She’s Back
Another TV moment… Omarosa is back!
This time it’s on Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice. (Omarosa? Celebrity? Who knew?) There are lots of other interesting celebrities in the mix, some I know and some that I wouldn’t necessarily consider famous. And it’s too soon to tell — after just two episodes — how all the personalities, skills and abilities (and celebrity) will pan out.
But it’s clear that Omarosa is positioning herself as the very talented, condescending, arrogant leader who knows better than all of her teammates. In week one she angered the Empresario team and she angered me as I was watching from home.
- She didn’t listen to the suggestions of her teammates — and in fact was very patronizing in her responses.
- The one teammate she did listen to — who suggested the location for their challenge — got thrown under the bus in the boardroom.
- Her superior attitude makes her appear totally out of control — her quips and comments to her team and to the men are ridiculously unprofessional and over the top.
Unfortunately she didn’t anger Trump enough to fire her in week one! And in week two she was pretty quiet, but I saw it as lying in the weeds waiting to strike.
Love or hate the show — and I’m not sure where I fall because there isn’t much on TV that I don’t like — we can learn about personal styles from watching. When you’re faced with a decision at work or weighing options or if you’re communicating with a co-worker simply ask yourself, “What would Omarosa do?”
Chances are, you’ll want to do the opposite!
January 17th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Hi Melanie! I love your blog – what a great resource. I too, am an Apprentice fan and was not all that familiar with some of the celebrities this season. However, I watched Omarosa in her 1st season on the show and despised her. How she ended up on the celebrity edition is beyond me, ratings I suppose. As you stated above, do we love or hate the show? I think it’s a little of both and people will watch just to see what she will say or do next to get people fired up. I think Donald likes that about her and this will help him see who is tough enough to stand up to her and put her in her place. For this reason, we will not see her get fired anytime soon. I feel that to be successful in the business world, you need to have thick skin, as well as the ability to stick up for yourself and be true to your beliefs and values. Those are the people who we will see shine on this show and hopefully, put this obnoxious, unprofessional, superstar wannabe in her place and send her to the chopping block!