annie duke said on the apprentice that she knew every one on earth l don't know the silly women?

Of course , the show was rigged. The reason for my conclusion is illustrated in this hypothetical conversation Joan and Donald may have had early on. Those statements that can be verified by an Internet link are denoted by “[*]”. DONALD: Joan, how would you like to be on Celebrity Apprentice (CA) this year? JOAN: What's in it for me? DONALD: Well, you have been fired from your two red carpet jobs [*], and the exposure from the show should be good for your career. Besides, you are hosting a new show this summer produced by Mark Burnett, who is also producing CA [*]. It will be good publicity for your new show if I crown you Celebrity Apprentice. JOAN: Are you saying for sure that I will be the Celebrity Apprentice? DONALD: Absolutely! I do all the firing. I will even have Ivanka and Donald Jr. be sole judge and jury for 3 of the 5 final tasks, which will be structured to your advantage. I will also throw obstacles in the way of your opponent and will portray the finale as a battle between good and evil. JOAN: Will I be “good” or “evil”? DONALD: Uh, Joan you will be “Good”. I will announce at the beginning of the finale [*] that it is a battle between a wonderful “legendary comedienne” [you] and a “vicious” opponent [whoever]. I will also go easy on you in the Boardroom and overlook any mistakes that you make or any insults that you hurl at your opponent. Then in the end, I will select you to win and will call you a “good role model,” regardless of your behavior or performance on the show. JOAN: But what if I do a really terrible job as Project Manager? DONALD: Don’t worry. I will never fire you, no matter how inept you are. I will always blame someone else. JOAN: That makes me feel better, but Donald, I do have good ideas occasionally. For example, why don’t you stage a Chicken of the Sea Jingle contest? In the middle of the presentation, I will walk briskly across the stage with a goofy smile on my face holding a huge placard, and I have a great punch line for the jingle: “Cluck, Cluck, Cluck, ….Splash! [*]” That should impress the judges don’t you think? DONALD: Uh, Joan, like I said. Don’t worry about having dumb ideas. I will never fire you. Oh, and by the way, all the proceeds from the various tasks will go to charity. JOAN: What about my charity, God’s Love We Deliver (GLWD)? DONALD: It will get lots of money. As you know, my brother’s wife Blaine is on the Board of Directors of GLWD and is a good friend of yours [*]. Also, I make donations to GLWD myself [*], so I would like to see it get a lot of money. Maybe then I won’t even have to donate any money to them this year. JOAN: I would only be on the show if you would let my beautiful and talented daughter Melissa be there too. DONALD: No problem. Look Joan, we have been friends for a long time, and frankly, I need your help because my recent Apprentice shows have been flops in the ratings department. We need something new! What I would like for you to do is to find someone on the show, preferably a woman, who is great game player and has an ego almost as big as yours, and then I want you to create conflict, create drama. Insult her profession; Insult her friends; Insult her character. Try to provoke a response, so that you can then show righteous indignation and act shocked and dismayed. All this conflict and drama will be great for ratings, and I promise not to say a word. JOAN: OK, I can do that. Melissa constantly throws tantrums, and she learned to curse before she learned to walk, so I will get her to help with the drama. Is it OK if I am really obnoxious? As you know, I love to insult people. Is it OK to call someone “worse than Hitler”, “a despicable human being”, “a piece of ****” and that someone is “Soooo beneath me”? DONALD: Sure. Those insults are perfect! That is just Joan Rivers being humorous. No one should take offense at that, and the ratings will skyrocket! Since the show will be taped, use all the profanity you want, and we will bleep it out. That way there will not be a repeat of what happened to you on that British talk show, when you called Russell Crowe a “bleeping bleep” on live TV, and they had no bleeping technology, so they kicked you off the show [*]. JOAN: That’s a relief!. But wouldn't all the drama and conflict and tantrums and insults and profanity make it hard for me to be portrayed as “a good role model” in the end? DONALD: Don’t worry. The viewing audience is pretty dumb. We will just say that it is admirable that you are saying all these horrible things to people’s faces rather than behind their backs. We will spin all of your insults as actually being POSITIVE character traits. Just keep saying over and over again how you are playing this game “with integrity”. If you repeat this phrase enough times, some people may actually begin to believe it. Trust me, we can pull this off. JOAN: Donald, I have an idea. What if you fire Melissa near the end, she and I both stage tantrums, and I apparently walk off the show in protest and scream “I won’t be in tomorrow” [*]? Talk about drama and a ratings bonanza! Will she or won’t she return? DONALD: A great idea! But, how then do I justify accepting you back? Everyone knows that I hate quitters, especially someone who is quitting as a direct slap in my face because of my decision to fire Melissa. If I took you back, wouldn't I look like a real wimp, who was violating all the noble principles that I supposedly stand for, and wouldn't everyone know that your quitting and returning was all just a setup staged for drama to increase ratings? JOAN: No. As you said, viewers are SOOOOO gullible. To increase the drama, I could make a grand entrance, and give some lame excuse like “My taxi was late”. People would breathe a huge sigh of relief and then stand up and cheer: “The Great Joan Rivers has returned!” No one would care that I lied about not coming back “tomorrow”. DONALD: OK. Let’s do it! Now here is the plan for the Grand Finale. Regarding your team, I will let you know well in advance who the 6 candidates are, so that you and Melissa can strategize team selection and perhaps pick her last – if she has had problems relating to your opponent. Melissa can then brag about that on camera, to show how clever you and she are [*]. Of course, your opponent will have no such advanced knowledge. JOAN: Sounds good so