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Highlights

• Donald Trump had a favorable and warm courting behind the scenes of The Apprentice, in line with interviews with display individuals.
• Trump was known for being very concerned and severe as a mentor to the contestants on The Apprentice, going beyond conventional truth show judges.
• Although Trump denies rumors of a racist recording from The Apprentice, journalist Ramin Setoodeh believes Trump now and again treated contestants inappropriately.

Ever since Donald Trump rose to repute as a business chief, he has clearly been very serious about the media. After all, Trump made many movie cameos, has liked being endorsed by celebrities, and enjoyed getting big reactions during interviews.

On top of all that, Trump clearly loved hosting The Apprentice for many years. However, there were several highly detrimental rumors about how Trump acted behind the scenes of The Apprentice. With that in thoughts, it is fascinating to learn what a journalist mentioned about what Trump was in reality like while filming The Apprentice.

This article will disclose what a journalist said he was once told about Donald Trump's behavior behind the scenes of The Apprentice. Then, the article will have a look at how The Apprentice's creator, Mark Burnett, feels about Trump, in keeping with the same journalist.

Donald Trump Had A Positive But Complicated Relationship Behind The Scenes Of The Apprentice According To A Journalist

In June 2024, a journalist named Ramin Setoodeh made an look on the "Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain" podcast. An extremely a hit journalist, Setoodeh's primary task is as the head editor of the highly revered mag Variety. Before Meghan McCain started interviewing Setoodeh, she explained that they'd a pre-existing relationship.

"I don't think I would really necessarily have a career in media without Ramin, because he was my first boss when I was 20, when I worked in Newsweek Magazine. And he taught me, like, everything, like and we've just been friends ever since. It's so rare in the world to stay close friends in media and just in life in general. So I'm super proud of him."

With that context in thoughts, it is interesting to look how McCain and Setoodeh's conversation continued. Even although McCain has had a highly contentious relationship with Donald Trump, Setoodeh mostly painted a positive picture of the former President.

At the time that Setoodeh seemed on McCain's podcast, he was once promoting his guide about Trump's time as a truth TV big name, "Apprentice in Wonderland".

After The Apprentice premiered on NBC in 2004, the show changed into a huge hit, which resulted in Donald Trump webhosting 14 seasons. After Trump left, Arnold Schwarzenegger took over webhosting The Apprentice for a unmarried season.

As Setoodeh defined throughout the podcast look, he interviewed Trump several instances. Setoodeh also said that he interviewed 40 to 50 individuals who competed on The Apprentice and many of us associated with the show.

Based on those conversations, Setoodeh discovered what Trump was once in point of fact like behind the scenes of The Apprentice.

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While talking to McCain, Setoodeh defined that he was told that Trump was once very hot behind the scenes of The Apprentice. Setoodeh additionally explained that a few of the individuals who told him that didn't strengthen Trump politically. In truth, Setoodeh said that some of them had spoken out against Trump's politics.

"Even though many of them or some of them didn't support him for president. Even though they had political opinions. They said that when they were with him in the boardroom, on the show, he was charismatic, he was funny, he was welcoming, he was warm, he was magnetic."

From there, Setoodeh defined that Trump was much more involved with The Apprentice competition than other truth display judges. Setoodeh began by explaining what Tyra Banks used to be like behind the scenes of America's Next Top Model. "When Tyra Banks was doing or is doing America's Next Top Model, she doesn't really get that close to the contestants. Because most reality TV judges, they go in, they see the cameras, they leave."

Setoodeh then defined that Trump took his position as a mentor for The Apprentice competitors very critically.

"But for Trump, this was his entire life. He got close to the contestants, he would try to mentor them, he'd write them letters of recommendation. He was very serious about this role that he had as a mentor."

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In May 2024, Deadline revealed a report about an alleged racist recording of Trump from his time internet hosting The Apprentice. According to a former The Apprentice producer named Bill Pruitt, Trump was recorded uttering a racist term when a black competitor was poised to win the show.

While chatting with Meghan McCain, Setoodeh mentioned rumors about that recording. According to Setoodeh, he could not find any evidence that a recording like that existed. Setoodeh additionally told McCain about the arguments that Trump gave for why other folks will have to imagine that recording does not exist.

"I think that this is what Trump told me and it makes sense... He said that if a tape existed, he thinks that by now it would have leaked. And the story about the circumstances of the tape have changed over the years and evolved, but no one's been able to track it down or find it. Mark Burnett also has told me that no tape exists."

Setoodeh endured to provide an explanation for how Trump argued that lovers should disregard the rumors about that recording. "And in Trump's telling of what happened to me as well, he says that he would have never even if he were to use the word, which he says he wouldn't have used, he would have never used it while he was mic'd."

Even though Setoodeh mostly painted a favorable image of what Trump was once like all through his years web hosting The Apprentice, things had been extra complicated than that. Setoodeh also instructed McCain that based totally on his interview, he believed that Trump treated The Apprentice competitors inappropriately now and then.

"I think the lines got blurred, and of course, he was inappropriate. And there's stories in here, where he tried to flirt with contestants or tried to get too close to contestants and made them uncomfortable. And that was all very inappropriate."

The Apprentice Creator Mark Burnett Isn't A Trump Supporter But He Doesn't Want To Betray Him According To A Journalist

During Ramin Setoodeh's look on the "Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain" podcast, he spoke about The Apprentice's creator, Mark Burnett. During their interview, McCain asked Setoodeh about claims that Burnett used to be a Trump supporter who used to be protective the former President.

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While chatting with McCain, Setoodeh claimed that Burnett used to be in a difficult place as a result of Donald Trump and The Apprentice.

"I think he's in a tough position because he doesn't want to be supporting Trump, but he also doesn't want Trump to feel like he's betraying him."

From there, Setoodeh claimed that Burnett in reality voted for Trump's former enemy, and that he wasn't a conservative.

"From my reporting, Mark has told people in Hollywood that he actually voted for Hillary Clinton. He's not a secret conservative. He's a capitalist, and he wanted to make as much money as humanly possible. And Donald Trump helped make him."

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