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'The Celebrity Apprentice' finale fight card: Annie Duke v Joan Rivers
By April MacIntyre May 10, 2009, 20:45 GMT
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joan is a miserable loser i hope anne kicks her butt
clint black sucks, dead weight....
Joan is ridiculous....she is everything that nasty that comes out of her own mouth.....
I would NEVER want her representing my charity after this...
Joan and Melissa are the quintessential 'divas'. THe best thing that happened to tv was when they were kicked off tv for talking about other celebs. Joan's attitude of superiority is sickening.
Both Joan and Annie are competitive, but the difference is in their attitudes towards their success. Annie conveys an attitude that it is all about her, and that she is the sole reason for her team's victory. Joan conveys leadership with integrity and heart, and you genuinely feels that she cares about her charity. With Annie, there is no heart.
Annie kept insisting that she never maligned Joan, and yet she is seen on film calling Joan a despicable woman. Annie is indeed a liar.
I have been in leadership positions for many years, and I can tell you that Annie is a micromanager who only wants to have things done her way.
I feel sorry for Melissa---while she is proud of her Mother, she did indeed have an embarassing meltdown when she was fired. Melissa simply rides on her Mother's coatails, and has Donald Trump proclaimed, Melissa Rivers is not Joan Rivers.
Go Joan!!! You are a leader with style, grace, and integrity.
Annie Duke is obsessed with Joan! Joan deserves to win, she's twice Annie's age and kicks ass!
I have been a fan of Joan Rivers most of my life. I think she is a fantastic comedienne and got screwed out of the Tonight Show gig once Johnny Carson retired, but her meltdowns on this show make me think less of her. I don't care about attacks based on ideas and ideology, but personal attacks without any rational basis are beneath intelligent adults. Annie Duke should not have been attacked based on her chosen profession. I was always told that a person should strive to be the best at whatever they do. If you are a garbage collector, be the best, and you can be respected for that. Annie has shown herself to be one of the best poker players in the World. Can Joan claim to be one of the best comedians ever? There should not have been any personal attacks and they diminished Ms. Rivers beyond my expectations. I salute Annie Duke, if for no other reason than her class and ability to maintain in the face of unwarranted personal attacks.
Joan River is good person, as well is Anne Duke, however, Joan has much better class persona that Anne Duke... This do not mean i dislike Anne, it is just my analysis on those two women... both of them have been working hard for their goals..but I wish.. Joan River takes the stake...
Just want to say even if Annie loses she has done it with class which Joan and Melissa truly lack. Good thing Joan has long coattails for Melissa to ride on.
i really feel that if donald trump lets joan rivers win it truoy is poor bussiness mangement. i am shocked by the reverse descrimination along with the rude unprofessional behavior that was just excepted as professional. if his deciosn is soly made on who can make more money for him in the long run threw tv shows ect.. rideculous
I think Joan Rivers was given the longer leash because of her name only.
In my opinion she sucked.(so did her baby melissa) and the personal attacks on Annie made her look very foolish and that made the last 4-5 episodes undesirable..
so ... where do you think Joan keeps 'The Donald's' b***s?
The fix has been in since the beginning
Now that idiot Joan has won with her whimpering to Donald...Melissa and her can 'Kiss' each other's ass to the cleaners. I really think they wipe each other's butt when done....
To call Joan Rivers a 'role model' is a slap in the face to everyone who is actually charged with mentoring anyone. If yelling, interrupting, lying, and raising the most spoiled of brats is being a role model, then I feel soory for us all.
I was extremely surprised that Joan acted in such a manner. Until watching the show I respected her work and mannerisms, however; I have a different outlook now. I lost a tremendous amount of respect for her. I believe Annie did win overall and through out the show. I think Joan was declared the winner for show ratings only not on technique or how the game was played.
This was an outrageous choice. Joan Rivers showed little class or professionalism. Her personal attacks were way over the top. No business executive in the 'real world' would tolerate her. I have lost a significant amount of respect for Donald Trump and will certainly not watch this show in the future.
how the did joan rivers win? i have never seen such bad sportsmanship in my life. she was the most nasty person i have ever seen on this show and whatever little respect i ever had for her i lost in this show. she should never of won....she did not deserve to win, she didnt raise the most money, which the show is mostly about, she took everything personally, and lastly, after she walked out when her (still breastfed) daughter got fired she walked off the show, for which donald trump would have fired anyone else for 'quitting'? i amm sooooooooooooo pissed off atm.
Annie should have won (more money raised by a huge margin). Didn't the Donald fire someone in one of the prior seasons for using the phrase 'white trash'. Joan gets a pass. I will never watch that show again and lost my repect for Trump.
Joan is a liar, I will never watch that show again. Cant believe
Trump couldnt see the lies. Annie got screwed. I guess someone didnt have the gots to call the real winner for the celeb world may have freaked out. Joan couldnt even use another designer for the the room, she had to have her own people, was freakin out. I feel bad for the designer.
Sorry but Annie is the winner. You rock girl.
This was complete B.S. I wil never watch the celebrity apprentice again.
Joan Rivers suffers from dementia and should not have even made it to the final. Annie Duke is the real winner. i will not stay at any Hotel that has the Trump name, and jewelry from Ivanca at all. Annie is the best.
Trump, you made the wrong call.
