Celebrity Apprentice 3 has been cast!

Taping is underway for the third season of Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice and we now know who the cast is compromised of, thanks to the NY Post.

[Left to Right: Rod Blagojevich, Curtis Stone, Bill Goldberg, Summer Sanders, Sinbad, Carol Leifer, Sharon Osbourne, Darryl Strawberry and Bret Michaels. Cyndi Lauper and Maria Kanellis are also a part of the cast but aren't in the photo.]

The new group of celebs were spotted filming the show’s opening in the Meatpacking District when this photo was taken. I guess the Don was hoping to keep it under wraps . . or so he said. He is the famewhore ringleader, he knows what he is doing..

Shanna Moakler has resigned from her position as pageant director following the Miss USA controversy involving Carrie Prejean.

She released the following statement:

“Since the press conference yesterday, I had a chance to think about what has taken place, and I feel that at this time it is in my best interest to resign from the Miss California USA organization.I cannot with a clear conscious move forward supporting and promoting the Miss Universe Organization when I no longer believe in it, or the contracts I signed committing myself as a youth. I want to be a role model for young women with high hopes of pageantry, but now feel it more important to be a role model for my children. I am sorry and hope I have not let any young supporters down but wish them the best of luck in fulfilling their dreams.”

Today she updated her Twitter page with the update:

“Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the foght and walk away and move on to something that’s more productive. – Donald Trump”

BUT…

The update right before that says,

“You ever meet someone you really admired and when you do, it’s such a let down? Fame & money make people do funny things.”

Hmmm…who do you think she is referring to? Trump?

[TMZ]

Barbara Walters spoke with the celebrity party planner who walked out on the season finale of the Celebrity Apprentice on her Sirius radio show, Here’s Barbara.

Barbara and her co-host Bill Geddie spoke with David Tutera who went on the show to talk about the reason why he left so abruptly. And yes, the reason was Joan. Not only was she condescending towards him, she also had absolutely no direction with her final task and expected him to take control of the situation. Read on..

BARBARA WALTERS: You were supposed to do a beautiful room for Joan, and also a room for Annie Duke, right?

DAVID TUTERA: That’s correct. Yes

BARBARA WALTERS: OK. And then you quit, and people said, ‘How could he walk out?’ And Joan was furious. She was on television this morning. She said you didn’t have a hissy fit, you had a sissy fit. Twelve hours before they were supposed to show the rooms, you, David Tutera, walk out. Why?

DAVID TUTERA: Let me just start by saying that in twenty-three years of being in business, I have never left anyone, no matter how difficult they are to work with, in such a situation as that. Her behavior towards any human being was so unacceptable to me.

BARBARA WALTERS: Joan?

DAVID TUTERA: Joan Rivers.

BARBARA WALTERS: Really?

DAVID TUTERA: Such a monster I cannot begin to even explain.

BARBARA WALTERS: Wow.

DAVID TUTERA: The way it unfolded was, I was to go into the “War Room” and meet with Joan and her team, including her daughter, and get as much information from them that they needed to explain to me on how to execute a concept, the party….well, Joan and Melissa [Rivers] were completely incapable of giving me their insight on how the party should look. They had zero direction. The rules of the show were, that the producers said to us, that we cannot, me as the person executing the challenge, give the celebrities ideas.

BILL GEDDIE: Ah, that explains so much.

David Tutera on being manipulated by the producers during the “Celebrity Apprentice”:

BARBARA WALTERS: Do you think you were set up? By the producers?

DAVID TUTERA: Yes. I think I was manipulated by the producers. Not set up, but manipulated.

David Tutera on working with Joan Rivers on the “Celebrity Apprentice”:

BARBARA WALTERS: You feel, at that point, that those conversations, in which she complained and you said, OK, I quit, you feel that that all was a set up by the producers?

DAVID TUTERA: Manipulated…they got me there, they got me to do what they told me to do and then when I got into the room and they gave me no ideas, I was left to sort of stand there and defend myself.

BARBARA WALTERS: And do you think that Joan did it just cause it made for a good show? Or do you really think that she thought you were no good?

DAVID TUTERA: Absolutely. I think she did it because…she doesn’t know me. How does she know if I’m no good? She’s never seen an event that I’ve ever done. I think she did it because it made for better television.

David Tutera on working for Joan Rivers again:

BARBARA WALTERS: If she said to you, tomorrow, would you come to my house, I’m having a big party, would you do the party? What would you say?

DAVID TUTERA: Absolutely over my dead body.

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Hmm..the whole thing is just fishy. It was either fixed or Donald Trump simply chose Joan for reasons unknown – but not because she deserved it.

Check out David’s site HERE.

[Source: SIRIUS XM Radio PR]

Joan Rivers was chosen over Annie Duke as this year’s Celebrity Apprentice.

Donald Trump picked Joan for reasons I still can’t seem to wrap my mind around. She was a farking emotional wreck throughout the most of the show! She threw glasses, she called people awful names, she constantly threatened to quit.