far. DONALD: Then, as you know, in most Apprentice finales, I throw a money wrench into things to test the finalists’ mettle. I have a friend, David Tutera, who is a nationally known event planner and has staged galas for me before. The three of us can get together and arrange for him to quit, which would put the other finalist at a huge disadvantage, because he/she would have to scramble with less than 12 hours notice to find an event planner, while you would have your army of GLWD workers prepared and waiting in the wings. You can let them know ahead of time that you will be in the finals. Just make certain that GLWD does not “spill the beans” by disclosing publicly via E Mails that they know that you are in the finals before the finale event even occurs [*]. JOAN: How do we get David to quit? DONALD: Simple: You will provoke an argument with him, and make it seem like he is incompetent. Then I’ll have him call back and quit in apparent frustration. Then I will have him quit the opponent’s team as well, but, and this is the key, I will make sure that they don’t know about it until it is too late! Your opponent will be completely blindsided! I will tell David to turn off his cell phones, so he can’t be reached. Then if your opponent in desperation comes to David’s office, I will have David’s assistant tell them to leave. The only problem would be if your opponent would be pushy enough to actually barge into the office and demand to know what is going on. In that case, we would have no choice but to tell them about David’s quitting, but it would be too late for them to do much about it. I will also make sure that no cameras are around to document what David tells your opponent. JOAN: Interesting. But you say that David Tutera is a prominent, well respected event planner. If so, he should be more than able to provide whatever help that I need, especially for an event this important. Moreover, everyone knows that the great Donald Trump, would NEVER choose an inept event planner, and you have used David before, so you know how good he is. His quitting would be a big embarrassment to you personally, and to David professionally. An event planner quitting a high profile job is very unprofessional, and no one of David’s stature would ever do that in the real world, and quitting BOTH teams because he is mad at me makes absolutely no sense at all. Would the viewing audience really be gullible enough to believe that all that is legit? DONALD: Absolutely. And I will pretend that I have no idea why David quit, and if your opponent says it was because of you, then you can scream “it is a total lie!” [*]. Also, I promise not to take the logical action of just saying “Wait! I will just call David Tutera myself and ask him why he quit, and which of the two of you is lying.” That way, I don’t have to expose your lie. JOAN: But Donald, I would not be lying! The reason that he quit would be because we had it all arranged ahead of time , not because he thinks that I am a “monster.” DONALD: Good point, Joan, but I wouldn’t want the viewers to know that either. JOAN: Another thing: Surely, the viewing audience would not be gullible enough to believe that you had no idea why your own event planner quit? Isn’t it logical to suppose that if a prominent event planner quit an event this important, he would have called the man who hired him (and the opponent’s team too, for that matter) and explained why he was quitting? And if not, wouldn’t you at least have called HIM to try to find out what in the world was going on, and why he was embarrassing you by quitting? And is anyone going to seriously believe that six months after the finale, you STILL had no idea why your own event planner quit a task this important? DONALD: Trust me, the viewing audience is just too dumb to think of that. JOAN: And what if my opponent manages to pull things together and actually outperforms me on the final task? It could easily happen you know. Most of my so-called friends would not give me a dime, even for charity. DONALD: Don’t worry, there will be creative editing, I will stack the studio audience so that they will be cheering wildly for you, I will prearrange for a few celebrities to say that you should win, and don’t forget, my kids will be observing your gala planning, and if they see that you have overlooked something, they will let you know [*], so that you can ….. JOAN: But I thought that Ivanka and Donald Jr. were supposed to be neutral observers and not make suggestions that would help a team. DONALD: Well, that’s true for your opponent, but not for you. Don’t worry, no one will notice. As I was saying, Donald Jr. and Ivanka will be making the final decision for 3 of the 5 tasks [*]. Also, if your opponent tries to make his/her point in the final Boardroom, I will just interupt them and talk over them, and let you get in the last word. We can actually make it appear like you DESERVE to win. Also, your not being able to raise money is really not an issue. Don’t forget that 80% of the task will be gala (your forte) and only 20% will be actual fund raising. JOAN: But isn’t the show about raising money for charity? DONALD: Well, yes it is. Hmmmm. Maybe sometime during the show, you can announce that the show is really NOT all about raising money for charity [*]. That way, it will not look so ridiculous to give this factor a weight of only 20% in the final task, and it won’t matter much if you are unable to raise money yourself. JOAN: You have a deal. But we are staging so many things. And what if my opponent outperforms me on virtually every task, raises more money than I do for charity, and doesn’t resort to insults and name calling? Not to mention the obvious connections of you and your family to my charity. Then there is the matter of my new show with Mark Burnett. Are you sure that we can pull this off and fool the CA viewing audience? Surely, they are not THAT gullible! DONALD: Oh, yes they are! Trust me, I know a lot about reality shows. Most of them are scripted, and no one seems to know or care. Here’s another great idea: To insult your opponent further, I will fake her/him out by pretending that I am going to hire him/her as Celebrity Apprentice and then reverse course and crown you [*]. I won’t even give any real reason why I chose you to win. I will just say “You are a good role model” with a straight face. That’s all I need to do. After all, I am Donald Trump!