I'm appalled at the outcome of the 2009 Celebrity Apprentice. Joan Rivers is a disgusting person and very unprofessional. Annie Duke always conducted herself in a professional manner and was much more successful throughout the entire series. How can she lose the competition since she's younger. I don't think Joan's age should have been the reason she won.. age discrimination? Come on. I'd have hoped Mr. Trump would have taken control of the boardroom more and told Joan to 'SHUT UP'. Annie deserved the right to speak without constant interruption from both Joan and her daughter. In my mind 'Celebrity Apprentice' lost credibility after this series.
I was shocked that anyone, especially someone Joan Rivers age, popularity, and education could be such a negative person. If it was my board room, she would have been fired for her rude comments about anyone who disagreed with her. Since Donald Trump picked her over a much more honorable Annie Duke....I will never, never, never watch the Apprentice again. No company in there right mind would ever hire someone with no respect for others, like Joan Rivers.
total garbage ,,, rivers aqnd her daughter were nasty throughout the show. niether were good players BUT the Donald apparantly likes them !! Annie Dukes .. you are the winner ....
What an american embarrassment. Joans foul mouth is supposed to represent the elite 'Celebrity Apprentice'? I have black listed her, melissa and now the Apprentice. I hope Vegas doesn't invite her, I will not go there either. She is as bad as the whiner in season 1. I know rivers is a personal friend of the donald and perhaps was afraid of the tongue lashing he would get, since she can't seem to control her mouth. Last year Piers got it over Trace cause he had the heart and this year rivers got it for heart and her mouth should be incarcerated. Annie Duke was a consistent winner throughout and was robbed and Donald knows it.
In a real 'job interview' Trump would have never hired Joan Rivers, so I've lost respect for him as a businessman. Annie was a much better job candidate and Joan was so unprofessional. I'm never watching Celebrity Apprentice again.
Annie Duke should have won the apprentice. Donald if you look at this board you made a mistake!! Everyone took sides with Joan because of her history and status and popularity but the truthe is...Annie took a lot of insults and viscious attacks from both Joan and her daughter. She raised the MOST amount of money for Charity.
I do not see what Joan is talking about with regards to Annie being manipulative and a liar and so forth. IT WAS A GAME!!! Anne showed the most amount of class by not attacking Joan back. I am now a SUPPORTER OF 'Refugees International' because of Annie. I still have a huge amount of respect for Joan Rivers as well.
I can not believe that Joan won! She is NO ROLE MODEL TO ANYONE !!!I have lost a lot of respect for Joan Rivers. If she was in the real world they would have fired her for her comments and nastyness towards Anna! I have lost total respect for Donald Trump as well ...how could he hire someone who lies, attacks people's characters and someone so unprofessional as Joan Rivers!! I ponder this question and the answer I come up with is because of her name and who she is!! So wrong to do this Donald!!! Annie should of been the one you hired she acted professional under great stress when being personally attack by Joan. Yet when Annie tried to defend herself Joan started yelling so Annie could not be heard!! Donald should have stopped this!! I will not watch the Apprentice anymore and never buy anything of Joan Rivers!!! This show really showed Joan's true character!!!
It's the last appremtoce I'll watch. To see Trump to allow the Tiver team monopoloze the time and talk over whoever they wanted showed he has truly weakend.
I had no opionion of Joan Rivers before. Now I know that she os worse than anything she accused Duke of.
The writing was on the wall when everybpdy started to trivialized the money raising aspect (becase they knwe Duke would win it.
I guess next season I' just watch or play some poker instead - even if it does make me worse tham white trailer trash. I guess pnly a 76 year old relic can get away with taking like that. Also the Hitler comment, etc/
Joan Rivers is a very abusive person and so is her daughter Melissa. I wonder why Trump chose Joan over Annie, but he must have had his reasons. Annie played the game well and was a worthy representation for her charity.
I will not watch it next year. Joan should have been fired the show she was project manager and she sent the young golf player to select the jewlery. She is insulting and should not have been allowed to malign Annie with 'you are connected with the mafia, you are like hitler, you are white trash.....' It's dispicable that Trump would try to bamboozle the viewers to think that Joan is the better apprentice. Ludicrous! I am disappointed and I will not support that show anymore. It reminds me of the old apprentice, when he tried to screw Randal out of his winning position. After that I stopped watching it, and here it is again. Joan Rivers that win was a charity, and Annie, you are the consumate professional.
Dear Mr Trump,
Bad business decision. Your new apprentice has cost you your reputation. Maybe you won't get that ninth season after all. I will be watching the high stakes poker tournament instead~!!
I can't believe this ,i wont be watching the apprentice anymore.When he 'hires' an apprentice that resorts to name calling on almost every episode,he's the bigger idiot. Joan is nothing but a bully,and another spoiled celebrity.I wouldn't be surprised if she wrote the final script.She accuses of Annie having Mafia money,and Joan uses Mafia tactics to get ahead.If Joan Rivers could,she would have put Annie in the east river long ago.The way she whined every show she reminded me of someone in a bunker 60 years ago ,'why is this happening to me,dont they know who i am??' laugh
...and btw, Annie Duke - you go girl! - you are every bit a girl as you are a worthy woman! You did well and raised a lot of money for your charity and that is all matters. I did not know who were before Celebrity Apprentice, but i now have a lot of respect for you.
