‘The Apprentice’ Producer Says He Heard Trump Use the N-Word on Set to Reference ContestantA former producer of “The Apprentice” says Donald Trump used the N-word when referring to a Black contestant during production, and is speaking out about the long-rumored incident now because his nondisclosure agreement recently expired. In the piece, “The Donald Trump I Saw on The Apprentice,” Pruitt writes that Trump revealed his character on set – and that some days “still haunt” him. As Trump weighed the options, he said “Yeah, but, I mean, would America buy a n— winning?” according to Pruitt. The use of racist language – which Trump denies – was recounted in a 2018 book by former “Apprentice” contestant Omarosa Manigault Newman, who briefly became a White House aide in the Trump administration. “The centerpiece to any confidence game is precisely that—confidence.”The post ‘The Apprentice’ Producer Says He Heard Trump Use the N-Word on Set to Reference Contestant appeared first on TheWrap.

Source: Washington Post May 30, 2024 23:05 UTC