oh wait your ugly face distracted me! Hater!!!!!!!

lmao! (again,...ok, still)@MVogel....She says: "look @ what Joan, Melissa, and Herschell have accomplished." Okay, I'm looking... and looking, and looking....not seeing much. Herschell never did live up to his hype, got fat, and let all his fans down. Joan would be nothing without Johnny Carson, and as for Melissa, again I say, "what talent?"

I really appreciate your perspective and agree with you entirely. Annie Duke is a low class woman..and it is painfully obvious. She is a one trick pony. They never go far. Im so glad she was beaten. She deserved it. Typical of a lot of others, she thinks she is way better than she is

that would seem to be about the end of all of this, I think virtually every side has been presented. Thanks for everyone that contributed.

In a real company, Rivers would have been fired long ago. Her chronic, unfounded, hateful slander was repeated cause for termination of this emotional basket-case. Trump deserves to see his show tank next season due to all the viewers he just lost. If he did it for ratings, that will sure backfire. He not only tolerated Rivers but even supported her. The finale was the crowning exposure - Rivers gets Trump's contract with the event planning outfit cancelled due to her typical caustic crusification of anyone she disagrees with (firing offense). Then, when Annie tries to answer Trump's question as to why she had no planner, Roaring Rivers launches into her lying "YOU LIAR" mode. And Trump lets her get away with it! If this show's exposure of the Rivers Rotten Reality doesn't cost her and her dud daughter to lose any remaining popularity, it means that Hollywood's zombification of America is complete.

How is it that no one mentions that Donald Trump's Sister in law, or ex sister in law Blaine TRUMP is on the Board of Directors for God's Love We Deliver A 10 million plus a year charity located in New York City, with pictures of her and Joan rivers with their arms over each others shoulders, together on the 2007 and 2008 company pamplets.

http://www.annieduke.com/2009/05/my-final-celebrity-apprentice-blog/ Annie's final blog on the finale. I think she did a good job, the only road to take here is the high road. Jake if you think I wanted to lose you couldn't be more wrong. Annie winning would have been the best thing for this blog. You might be confusing criticisms with observation and opinion. I was the first blog to ask the question and present evidence that the show might have favored Joan. I don't think you are reading the article before you post this stuff to be honest. I said over and over I thought Annie should win. Besides Trump has a new scandal with this Miss USA thing. If Annie wants to let it go I think we should all follow her lead.

Regardless of what you say, all of your criticisms about Annie fall out the window since the show was obviously rigged for Joan to win. How can Trump be an impartial judge to the winner IF ONE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBER IS the DIRECTOR OF Joan's Charity "God's Love we deliver" Here is a link as proof: http://www.godslovewedeliver.org/about_directors.html Please mention your reasons again why Annie does not deserve to win, cause anything you say is just absurd.

Celebrity Apprentice is fixed. Doesn't matter if you like annie or not

Anyone who agrees Annie Duke deserved to win, check this group out. I spent about an hour outlining every reason why Annie won, why Joan was out of line, and even why Trump and Mark Burnett acted corruptly. I think it's a great read, and a group with a great goal. Check it out! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=80015373955

I read the press release from the party planner and laughed my face off! LOL! Wouldn't it have been easier for the guy to figured out a way to work with his clients than have all the negative exposure? For a guy who supposedly plans a buttload of weddings (and you know how bride's are), I'm amazed that ego bruises so easily. He didn't just quit Joan, he dumped Annie, too. Boy howdy, was that a major fail or what?