Donald...you really goofed this time..Believe me the 2010 audience of Apprentice will be smaller than this year. What did Joan do? Blackmail you? You may run a big company, but I bet you would never hire Joan to do a normal job for you........
Annie....you were the real winner ...and I think most normal intelligent people will agree. Oh! and I love gamblers....weren't all of the contestants gamblers...gambling to win for their charity? Annie...you rock.
Trump..you and Joan need counseling.........
Donald,
You screwed up again! You missed it last year and you did again this year. Annie, raised more money, was the better project manager, and in the ruthless world of business, I believe Annie was and should be the Celebrity Apprentice.....
I never post on blogs, however; I felt I had to vent after just watching the finale of Celebrity Apprentice. I was so impressed to hear recently that Donald Trump actually took up for Miss California regarding being true to herself. This final apprentice was absolutely ridiculous. You have all of Joan's NY based fans in the audience cheering her on.....and for what....because of 'STAMINA' at her age? Joan knows that Annie has four children and she still chose to personally attack her on national tv....that is not integrity and class. It's even more amazing that people would rather Joan win!!?? It was Joan's fault that the designers quit so it put Annie in a position to scramble to get her task complete and that should have been addressed further. Joan talked over Annie each time in the board room and Donald just allowed it. I'm sure ultimately it had to do with the company one keeps in the uppercrust social circle!! I'm sure Donald and Joan go way back....but that is not why she should have won. Joan should be ashamed of herself as that is not how I would want to see my Great Grandomother behave!! What a disgrace.
Not watching next year. Sorry Donald. The jig is up. This was complete B.S. You told Jesse James that telling Rodman that he was stupid was 'not nice.' But sat by as Joan was completely out-of-control with her nasty mouth. Ugh. I feel like I need to shower after watching that crap.
I think Clint Black got it right on the finale when asked who he would fire, and he answered 'the editor'. I think what people fail to realize is how much editing really goes in to realty television shows. They try to pit one person (or group of people) against another because it makes for better ratings.
I'm sure there truly was animosity between Joan and Annie, and who knows what comments were not captured on film? How can anyone really tell who was more honourable?
When asked tonight who should win, only one of the celebrity apprentices, said they thought Annie should win. Remember - these are the people that spent time with both finalists on and off cameras and, based on their comments, I think the right person was named Celebrity Apprentice.
WTF! An absolute disgrace the TV viewing public. Annie won the most for charity hands down. Was that not the reason Pierce won last year????? Joan was a disgrace to everyone in her personal attacks in the board room. MR. Trump wouldn't evan quiet Joan long enough to let Annie answer his question. Annie you got screwed and the whole world knows it. Will never watch anything associated with Donald Trump again!
I'll never watch that show again. It's obviusly fixed. It was obvious from mid season on that donalds relationship with joan would shape his decision in the end. He seemmed to enjoy watching the two spoiled, wining rivers girls berate annie with out letting her defend herself. Annie showed more class than the two of them put together.
donalds stupid
Hey caveman! Get a clue. You obviously did not watch the show!!! Joan rocked and Annie was a total controlling bitch! Back to the 'poker' table Annie!!!!!!
Well we have really witnessed the bastardization of the concept of reality TV. It is obvious that Donald Trump's show is geared to showcasing his friends, selling his daughter's really inferior jewelry, and filling his own pockets. If any CEO allowed the antics of the Rivers embarassments to happen, his/her credibility and intelligence would definitely be questioned. Joan and Melissa, the facelift queens, were allowed to constantly interupt and berate anyone they wanted to and Dunderhead Trump allowed it. These two women have a lot of class - unfortunately it is all low. I am of the opinion that the fix was in; River's win was in her contract, and Trump signed off on it all. I will not waste my time watching even one minute of any further Celebrity Apprentice activities.
Trump, you need to have something under that crappy hairstyle you have before you try to position yourself as someone who knows the right way to run businesses. Afgter all, you were not able to make money running a casino, Jeez! As for the River twins - you two couldn't fight your way out of a wet paper bag. Ooops, sorry, you are two wet paper bags.
Annie Duke, while you are a little to I, I, I, I, oriented, you were a class act and deserved to win.
I'll never watch that show again....outrageous....the money Joan gives to her charity should be considered 'dirty'...Annie was a true lady. You go girl!!!!!
I just deleted my TVo for Celebrity Apprentice. For Joan and Melissa to get away with treating someone the way that they did and then for Joan to 'WIN'. I've always had the greatest admiration for Donald Trump and now I will never watch the Apprentice ever again. The 'tag team' tactics of Joan and Melissa to get away with calling Brande a slut and Annie white trash is beyond my comprehension and this coming from a women whose charity begins with 'God's Love'...is she kidding me? God would be appauled! Annie should hold her head high. She took the ABUSE with grace and dignity. If Joan would have taken the time, she would know that Annie is a highly educated woman. But Joan thinks she is better than everyone. The next time she calls someone 'white trash' she should be looking at herself in the mirror! And Melissa is not worth the time to comment on.
Joan Rivers is no Lady, and I sure would not want her in My Board Room.
How could Trump want her in any of his board rooms. Was he scared to fire her, I case she started calling him names like Hitler.
Joan has never been my favourite, and now I like her even less. If Annie had called Joan bad names the media would have been all over her. It seems like it is okay what Joan did. What a double standard.
