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'He didn’t decide who got fired and pretended a teleprompter was a phone': Celebrity Apprentice contestant Clay Aiken reveals Trump's boardroom secrets and says the president is running the country like the reality TV show
Clay Aiken has revealed Donald Trump did not decide who was fired on The Apprentice, despite the president turning the slogan into his world-famous catchphrase.
- Aiken spoke about his stint on Trump's TV show in 2012 during a new interview
- 'Trump didn't decide who got fired on Apprentice, I mean, NBC made those decisions,' the 38-year-old American Idol contestant said of Trump's program
- Aiken said Trump relied on a teleprompter next to him disguised as a cellphone
- He said he believes Trump is probably the same way as president, relying heavily on those around him to tell him what to do, what to say, and what is happening
Aiken, who was a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice in 2012, claims Trump was not the one making the final decision on the show and he instead relied on a teleprompter.
'Trump didn't decide who got fired on Apprentice, I mean, NBC made those decisions,' the 38-year-old told the North Carolina News and Observer in a recent podcast interview.
'There used to be a little thing right on his desk that looked like a phone - he pretended it was a phone - but it was actually a teleprompter where the producers were sending him notes.
More: Clay Aiken says Trump didn't fire people on the Apprentice
Wow, this is probably another major disappointment for Trump's base. So, even his famous "You're Fired" was FAKE.
Who?