The Donald sent a judge to pick the best baseball cap design. LaToya won, receiving $25,000 for her charity, AIDs Project Los Angeles. John called in all kinds of favors from country music friends, receiving $470,000 for a bedazzled signed guitar. For her part, Marlee made three sales of $99,000 each.
In the boardroom, The Donald was so impressed with the total haul, he allowed both teams to decide whether the losing team could keep their money. Surprisingly, Marlee and John both agreed. The men raised $626,908 for John’s charity, St. Jude’s Research Hospital, and the women raised $986,000 for Marlee’s charity, The Starkey Hearing Foundation. Marlee did not seem upset about her decision. The Donald also kicked in $14,000 of his own money, bringing Marlee’s total to a cool million.
Then, The Donald did something unprecedented. He let the women decided whether someone from the men’s team should be fired, as they had already lost Jose. The women went for the jugular, agreeing somebody had to go. "It’s just business," said Marlee, echoing the show's theme.
The Donald let the women stay in the boardroom to voice opinions about who should be fired. When his teammates said Gary was the most unfocused, Marlee intervened on Gary’s behalf. Luckily for Gary, and probably because he did not react to Meat’s meltdown, The Donald decided to fire Richard. Richard raised the least money of anyone on his team and was definitely the weakest link in that regard. One would think he would fight to stay, but dumbfounded Richard sat there patiently waiting for a turn to speak. It never came. The Donald talked throughout his decision-making process. If Richard wanted to defend himself, he should have piped up and interrupted.
Lesson learned: Sitting patiently and quietly in the boardroom when it’s your head on the chopping block is not a wise course of action.
Article comments
1 - Susan Allison
Gary Busey had his art desk set up and was enjoying some snacks, while everyone else was still setting up when Meat went into a rage; yet they refer to Busey as unfocused?
Clearly, Meat is the one that is unfocused, he lost his bag of art supplies. I have such respect for Busey, it would be so great if he won Celebrity Apprentice, he deserves it.
2 - CherylT
I think you're right to back Busey. He seems so blameless here. And yet, he's so unpredictable. I think Trump is keeping him around for the entertainment factor and will probably fire him before the final. His whole team wants him to go. Too much babysitting, I suspect.