Party planner David Tutera, who memorably clashed with eventual Celebrity Apprentice winner Joan Rivers on Sunday's finale, told Barbara Walters on her Sirius XM Radio show Monday that Rivers is "a monster." Tutera was tasked to work with Rivers to plan a charity auction, but he told Walters he quit in part because "Joan and Melissa [Rivers] were completely incapable of giving me their insight on how the party should look. They had zero direction.... In 23 years of being in business, I have never left anyone, no matter how difficult they are to work with. Her behavior towards any human being was so unacceptable to me. [She's] such a monster I cannot begin to even explain." Tutera, who also hosts the WE-TV show My Fair Wedding, says Celebrity Apprentice producers "manipulated" the situation by telling him ahead of time that he was not to give Rivers any ideas of his own. "When I got into the room and [Joan's team] gave me no ideas," he said, "I was left to sort of stand there and defend myself." When Walters asked Tutera whether he would work for Rivers again, Tutera replied, "Absolutely over my dead body." Source ew.com So Annie Dukes' accusation against Joan in the boardroom on the finale was correct. It's a shame that the show (Apprentice) was rigged. I will never look at Joan Rivers the same again, I use to like her. I just watched The View and Joan always has excuses, and insults.

I don't think anyone wants Annie to be submissive to men, and I certainly didn't when I worked with her. It's not a double standard to say that when you are doing a job the focus should be on the job and not the person leading the job. I tell people often that I am a horrible leader, I have very little confidence in other people's ability to get the job done. I have a few people though that I can count on. To just focus on that one part and ignore the fact that I said that Annie is a hard worker tells me you read what you wanted to read. It is not a double standard to say that if you suck up to Annie you get what you want from her (promotions and raises and such). When Annie was one of the leaders at UltimateBet was one of the worst periods in their history. Annie wasn't the sole reason for that but she was indicative of a ME culture where people weren't allowed to do their work. That is my opinion and it is unrelated to whether Annie is a woman, man or a bear.

http://www.annieduke.com/2009/05/final-episode-of-celebrity-apprentice-trump-slowrolls-me/ Annie would probably be better off taking the high road. Doesn't look like that is her plan though. She should honestly suck it up, keep doing great things for charity and lose with class. Frankly, it is the most profitable thing for her to do. Also here is Daniel's blog about the final show (they historically have had a few issues). http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-journal.php?subaction=showfull&id=1242028284&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&

Annie has done a phenomenal job! Definately she has all the qualities to be a leader and a business person!!! In addition she is THE LADY - she was the only one that deserved any attention! In contrast, Joan was very emotional and childish - no class at all. It was absolutely enbarrassing to look at her. I agree that Trump and NBC should be ashamed!!! Very disappointed.

Joan won as she should have, Annie knew the rules she only cared about money and beating Joan. Donald Trump made his call, I agree with him. Annie tried the blame game and never did tell Donald how she got her room ready for the event. Joan beat her on that too

I guess it doesn't surprise me that people are upset that Annie lost but I am a bit surprised at how much. I mean Annie was no saint for sure, even though I think it sucks I doubt anyone will care by tomorrow.

I THINK JOAN AND HER DAUGHTER ACTED LIKE CHILDREN WHEN THEY DON'T GET THERE WAY. ANNIE WAS CLEARLY THE WINNER IN MY BOOK. DONALD KISSED JOAN'S BUTT BECAUSE OF HER AGE. I WOULD HAVE NEVER TAKEN THE ABUSE ANNIE TOOK, SHE IS SUCH A CLASS ACT. I WILL NEVER LOOK AT JOAN RIVERS THE SAME WAY, SHE CAME DOWN A PEG IN MY BOOK. LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER. NO ONE HAD THE GUTS TO CALL JOAN OUT, ANNIE COULD HAVE TAKEN HER DOWN BUT BEING THE CLASS ACT SHE IS SHE REMAINED A LADY.. I THINK THIS WAS A FIX FROM THE BEGINNING, I THOUGHT THE SHOW WAS ABOUT WINNING MONEY AND BEING A STRONG LEADER. CAN YOU SEE JOAN IN A BOARD MEETING WHEN SHE DOESN'T GET HER WAY, HER DAUGHTER WILL RUN IN THE BOARD ROOM AND CALL EVERYONE WHORES AND JOAN WILL THROW HERSELF ON THE FLOOR AND KICK HER FEET LIKE KIDS DO. HATS OFF TO ANNIE THE WINNER AND CLEARLY A CHAMP...........

Joan messed things up with the original decorator. That fact was never settled. My money was on Annie. In the past when she was focused on the task she was brilliant e.g. the tuna jingle. However last night she kept saying she was out to beat Joan. If she'd have focused on the task she'd have been brilliant again and creamed Joan on the task. She shoulda won anyway.