I will NEVER EVER watch apprentice again. I have been a faithful follower since season 1. Picking Joan Rivers as the Celebrity Apprentice made my respect of Donald Trump decline immeasurably. Joan is a whinney bitch, evil, backstabber, deceitful and downright hateful.
Annie at least had class and raised a TON of money for charities.
BAD BAD BAD decision Mr. Trump.
I will never watch your show again.
Good luck with loud mouth, opinionated, backstabbing, vicious, deceitful Joan........she is such an embarraement.
Joan is Hollywood, Annie is not. All of the celebrities that picked Joan didn't want to get blacklisted. Simple. This is a Hollywood show, and all of the fake, plastic, crap that it is made out of is shown to full effect here.
It was obvious where the CLASS, DECENCY, and INTEGRITY were, and who the real winner was. I know who I would want supporting my charity.
This show was sickening.
This is the first time that I have ever replyed about a tv show, also the first time I ever watched the apprentice show completely. I feel a need to say that Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa are about the least classy people that I have ever met. They have personnaly attacked almost every person on the show with their loud irritating, crass egotistical mouth. They start yelling and calling people names when anyone say anything negative about either. I believe that Donald Trump took sides with both of those vile bitches all along. They both should have been taken off the show very early on. Nobody hurt them more than their disgusting behavior on this show. I would never walk across the street to see either one or ever have one ounce of thought for anything they were promoting or discussing ever again. My used underwear has more class than either one of these two. B____h's.
To those who thought Joan Rivers was deserving of winning, DID WE WATCH THE SAME SHOW? Show biz people stick up for show biz people no matter how classless they are. Annie Duke was by far the wimmer. We all saw the show where the decorators refused to work with the 'apprentice' program because of Joan Rivers, and Annie needed to scramble for resources. Don't the trumps view the whole program. Annie is not the liar. I would not want Joan Rivers in my boardroom or anywhere else, the 'popular kids' in show business can have her and her mouth.
i am sick of seeing all these dead animals hanging all over joan. i used to like her. she is really gross.
Donald, you, your staff and your show lost all credibility this season. You clearly made a deal with Joan before the show started. She was no where near the best. I know a lot of people that will never watch your show again. Joan lied and you had it right on camera-- so much for tranparancy!!
Joan is such a trashy / classless person, and her daughter is the biggest cry baby. Who else thinks it's ironic that Trump owns Casinos (where poker players play) yet keeps Joan, the wonderful 'role model' that calls people Hitler, B--ches, and Hos. What a joke. I wont watch the show again. Annie kicked her ass by raising more than double the money, almost triple.
I will never watch this show again! What shallow manipulation! Any respectable board room would never allow such overt personal attacks. Joan and Mellisa Rivers showed their true colors...petty, nasty, rude...the descriptions are endless. This show has lowered itself to sub-standard, idiotic trash. I have wasted hours watching this show against my better judgment but got hooked by some of the more interesting characters. Pathetic television in the end. Trump should be ashamed. He lacked the backbone and courage to stop the petty crap... it's just a facade for ratings. Shame on me. But then... he's lost at two viewers forever and by the leanings of the other posts, many more as well. You truly reap what you sow.
What a miserable human being Joan Rivers is. I wonder if all those injections are now leaking to her brain. Her face looks like a mask but its ghoulishness is nothing to her classless behavior. You can take the cow off the farm but it is still just a cud-chewing cow.
Mr Trump; If this is the way your boardrooms actually are run and Joan Rivers behavior is allowed, your success is a mystery. Annie displayed 10X the character over Joan. The whole thing tonight was dumb Mr Trump and I think anyone who is in business would agree.
Joan, I have never gotten so riled watching a tv show as I have watching you tonight. You were a disgrace to all mothers. You are rude; arrogant; you have a filthy mouth; you lie; and you are extremely unprofessional. It's no wonder your daughter is the way she is; she learned her manners from you - or should I say the lack of them. I always enjoyed watching you, until tonight. MY blood pressure is so high right now I want to thank you for circulating my blood. I can't believe that you think you have to act so disgracefully, to get attention. I will never watch anything that you, or your daughter, are involved in. You owe Annie Duke, and the viewers, a giant apology. Jean
Joan is the evil one and if she wins i will NEVER watch the show agian Annie is clearly the better player and person Joans face looks so bad and so does her daughters they are so fake and if they win it is The fact Donold is out of his mind
Joan Rivers is a joke. The eratic behavior and clueless nepotism she has displayed is sadly understandable, and I imagine Donald felt a little embarassed about it when compared to his presenting his offspring as some sort of business experts.
This is only an example of Trump's lack of objectivity, and promising her a win is probably the only way he could get her to come back to his show after her childish exit.
For the most part the quality of the apprentices was abysmal, but I think it is very revealing on how removed from reality most celebrities are. In this sense I think Trump is doing society a solid.
I am glad of the outcome of this season for the following reasons: First, I must state that I also have not ever commented on line about any show, blog, sport, etc. ever, however, this show ticked me off soo bad...
1. It showed us all what a class act Ms. Duke was. Way to go you trashy poker player you. (sarcasm)
2. It revealed the true colours of Ms. Rivers and her daughter, which reminded me of grade 4. Their careers (if you can call Melissa's a career) are over as we now know it. They have clearly lost respect of many a persons, by reading the nurmerous blogs above.
