slideshow: 27 Reality Stars Who Should Never Be On TV Again Did you choose a side in this Trump vs. Schwarzenegger feud? Or will you be happy when both just go away?

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The Real Daytime: Kenya Moore Talks “Former Boss” Donald Trump, And Being Body Shamed [Video]

Kenya opens up about her experience on “Celebrity Apprentice” and working with Trump… YouTube

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Donald Trump: I Wanted O.J. Simspon on Celebrity Apprentice!

The flaming Hindenberg wreckage that Donald Trump calls a presidential campaign inched ever closer to self-parody Wednesday night thanks to the revelation that Trump once entered into a professional relationship with a remorseless bloodthirsty beast. No, not Ted Cruz. We’re talking about the revelation that Trump once asked O.J. Simpson to appear on Celebrity Apprentice . Yes, well after O.J. was controversially acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, Trump thought it would be a good idea to have the former NFL running back/probable cold-blooded killer star on his goofy reality show. You may be thinking, “Hey, Trump’s pretty dumb. Maybe he’s one of those people who genuinely believes O.J. is innocent!” Nope. Turns out that Trump totally thinks O.J. is a double murderer and wanted him to star on his show anyway, because ratings. Like the revelation that Trump likes to refer to his daughter, Ivanka, as a “piece of ass,” this one comes to us courtesy of Howard Stern, who apparently has a snake charmer-like ability to get Trump to spill embarrassing details about his past. “I do have to tell you about O.J. and The Apprentice ,'” Trump told Stern in a July 2008 interview. “NBC went totally crazy when I wanted to put O.J. on The Apprentice .” Yeah, they went “totally crazy” for not wanting to put one of the most hated men in America on an already poorly-rated reality show. What a bunch of uptight squares, right? Shockingly, Trump confirms that he stopped playing golf with Simpson when he “realized he killed his wife,” but he was willing to overlook that indiscretion in order to boost his numbers in the 18-49 demo. Asked why he would consider such a bizarre ratings stunt, Trump replied as only Trump can: “In your business, there’s a thing called ratings,” the real estate mogul told Stern. “And, you know you can come up with a cure for cancer – I found out a lot about your business – because, hey, I’m the biggest star. I’m now the biggest star. “So I know that if you come up with a cure for cancer, and if you put it on, and if it doesn’t get ratings, they will not broadcast it.” Trump added that he’d rather have O.J. appear on camera in a blood-splattered Bills jersey with a knife between his teeth than eradicate one of the deadliest diseases on the planet: “So, you come with a cure for a disease, no good. Now, I know this if I put O.J. on huge ratings. Oh, forget it, 35 million people.”  Asked if he went so far as to contact Simpson about the gig, Trump once again offered a reply that can only be described as Trumpian: “I don’t want to go into it, but O.J. would have done it. I can’t go into the details,” the 70-year-old said. “I hadn’t spoken to him in years, I don’t like people that kill their wives. Does that make sense? Does that make me a disloyal person?” So along with POWs, add “people who kill their wives” to the list of things the Donald doesn’t care for. Of course, this is just the latest in a series of bizarre interactions between Trump and NBC . Most recently, the footage of Trump boasting about sexual assault that leaked online was shot for an NBC-owned show ( Access Hollywood ) on the set of a different NBC series ( Days of Our Lives ). Donald Trump & Billy Bush: Lewd Comments Caught on Video Prior to that, the network had been accused of both hampering Trump’s campaign and helping to humanize him to voters. The former allegations come from the Trump campaign, of course, while the latter originated with media analysts who believe Matt Lauer went easy on Trump during September’s Commander-In-Chief Forum. Many also believe that  Jimmy Fallon’s interview with Trump  the same month was designed to make the GOP nominee more relatable to voters. Trump described his friendship with O.J. – and bizarre contempt for murder victim Nicole Brown Simpson – in a 2004 interview: “I’m sitting having dinner and O.J. came up to me — I was sitting with very important people, big bankers, nobody that you know, big, big bankers, and we were sitting there, there were six of us, and O.J. came up,” Trump said. Jimmy Fallon Talks Donald Trump “And he was talking to us for about three minutes, and Nicole, was with her mother I think, and she came over, and she started screaming at him, ‘get over to the table, what the hell are you—’ she was rough, in all fairness.” He added (presumably to a cringing reporter): “She was very tough. She came over and she really embarrassed him, she was screaming at him. She didn’t care. And that was before The Apprentice so she didn’t give a damn about me.  View Slideshow: 19 Things Donald Trump Has Actually Said While Running for President “Now she’d be kissing my ass. Now I’m the biggest star on television, she’ll kiss my ass.” Trump concluded, with a laugh: “So, he decided obviously to kill her.” Donald Trump, ladies and gentlemen!

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Set To Host “The Celebrity Apprentice”

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NBC has announced that Arnold Schwarzenegger will replace Donald Trump as the new host for “The Celebrity Apprentice.” After the Donald chose to run for…

Arnold Schwarzenegger Set To Host “The Celebrity Apprentice”

Arnold Schwarzenegger Set To Host “The Celebrity Apprentice”

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NBC has announced that Arnold Schwarzenegger will replace Donald Trump as the new host for “The Celebrity Apprentice.” After the Donald chose to run for…

Arnold Schwarzenegger Set To Host “The Celebrity Apprentice”

Dear Black Twitter, Raven-Symone Knows You Hate Her, But She Doesn’t Care

Raven doesn’t have time to worry over witty Black people with Twitter accounts.

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Deuces! NBC Dumps Donald Trump After Racist Comments

This means that the “Miss USA Pageant,” the “Miss Universe Pageant” and the “Celebrity Apprentice” are now out of a network home.

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Team Twirl: Kenya Moore Nets Cover Of ‘Rolling Out Magazine’

The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Kenya Moore is getting her sexy on for the cover of Rolling Out magazine. Love or hate her, the Celebrity Apprentice…

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Is Kenya Moore Shadier On “Celebrity Apprentice” Than She Is On RHOA? [EXCLUSIVE AUDIO]

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We all know Kenya Moore  is shady boots on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” but she might be even worse on “Celebrity Apprentice” (as if…

Is Kenya Moore Shadier On “Celebrity Apprentice” Than She Is On RHOA? [EXCLUSIVE AUDIO]

Keshia Knight Pulliam Talks Cosby Allegations & Not Calling Him To Avoid Being Axed On Celeb Apprentice

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Celebrity Apprentice viewers are still reeling (I know I am!) from Donald Trump’s decision to give Keisha Knight Pulliam the boot after she failed to…

Keshia Knight Pulliam Talks Cosby Allegations & Not Calling Him To Avoid Being Axed On Celeb Apprentice