O M G - We now know why Joan returned the week after her rage against Annie.... She said that she was leaving! Maybe until someone left the bug in her ear that she would be the winner......or perhaps she said that she would return if she would be the winner... WHO KNOWS??? The point is that the show was about raising money for charity and the winner did not win.. ????? "THEE DONALD" has made a mockery of the show and seems that maybe the only reason he wanted Annie there in the first place was because he knew her ability to raise the money and he got what he wanted and tossed her out... and to let someone win because she is old and has stamina ---Jesus Christ----. Don should start an new Reality Show called TGRTTE.... the geriatric race to the end. (This could be entertaining to the older crowd who likes to see plastic face disrespectful grumpy people who are set in their ways fight to the end at any cost). If Annie had known up front that there was a different set of rules,,, maybe she would not have put herself through the abuse and put-downs. VERY DISAPPOINTED!

Well if you hear of any interviews this week on any of the TV shows with Annie Duke, let us know, I would love to here what she thinks of the situation now. Joan was still saying negative things about her on Regis & Kelli today.

I am really disappointed with Celebrity Apprentice and the outcome. It was SO obvious Annie should of won. She raised almost 4 times as much money than Joan. I am so very disappointed with Donald Trump and Joan Rivers. Annie had to endure so many personal and "below the belt" attacks from Joan Rivers, and Annie still held her head high until the end. I really feel like Joan Rivers won because she was a "celebrity," and Annie lost because she lacked the star power of Joan and because she is a "poker player,". There was nothing that Annie could of done to have changed the outcome. Donald did not have the b@lls to scold Joan Rivers when she was being ouf of line with her "hitler" and "maffia" comments to Annie. Donald knows in his heart that he should of chosen Annie to win, but if he would of chosen Annie, he would of had another celebrity feud possibily to content with, (with Joan) and he was afraid Joan wouldn't perform any more at his casinos, and possibly have her celebrity friends back her up and boycout Donald and his projects. It's disgusting, I will not be watching anymore "apprentice" shows after this.

I felt Joan would win, she has wisdom Annie may never have. Annie was full of herself and received a big slice of humble pie.

I thought the face was pretty funny too because she certainly thought she won. That said gloating in someone's defeat is not my thing. Personally I was hearing a lot of talk about Annie being a 3/1 favorite, I figured she was maybe a 1.5/1 at best (that jingle was pretty catchy). Referring to poker players as mobsters is a bit out there but I think Joan won because she stood up to Annie and really no one else did. It was the fact that Annie came off as a bully that did her in at the end IMO.

I don't mind Katy having the opinion she does and I am sure Annie would rather not have someone that knows her personally saying these types of things. Ultimately though I have no agenda against Annie Duke. I write what people want to read and people want to know about her at the moment. She is charitable, strong willed and a marketing genius (regarding her brand). She also isn't the first successful person to rub people the wrong way.

I don't dislike your sister really. This is a blog and people want to know what these people are really like. People want to know if Annie is being depicted correctly or incorrectly. My blog provides a little insight in that regard. Knowing Annie like I do I am sure she asked you to post this (she used to ask similar favors from me). Fact is what this blog does is takes the behavior of poker players and displays it for people to see. For me to point out that Daniel had a similar beef with Annie to Joan's is exactly what the uninformed would like to know. I don't mind you taking up for your sister but if you look at what I have done with this article it is very short on opinion. I will admit however that Annie's opinion of herself is much higher than my opinion of her but I don't think she is particularly objective, her ego is enormous. Also please don't use that tired sexist argument on me. I have 2 daughters and a wonderful wife. I also was one of Annie's biggest supporters in the poker world (google is your friend). Annie is disliked because she is not loyal to people that are loyal to her. But I am sure you know this. BTW the people she works with now can't stand her, ask yourself this, I do a considerable amount of business with the site that Annie represents yet not one person has ever come to her defense. And they won't, they tolerate her but few people like your sister that work with her daily.

That's how ALL successful women get AHEAD. Look at Hillary... same thing.

Ive watched my last apprentice! They were so mean to Jesse, he has made it on his own name not his wifes' name. DUH! Joan Rivers is a huge filthy mouth joke. Go out in the REAL world and see true professional women, because these two are NOT it.

I am disappointed that Trump brought Joan back to the show and probably promised her a seat in final two. Their relationship should not play any role. A person who left the show should NEVER EVER have a chance to come back!!!! What is so special about her or her talents that she needs to come back? NOTHING. She was trashing every single individual all the time, calling names, comparing to Hitler, it is just disgusting. If this is a ROLE MODEL to a show the world what America is all about? For new generation to learn how such a filthy mouth people are rewarded and able to make money? What a shame!!!!! Anni deserves to win from the beginning, and Clint should be with her in final two.