3. It illustrated to us clearly what a fixed horse race really looks like. There were so many tips in this final episode as to how this was true. The only other apprentice who could have cared less what Trump thinks was everyone else's fav - Jesse James. He made a joke as to why he picked Annie, however, the others, including washed up 'give him a second chance' Rodman, basically were reading cue cards as to who they 'thought' should win. The answer was obvious. Even poor Piers was forced to give his opinion and the criteria for 'winning' the final event was geared toward 'not' building money for charity, which is the opposite reason why Jesse was fired - for not calling on his money honey. Bs.
Sad.
While I can say I won't watch in the future, I'm curious if he will ever fess up to this based upon feedback and want to see that reaction.It won't ever happen as he is too proud to admit to anything. Sad as I thought this was his one avenue of his life where the money didn't mean that much. Also, isn't anyone curious as to what the heck was on that note when Melissa got canned???
I had about 80% respect for Donald before the finale. I've lost enough to say it's down to less than 10%. He chose Joan out of peer pressure, poor judgement, and because I think he's afraid of Annie. When Annie said that no real board room would allow character assasination, she hurt his feelings. Annie showed true character in the board room meetings. Well done Annie!
Annie should have won. She played the game like Pears did last season. She kept her cool and always produced. Joan Rivers is a disgusting and vile person, constantly interrupting anything Annie would say in fear that people would hear the truth. Joan Rivers is a LOSER with a plastic face. I am VERY disappointed in Donald Trump. It is almost like he picked Joan Rivers because she was an old friend. At least he got the OLD part right. Annie, you were great and you were ripped off. You have a lot of new fans.
Hey Donald, do you think your viewers are complete idiots? You showed us that you and your show were dishonest. The fix was in from the very beginning. It was fun to watch Nasty Joan and her spoiled ugly no talent daughter make total asses of themselves but selecting her as the winner was a really bad business move on your part. If you read these comments you will see that a majority of us will not be viewing next years show. Finally , would you still support her if she compared you to Hitler, and accused you of having ties to Tony Soprano. Bada Bing, Donald, this time you were not a wise guy.
Who won the Apprentice tonight?
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Poor Melissa....imagine spending your life saying...er no...' That's no lady...That's my mother!'
Just talked to people at work....25 out of 26 say...they will never watch apprentice again...that is 25 homes and over 100 people total...all canceling your show.
We all decided that we would love to be one of your sponsors, then we could tell you 'Donals....your FIRED'
Donald was going to champion Joan Rivers as 'Goddess of All Holy' from day one. Her Highness was vile, trashy, and could only see her well-trained brat of a daughter with tunnel vision that the rest of the world saw as the truth. Like mother, like daughter. Donald would not stop Joan from constantly trashing Annie, never interrupt her rants and allow Annie to defend all the crap Joan dished. I had high respect from the beginning of this season, but I will not give one more minute to Trump. I am not a poker player, knew nothing of Annie before this season, but came to see someone not in the 'circle of Donald' who raised enormous money for her charity and not get the credit she deserved. Annie should take great pleasure in the fact she is a real beauty and will never be the plastic freak Joan is. Melissa-take a look in the mirror and STOP. Annie, good for you! You truly won and the deck was stacked against you from day one. Know in your heart you are a true winner and not a fake one. Good Luck and know those two could never achieve your level of class, as they don't have any.
To Annie this was all just another game to be won. To Joan, it was so much more than that. Joan won not only because Annie let Joan get the best of her, but even at the very end, Annie still did not truly understand the meaning of what being the apprentice is all about. She touted to Trump how SHE raised more money and SHE was better than Joan and how SHE must be superior in this category or that. She never once mentioned the importance of the mission; again it was all about her and her own needs. In contrast, Joan never tried to sell herself to Trump; she instead focused on how much good the both of them did for their respective charities and the quality of work each of them did in their missions. In this way Joan truly understood what being the apprentice was all about. And in the end Trump apparently agreed that Joan was the right pick after all.
Oh my God! Had Annie made the same horrible comments as Joan, Donald would have ripped her apart! They both did a great job in their respective tasks, however, Annie is far superior to Joan when it comes handling pressure. Is it me or didn't Joan cause them both to lose the party planners? Unquestionably, Trump was partial to Joan from the beginning! Trump is ridiculous!
It is over and Joan won.
Donald Your Fired!
I have enjoyed this show more than any other show in years. Clint made a comment about the way the show was edited so did we get to see the real deal?
Great show Donald but from what I saw you made the wrong choice.
So Donald...Your fired!!
If you did it on purpose to build a bigger deal out of it well then, that is just great show business but it would really take the realness out of it for me. The reason is because until now you have been spot on.
If the whole show is really just a hoax it is a great one.
I just wish bout of your kids would and stood up and said:
Dad..your fired!
No one human is better than another. Any clan or race that spews how much better they are than another group needs the exit! Annie Duke won.
Donald..........You're fired.
Joan Rivers SUCKS! And so does he talentless daughter. Annie Duke ROCKS! No one in the real business world would tolerate Joans BS for one minute.