Meanwhile Annie was working her ass off and was raising a lot of money for charity. Almost to a fault. She had one thing, and only one thing, on her mind. Winning. She completed each task beautifully, wasn’t distracted by emotions and although she was direct and sometimes brash, she outclassed Joan throughout this competition.

My hubby commented, “Trump favors Joan”, just before she was announced the winner. I had to agree. As did Celebrity Smack reader Cherie who sent me this email after watching the Celebrity Apprentice finale. It seems she felt exactly the same way I did.

Dear Spicy,

I am so mad about the outcome of Celebrity Apprentice. Am I the only one to notice that the ticket challenge specifically
said tickets were to be sold on the street to the average, everyday people? Joan’s team sold all their tickets to one wealthy person and then gave the tickets away. What is the challenge in that? And it specifically violated the instructions.
Donald Trump overlooked this violation of his instructions because it is clear he favored Joan Rivers. He tells Jessie
James to “Be Nice”, but let Joan Rivers act emotional and unprofessional. She talked over Annie at every turn.

At least America saw her lie when she said she had nothing to do with the event planner quitting. She was also told she would be assigned an event planner, and she brought in her own designer, telling the assigned planner her guy could give him some ideas on how to decorate. I did think it was unfair to Annie that this guy owned the event planning company and refused to let his employee plan Annie’s event.

Also, I have heard that Blane Trump is on the board of Joan’s charity. Can we say conflict of interest? Annie was the clear winner no matter what Donald Trump says. Joan claimed she raised her money honorably. I see nothing honorable in Joan Rivers. Donald Trump clearly favored her.

I am still on “Team Annie”, no matter what Donnie says.

Cherie R.

What do you think about the Celebrity Apprentice finale? Do you think Joan deserved to win?

“If she goes back, she’s a loser and she doesn’t deserve to have any future successes.”

- Donald Trump blasts Rihanna for taking Chris Brown back.

[WENN]

Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice is back with an all new cast of celebs looking to compete for money for their favorite charities.

The cast is comprised of sixteen celebrities: Clint Black, Andrew Dice Clay, Annie Duke, Tom Green, Natalie Gulbis, Scott Hamilton, Jesse James, Claudia Jordan, Khloe Kardashian, Brian McKnight, Joan Rivers, Melissa Rivers, Brande Roderick, Dennis Rodman, Herschel Walker and Tionne Watkins.

Trump says,  “Last season’s ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ became one of the hottest shows on television — and this season will be even better. We have an amazing cast of celebrities and we are looking forward to some fantastic entertainment.”

“The Celebrity Apprentice” premieres on Sunday, March 1st at 9 p.m.

This is an audio clip of Donald Trump talking smack about former Penthouse Pet/Playboy model and clinical psychologist & sex author, Dr. Victoria Zdrok, who claimed to have dated him some years ago.

In an interview with Steppin’ Out magazine Zdrok dished about dating the Don, basically saying that he was an arrogant ass. Shocking!

She claims that Trump only talked about himself, constantly rambled about how he was much better looking off-camera, said his exes Marla Maples and Ivana Trump were ugly and skinny, and he often bragged, “Once you make love to me, you’ll never be able to make love to anybody else.”

Oh my gawd, a little burp just came up. Stay down, lunch!

Anyhow, Trump caught wind of the article and responded via telephone to the man who originally interviewed Zdrok for the magazine, journalist Chaunce Hayden.

In the audio tape you hear Trump sound like the usual prick that he is, calling the girl a “f**king third-rate hooker,” and saying how completely unattractive that she is – far too ugly for him to date..

Look in the mirror fatass! Trump, you are seriously one of the most disgusting looking, crusty old f*cks in the business. You are overweight, have f*cked up hair, and a mangled face. There is nothing attractive about you! Your wife is simply a “third-rate hooker” for marrying your ass! He probably makes that bitch work for it too. I’m sure she has tasted his ass on more than a few occasions!

Dude, if you weren’t wealthy you’d be banging fat smelly bitches in trailer parks . . if you were lucky!

[Thank you Chauncey@ Stepping Out]

It looks like we will be finding out just how badly Donald Trump wants ratings for his next season of Celebrity Apprentice.

Infamous wife murderer and former Heisman winner Orenthal James Simpson is doing his best to persuade Mr. Trump and NBC to allow him to appear on the hit show.

A source told the New York Post, “Simpson really wants to do it. Trump and NBC are thinking about it, but are being very cautious. There’s a certain amount of heat associated with Simpson.”

Oh, just a little! Bitch please. The only way they should allow Simpson on that show is if he was to be used as a prop in one of the tasks. Maybe he could be bent over an examination table and people could pay to stick a cattle prod up his ass or something.

Now that sh*t would bring in ratings. Heh.

“I would imagine that being her son is not fun. I know Rosie very well… She’s a very bad person.”

- Donald Trump takes another swing at Rosie O’Donnell after The Globe reported that she ‘bullies’ her 12-year-old son.