Yum yum Bumble, Bumblebee Tuna I Love Bumblebee, Bumblebee Tuna, I think Clint's team was the best and could have found myself singing his jingle. With no small children Annies jingle wouldn't relate too me. I didn't like the commerical with the two mothers talking because it sounded to much like a peanut butter commerical

Has everyone missed the point. This is Reality TV. It's entertainment! Anytime you have several celebrities together, egos are sure to be found. That's entertainment. Why not stop nit picking, and let Mr. Trump do his job. He knows who will benefit his orgainization and after all it is his livlihood. I am enjoying the show, and I might add that raising money and not naming names is the most professional route to travel. As far as revealing personal attributes and what your good at,(usually u r severly lacking gr8 skills altogether) I look forward to the final episode. Hats off to all of you, and for being all, we the public knew you to be! A FAN!

I was appalled at the way Melissa reacted, I have seen 3rd graders react in the same manner. I love Joan, but she has done a poor job in raising her daughter from the examples she showed on the show. It is no wonder Melissa has awful memories of high school. Her personality needs an adjustment, and she needs to grow up! Joan needs to let her. As for Annie , and Clint, they are so impressed with themselves it's pathetic. My vote goes to Jesse. Although he was wrong in the last segment I can't blame him as I think he steers clear of "petty" pompous people and it is getting to him. The show was better when Trump was handing out jobs to folks who really need them. The charity idea is nice, but they aren't giving their all, because nothing is on the line for them specifically. I hope it's Jesse and Annie at the end, and he trumps her ace!

Joan & Melissa Rivers are so insecure with themselves that they have to bash and cut everyone and anyone that threatens them. They are hardcore, noncompassionate,uncaring, fowl month, self absorb narcissuses with NO class! I have NO respect for either of them.

Joan Rivers will return, she and Annie will be the final two and Joan will win. Annie is out of her league when it comes to Joan Rivers

I love this show. It really is good tv. Melissa really shouldn't have stormed off and she did NOT ask for her check...she asked for her purse. Of course Joan will be back.....GREAT TV

Annie is a back stabbing white trash poker player. She deserved evry peice of shit that Joan gave her!

well said williamD73 that really sums up the truth of the matter

I will ALWAYS continue to watch Celebrity Apprentice. Have always loved the show. Whiney Melissa and her mouthy mama needed to go! They are both NUTS! The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. If Clint can get sex" off his mind, he could be the winner. I like Brande. Maybe they could team up against the foul-mouthed Jesse and Annie. Never heard of either of these 2 before. Yahoo Brand and Clint! Good riddance Melissa and mama. They were NEVER team-players. PS.. I use to like Joan, but she has shown her "true colors." Others before Melissa that got fired, went off partially graceful! Must go rest up for May 3rd!

The project manager usually takes credit for the loss. While talking to Jim Cramer, Annie said that she was responsible for just about everything in the ad, setting herself up for all the credit, if her team had won. It was obvious to me that Donald Trump was trying to manipulate Joan Rivers and Annie Duke into not only being the final two, but also setting up a somewhat vicious rivalry between them. If the show was to be totally about fund raising, why not have them all get on the phone and keep pestering their friends to give. It is too bad Melissa couldn't have handled the firing better. She is obviously very smart and talented in more intellectual ways than some of the others. The Donald is the one who won this episode.

Annie is clearly a cutthroat that has obviously pinned people against each other and they have played right into her plan. I actually didn't think Trump would cut either of the Rivers. I will admit that at first I thought Melissa had never done anything that wasn't handed to her on a silver platter by Mommy. In the first episode Joan & Melissa showed that they were not acting as a team @ that time. I think that once Trump broke them up on teams that they both work very well as team members. Melissa is a very hard worker and has talent. She does know her capabilities and works them over 100%. She truly does try. Annie is a Cee yoU Next Tuesday kind of gal and is doing exactly what I expected of her all along. I do think she will get cut as Trump will see, & I thought he already would, that Annie is detrimental to anybody she's working w/and Trump wouldn't want anyone on his team that could possibly do that to him. I don't see Annie winning as she's simply conniving. I'm pretty sure that everyone is on to Annie @ this time, even the bimbo.

Didn't Clint Blacks Mama teach him that you never wear a hat indoors cowboy or otherwise! He looks ridiculous.

Ed.... I had forgotten but Melissa also took credit for an idea that a team member (I believe it was Courtney Jordan) had come up with for an episode. It was also filmed and it made Melissa look like a BIG FAT LIAR...... I believe Melissa and Joan's name-calling has certainly hurt their reputations.... One of the first interviews with Joan shows her saying that she would do ANYTHING AND I MEAN ANYTHING TO WIN. If you are going to be on a REALity TV show you better be prepared to win or lose. I think everyone wants to win- if you lose it is normal to be disappointed, but unless you are prepared to not have friends and look totally ridiculous you better accept the loss gracefully. I think that Annie has done just what the show wants...... look who is still standing without lying, cursing, namecalling etc.