I've never cared much for Joan River's comedy but the woman is horrible and so is her daughter. I can tell you if my mother had acted like Joan did I certainly wouldn't have been proud of her. Annie you are the celebrity apprentice in my book regardless, you have more class in your little finger than Joan has in her whole body. I can't help but wonder if it was already decided before you all came together tonight. How rude it was for Donald Trump not to listen to what actually happened with the designers although he must have known as he could watch the same as we did. You made a totally wrong decision on this one. I personally as well as others that I talk with are totally disappointed in the decision. I am inclined to think that this wasn't a 'fair' outcome. Eventhough you have been approved for another season, I don't care if I watch or not.
Very disappointed with the result. The Rivers are in no way good role models. I thought they would have more class and poise under pressure but I was wrong. I will never watch Trump's show.....Ever! Its a sad reflection of our society. That people with the means and right connection get away with a lot of c**p. On a hind sight, I agree that Trump has his mind set on Joan winning from the start. I should have known better than waste precious hours of sleep watching this TV show. No more next time, though... Thank God.
Dear Mr. Trump, You are an astute individual. Unfortunately this railroad job that you helped to orchestrate, deprived Annie of what in my opinion was a clear and transparent win. As someone has previously said, 'the fix for Joan Rivers and her indulged,ill mannered, foul-mouthed daughter, was in'. The bad apple apparently does not fall far from the tree. Little Orphan Annie was certainly no angel, but with Joan as the Wicked Witch and her daughter as the Slobbering Hunchback, Annie certainly had no problem staring in the role of Snow White.
Mr. Trump, over the years I have respected you for many different reasons. My young son used to listen to your 'Art of the deal' on his little toy tape player, really looked up to you and successfully patterned his carrier after yours. As I watched this Celeb. Apprentice develop, I began to smell a rat, but figured your good and reasoned judgment would sort it out in the end. Not long ago, following,
the outrageous display of of one of your Miss USA judges, Perez Hilton, I really was looking forward to your commentary on what was obviously one of the most the most disgusting and unprofessional displays from a judge supposedly operating under the rules of a well-respected Beauty Pageant. (Please see the rules of the pageant). After holding my breath, I watched you waffle on that as well. This is probably really not the time or space enough to discuss that travesty. And by the way, the travesty was NOT about who did or did not win the contest. Mr. Trump, you are developing an embarrassing behavior pattern. I believe you have blown whatever self-respect and social-political capital you had left. You remember the old saying: ' you can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of them all of the time' I'm always amazed at how we can all be fooled some of the time, but the public always eventually figures it out. I may be wrong, but I doubt it. I think you are going to see a tremendous backlash. I for one will not waste my time with any of the celebrity programs any longer. By Golly, I might even take up poker to get a little moral clarity! After all,at least in the old movies the poker cheats seem to always manage to get shot. I believe I'm beginning to see Who Will Be This Seasons Biggest Loser! I could be wrong, but I doubt it. What do think? Jonson from Visconsin
obviously 'they don't call it showbiz for nothin'......oh joan , joan, joan.....'can' the facial surgery you look scary darling .....you who made sooo much fun of Dame Elizabeth Taylor whom you should apologize on bended knee AIDS activist???? she was way ahead of any one back in 1985 when Rock Hudson passed on from it & everyone told her not to do so but the Lady did it anyway & made it fashionable. My intent is not to insult or hurt you but, I recall that you made your career making fun of yourself (no boobs, etc....) So...what happened? you have become all that you built a carrer on making fun of.... oh & your tears miss joan =alligator tears turned on & off just like an h2o faucet AND your beloved JAP Melissa: Not a pretty site seems as if you've gotten her into the facial surgery that you are now an addict of.....you did not deserve to win ...w/that foul mouth of yours.....but 'they don't caLL IT SHOWBIZ FOR NOTHIN' & ain't nobody hiring you do to anything these days why would they w/that distorted scary a la Michaelina Jackson face.....oh & miss melissa i suspect she will remain a miss forever ah well you won't have to spend another $1 million on a what was that a 2 hr. marriage....sad, sad, sad......a former fan.......gossip, gossip, gossip................
Its ridiculous that Joan Rivers won. How in the world is she a good 'Role Model' because she is old? She was incredibly rude, undermining, and conceded. Joan said some unforgivable things, and Annie handled it with a lot of integrity. I thought Joan did a great job at embarrassing herself on national television. As for Melissa, she made herself look like a complete psychopath, it was absolutely hilarious. All in all Donald was a Joan Rivers Butt Kisser and everyone else is clearly afraid of her. It was disgusting to watch
Sure Annie was a manipulator, but Joan was her master in that she cleverly used Annie's status as a poker player early on to her advantage, placing Annie into a box she could not escape from. She did this by slapping labels on her like Hitler, dishonorable and later on mafia, invoking the seedy-side imagery of Vegas crooks, dirty deals and con-artists. An early example of this: 'You people give money with blood on it.' 'Raising a corpse from the dead' I believe the strategy is called. Such things are powerful symbols, and Joan built a house of cards out of it, painting for us a profile of Annie as a conniving and crooked liar, one who played dirty pool to win. Joan on the other hand painted herself as the archetypical opposite, an honest and forthright businesswoman, one who could be trusted to get the job done. How amusing that Annie fancied herself as the manipulator, yet all the while it may have been she who was manipulated the whole time! Kudos to Joan, she deserved to win.
Joan should not have won. She got beat in raising money every time.