I am an Entrepreneur and I have a degree in Business Management. I think people are missing the plain reality of this show. This show is NOT about management, it is about Entrepreneurship and MAKING MONEY!!!! Listen to the theme song "money, money, money....money" Joan and Melissa Rivers are simply and plainly pathetic. Joan has lied far beyond this show. Melissa has taken credit for Annie's ideas on one of the earlier episodes when it was plainly filmed whose idea it was. I have lived with a lying, cheating, back stabing women for eight years. Joan's actions after Melissa was fired were embarrasing and very, very, very pathetic to say the least!!!!!

Annie Dukey has done real damage to the poker image, and that is so unfair couldn't they have picked anyone esle. After watching this show and her I really can't stand her. In the beginning i was happy she was on it.......But now omg she has no class. She reminds me of that person at work that everyone secretly hates. I'm 47 years old and never have i felt so ill towards someone ON T.V. I USE TO PLAY ON ULTIMATE BET NEVER AGAIN. Pokerstars will get all my money now. Daniel N was right about her and i bet her feet do stink

Joan with the mask on gees it doesn,t even move and FAKE LIPS daughter showed the world what LOW lives they are I called this would happen if FAKE LIPS GOT FIRED i TOLD MY WIFE THE TRASH MOUTH WILL COME OUT OF BOTH OF THEM .DONALD SEND MOM HOME WITH HER

I agree with Scott Simon about this show being about ratings. Why the show changed from being about who raised the most money for charities is beyond me... Annie is an egotistical, narcissistic liar who should have been fired after she took all the credit for the ad campaign that caused her team to lose. The blogger is right, heaven help the poker sites that will have to deal with Annie should she win. Please, oh please don't let her win...Is what they are all praying every night! Spare my balls once she returns! Please oh please! Brandie has little chance of survival - and Joan was right, she is merely a clueless follower... And back-stabbing Annie just will lead Brandie to the slaughter house like a little lamb. Clint Black gets on my last nerves too. Some other poster had a good idea of putting him and Annie on the same team. Let them work together. Now that would be entertaining!

I originally started watching this show because of my admiration for Annie Duke. That is no longer the case. She is what give women a bad name. Not by being strong or assertive, but by turning on other women. My respect for her is gone and I will no longer root for her to win when I watch her play poker. Shame on you Annie Duke.

The two Rivers women need to go. They are absolute disgrace to the show.

I never watched any of the previous "Apprentise" shows in the past, but my husband never missed one. He talked me into watching the Celebrity Apprentise show and I have not missed an episode. That will change after Melissa Rivers was "fired" instead of Brande. Since when did the person who raised the most money from outside sources win. I thought the boardroom was about overall performance of the team and the team leader taking the hit if the team lost. And let's face it --would anyone want to follow a boss who says, foregoo ...instead of foregone? HELLO! From a business/professional aspect I have to say that I was appauled with Annie Duke. I do not think anyone could EVER work for her, or for that matter, with her. She suffers from Delusions of Grandeur. Almost every word out of her mouth is, "I"....I thought that up, I created that...I raise this much money, I am good friends...brag...brag...brag and I always go back to the old adage that secure people are humble. So she must be a really insecure woman inside. Secure people don't need to boast about how much money they have, the people they know...how competent they are ---people will ultimately pick up on that. Wonder if her four children would be proud of a mother that also couldn't help but to boast that she gives good "blow jobs." I think Joan was a little harsh, but unfairness and frustration can lead to hitting below the belt. My mother would have handled the situation the same especially with the way it happened. Bottom line...I hate people who are not team players... There are two types of individuals in the world..."those out to PROVE something, and those out to ACCOMPLISH something" and Annie Duke is out to prove something. I don't take her cleverness away, but I love to see connivers, back-stabbers, self-elevating people get their "come-uppens."

Both of the Rivers scum are without doubt hideous pieces of crap. I have zero respect for them and only wish them bad things after the episode I just watched (4-26-09)I am embarrassed that they call themselves US citizens. What a couple of cry BITCHES. I can only wish them a timely exit from the human race.

Staci is right! I thought this show was about being a great manager, and show casing your talents and working through difficult assignments with difficult people. Now, it is about how much money you can raise. Selling his daughters jewelry and show casing her non talents is strictly Trumps' self promoting... Ivanka should apprentice under Joan Rivers...she might learn a thing or two. Joan's jewelry on QVC out classes Ivanka's big ticket items. Melissa has amazing talent and she really made a big difference on all of the projects. I hope Joan does not quit..Donald threw Melissa under the bus just as much as Annie and the other one. Annie just makes me sick. What has she ever accomplished? She plays poker? Ok makes meatballs and what else did she say she was good at....ick. Poor thing

I agree with Mikester 100%. Jesse sounded like a 6 year old who doesn't get his way and sits in the corner and pouts Wah Wah Wah! I also couldn't be happier to see those two little whiney jew BITCHES go. Hopefully the old bag stays gone. Go get another facelift and a few more shots of botox you ugly skanks! Sounds to me like too many people are jealous of Annie and the fact that she gets the job done. Loved the way Brande shut up that little dweeb Jim Cramer.