I was never a big fan of Joan Rivers and her behavior on the show totally disgusted me and if I never see her on t.v. again it will be a blessing! She is crude and loud mouthed along with her daughter. They are two of a kind. Annie is a lady and should have won. It was outrageous how Rivers attacked Annie and Trump can be sure that I will not be watching his program next season for how he handled the finale. They is much healthier and better programming and I hope the show does not return. I will be writing NBC.
Annie should have been awarded the Celebrity Apprentice. Joan impressed me as a loud mouth bully.
Annie got screwed. Annie was playing the game from episode one and rubbed many people the wrong way. However, she out played, out classed and out smarted Joan. Anyone who watched the whole season would be crazy to say otherwise.
Donald's decision appears to be based solely on ratings. My estimate is 95% of the population knows the name Joan Rivers and being generous maybe 50% knows Annie Duke. Donald wanted the bigger name to be 'His Celebrity Apprentice.' In real life, and if ratings weren't a factor, the way Annie played would have been much more appreciated and deserving to win.
My two cents. Hopefully next season of the show doesn't include celebrities.
We love you and congratulations on your victory! Your charity is wonderful and you are so wonderful too dahling. Please keep being yourself and you are always such a positive inspiration to the rest of us and to the world!
It looked like Annie thought she won. 3 out of 5 shoulda been a good indicator.
I wonder how much of that money came from Annie? That would be an exspensive lesson. Maybe I read that wrong. Annie is so ruthless she doesn't even give her own brother a break. Have you ever watched her play against him?
Annie is 3rd class all day long along with the dumb blonde.
She is filled with a lot of evil and unfounded hate. She needs to grow up and learn to respect other people. I've completely lost all respect for her and will not support anything to do with her in the future.
Annie Duke is the 'REAL' Winner of Celebrity Apprentice! She is such a hard worker, and I admire her confidence! I have great respect for Annie, and she should've won!
Joan Rivers may have won, but Celebrity Apprentice lost big time. We won't see that show next year for sure!
I'm a big Joan Rivers fan and almost 70, I was into the show every week believing the real winner would be chosen and Donald you picked Joan as the winner, what a fraud, Annie Duke beat Joan in every category week after week, she was a true professional and Joan and her daughter turned out two be spoiled bitches, I told my wife after the second week that this was the Joan Rivers Show.
I am completely disgusted! What was Donald Trump thinking? Joan Rivers needs to take a look in the mirror and see the despicable person that she has shown herself to be. Joan is nothing more than a school-yard bully! Her charity should be ashamed and embarrassed to have Joan as a spokesperson.
Annie Duke is a heroine for being an intelligent game-player and keeping her composure respectable and professional. Trump sunk pretty low for the sake of ratings!!!
I know that there's a lot of creative editing done for the sake of those ratings, but please! I would have rather seen Annie compete in the Finale against either Clint or Brande. Joan didn't even deserve to be there!
Not only should Joan not have won she should have never been in the final. It should have been Anne and Jesse. Trump should have pointed out that Anne was correct with losing the designer because Joan was so rude to the designers. I think it was a joke that both Donald and his daughter referred to Joan as a role model. It really bothered me that they made Jesse look so bad when He was trying to help someone with a serious problem. I really enjoyed the entire season until the past couple of shows when they let Joan do and say whatever she wanted (including all of her lies). Annie by far was the winner and I will not watch next season to be set up for such a disappointing ending!
Bob Feeney and Former Apprentice Fan -
I was so happy to read your intelligent commentary. I can't believe some of the other posts that I've been reading! It's a sad state of affairs...
Suckers, I got you to watch my show this season. I am in the process of writing my new book, The Art of the Fix, and I'm dedicating It to hunchback Joan, and her ugly, spoiled, no talent, vicious, daughter Mellisa. Hope you will watch next seasons show, I promise you will be screwed by me again losers. Respect ..
Donald Chump's comment is totally on point. Despite who should have been selected for the show, for the final two, or to win Donald Trump's dumbass ultimately has the final decision. He doesn't give a fuck about who wings because they don't do shit that has to do with his money. He only cares about ratings because that is what keeps him on the air. The fact that people don't realize this is confusing to me...
Well anyway the fact that Joan preaches honor and morals is fucking despicable. How she became famous is beyond me, she treats people like dirt. Thought it was funny that after they announced the winner only Melissa made a real effort to hug her mom. I think everybody else was kind of shocked that she took it so far..
IT'S A FUCKING GAME
Neither Joan nor Annie are perfect. Annie bragged and took credit for a lot ideas, etc, which was a bit of a turn off. Joan, on the other hand, was like watching a 75-year-old bipolar borderline she-banshee high on crack. Both she and her psycho-ho-daughter are in serious need of mental help, as are Drunk Rodman and Tom 'the unfunny' Green, who were both useless on the show. Not funny, just childish. This show was clearly rigged in Joan's favor. Trump and the producers wanted to milk as much conflict out of the situation as they could. This wasn't a real competition. It was a farce. And the angry clown with the loudest voice won. In the end, Trump is the real fool. No one likes a rigged game. Bye bye Apprentice. See ya later, Donald Skunk-Head. You're fired.
Poet...you are exactly right!
I thought Jesse was great all season long and they kept giving him a hard time about his wife. He is a very classy guy and he made the decision to keep his wife and all of her celebrity friends out of it. It was obvious why Jesse said those things about Rodman...because he has been there and was trying to help. 'The Donald' did not give Jesse the respect he deserved!
Somebody also talked about its all because of ratings...this is true during the season and that is the only reason he kept Joan around. But to end the season like that it is such a joke...I only hope that everyone follows through with what they are saying...do not watch it next season.
And that will give us a little piece of mind...Donald, your an idiot and your fired!
I am a woman close to Joan Rivers age, she does NOT make me proud of being a senior, as a comedian and a person, she represents a rude, crude and downright mean attitude, well passed on to her spoiled brat of a daughter, Melissa. Perhaps her skin is pulled so tight over her botox face that it is affecting her brain. Trump, couldn't you have done better than getting and more importantly keeping her on the show.
Also being old is no excuse for ignorance on the show. I think she was catered to because of her age, which should have had nothing to do with the results, so much for me watching this show ever again.
This whole thing was a joke and it was set up for Joan to win from the start. Since this show did not show any type of integrity in regards to how Annie was treated I think she should have her friends cancel some of those large checks and give it to Annie's charity behind the scene because 'The Donald' should get zero credit for the stupid decision he made to end the season....WHAT A JOKE!
WHAT'S UP DOC? IT CERTAINLY ISN'T DONALD TRUMP. HE COULDN'T GET IT UP IF JOAN RIVERS OPENED HER MOUTH. NOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE ME PUKE. RIVERS RAISED $100,000 ON CELEBRITY APPRENTICE FINALE, WHILE ANNIE DUKE PULLED IN $400,000, YET RIVERS WON, SO GO FIGURE. THE CARROT TALK IS THAT TRUMP IS BANGING MELISSA, SO MOM WAS GOING TO SQUEAL UNLESS SHE WAS NAMED THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE WINNER. TRUMP BELONGS IN THE SAME HOLE THAT HOUSED SADAM HUSSEIN. GUESS TRUMP CAN NOW CLOSE THE DEAL ON MELISSA. TOO BAD DONNIE JR AND IVANKA LET THEMSELVES GET SANDBAGGED BY POPS TO JOIN THE BOARDROOM TROUPE. NEITHER ONE HAS A CAREER ON TELEVISION. BOTH BELONG WORKING FOR DADDIE AT TRUMP TOWER. NOBODY ELSE WOULD HAVE THEM IS MY GUESS. SO, ANNIE DUKE SHOULD HAVE WON, BUT DIDN'T--DENNIS RODMAN ATTACKED JESSE JAMES, WHO CALLED RODMAN STUPID OUT OF PURE LOVE FOR THE DRUNKEN EX-BASKETBALL WIZ, AND POOR CLINT BLACK GOT MORE MUD IN HIS FACE BECAUSE JOAN RIVERS DIDN'T GIVE HIM A THUMBS UP ON THE LAST TASK. NBC IS THE ONE THAT'S STUPID FOR PICKING UP AN OPTION TO EXTEND THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE FOR ANOTHER SEASON. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IF TRUMP LOSES SOME MORE HAIR. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE BOUNCE A QUARTER OFF JOAN RIVERS FACE, PLEASE. AND THEM'S THE FACTS.
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Blaine Trump is on Board of directors of Joan's charity, Trump has been a longtime friend of Joan, rigged show. Joan was allowed to play character assassination the entire show, but did a lousy job on the show, eg. jewelry auction ..without Stewey's $12,000 out of pity bid, Donald thanked by directly labeling Brande dumb, and shill bidders from Donald, 'I'll have some people there as well', Kotu would have only made a single sale of this 'sells very, very well' (as Trump self-advertised it LOL .. it seems that anything less that 'very, very, very, very well' means sells crap in his terminology.. ) jewelry ?
And firing Kloe because of past DUI ? Can anyone, including Trump, really have a tiny bit of doubt Dennis got charged w DUI too ?
1999 lesliestar.ca/good-ol-dennis-rodman-a-damn-woman-beater/
2003 accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-24757890_ITM
...likely other times too, and he's renown for beating women, that's ok ?
Joan must really have been much worse than shown, since show has been edited to make Trump's ( or Drumpf's, his father was Friedriech Drumpf.. why not call him a nazi, Joan ? ) decisions on firings look better.
If you invested in stock ticker TRMP 10 years ago, you would have lost like 99.999%,
much of a role model, heavily indebted.
pressofatlanticcity.com/business/article_35dea6fc-3ae7-50a7-a612-537677 cc8649.html
Charities ? LOL !!
breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96ONQO00&show_article=1
Drumpf Ocean Resort Baja Mexico project collapsed financially in early 2009 and investors who had put down deposits on the project condos face total loss of their investments, i guess CA stands for Crookster Apprentice
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The show just concluded a little while ago and after making my first comment then thinking about the format of the show over these many weeks, raising money for charity I started to get mad.
I've been the producer of many charitable events donating time and recruiting my friends and their friends to help, never making a profit for the effort.
What disturbes me is the fact that Donald the billionaire is making millions from these shows getting people like Annie, Joan and the others to tap there friends costing him almost nothing and awarding the task winner the shameful sum of $20,000, Donald seems proud of that figure, WOW what a way to get richer.
Donald, I hope America sees through your method of getting richer and disapproves of your method, I'd say shame, shame but let us all realize its all about the bottom line.
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