To Connie S., When I said "if the way to truly win, is to lie and cheat, this world will never be a better place", I meant "overall" as in, "in life" and I guess I should have said "lying by omission and manipulating" instead of "lie and cheat". In the boardroom to everyone, Annie said she had not said anything bad about anyone. That is not true. (Even Joan commented that maybe she didn't talk about anyone when the camera was rolling - which says to me, Joan might not have seen/heard it being recorded, but, in their off-camera time, she heard her. And, we've seen her bad-mouthing several people, just not to their face). Okay...next...Annie made sure Kramer knew when he visited them that she was responsible for the concept of their whole idea. In the boardroom, she backpeddled saying she only gave suggestions and Brande just went with them. Let's say that last part is true...then, her telling Kramer the whole thing was her idea wasn't true. Either way, there's a lie in there.

To all of you people dishin' on Annie! You must really be jealous of her? Maybe it is because she can go to work when she wants and I'm sure her commercials promoting poker have made her lots of cash for just showing her personality! Why because she knows "The Game" she knows how to play...! You people doggin her are all stupid.....listen to the racist remarks from ol' lady rivers. I used to like her till I saw her on this show, my gosh all the name calling and holdin her dear lil' daughters hand???? C'mon cut the cord for good Joan, and you should be ashamed of yourself for acting like a lil highschool girl by your racist remarks. You make me SICK!!!!!

Melissa was infact torpedoed by the "mean girls" HAHAHA, and what must REALLY make it worse was her KNOWING it was coming, but having to sit powerless and watch it happen. Trump has become the king of "stirring the pot" with celebs. I LOVE THIS SHOW!

Is " The Donald" watching any of these shows...Don't they have the video for him to look at? I find it sad that he would tell Melissa that she is making too much of being treated as if she weren't even in the room by Annie,I got your back girl, and dumb as dirt Brandi. Am I watching the same show as everyone else...I think Annie has been exactly what Joan has called her 'two faced'. Three weeks ago she thought Brandi should be fired cause she didn't do anything, then she figured out that if she befriended her she could get rid of Melissa, which is what she has wanted from day one. Now with Melissa and Joan gone she only has to worry about Jesse. Clint has lost more times than won and the reason is his ego. I think Jesse and Joan should have been the last two standing. They are the best and the most entertaining. Joan Rivers is an Icon and I dont care how many times she has gone under the knife, I think she looks great...alittle frozen...but great for her age. Jesse is new to me and I only knew of him due to being married to one of my fav actresses, Sandra Bullock. I think he is smart and very funny. The Trumpster should get Joan back and get rid of the Liar.. That is why she is so good at poker. Let her go back to the tables where she belongs.

I think this show is fixed like last year.thay just wanted the money.It is clear to me that jessie is the smartest person on the show.and should win. only time will tell. love joan her sidekick would not be nothing without her.clint should have been gone four weeks ago. annie what a trip. brande should have gone home but d.t. loves his blondes

ROFL........ this show is a hoot, however it is a game... and the name of the game is ratings. Don't for a min. think most of this wasn't scripted. Which would be why Melissa freaked out when she got fired, You could see in her eyes she was surprised. And her yelling about her purse, and stuff, and no one giving it/them to her. she wasn't ready to leave, like just about everyone else. Trump took more care about who he fired, when it was him who had to hire, and, pay the person for a yr or more. However again this is a game... Something happened, to switch up the plans.. as you saw Trump pass a note to his friend, then poof Melissa was fired. as for Trump using his daughters jewelry for one of the projects.. I agree it was shameful... would have been ok, had he stated in the final boardroom, that all peices were DONATED by Ivanka... however we were left with the impression that wasn't the case, thus I understand his/her anger at Natalie for picking the cheapest items, and not truly selling all of them, cause it appeared Trump was trying to make money off this show for his daughter personally, over what I am sure is a decent paycheck from the studios.... BTW ALL folks who play on a reality show.. get paid a weekly amount...in some cases it could be 1000.00 a week... and each one recieves a portion of prize money depending on how long they actually last on a show...it could be as little as 10,000 and up to 1/4 of the grand prize. Now as for Annie.... she is one of the reasons I watch POKER on TV...along with some others....and what the hell...... POKER is all about control, and maniulaption... how else are they going to win, cause getting the cards.. well that is just chance!.. As for Joan and Melissa I agree cut the cord already... and of course I forgive, for I know not what was scripted or what was actually Joan's true feelings... As for Jessie... I love the guy... only thing pisses me off about him, is he got Sandra Bullock!!! LOL.... but this past show, he was a little brat to Clint.... but I figured most of that is scripted...I always figured it would come down to 2 women 2 men.... and it was just going to depend on who created the most ratings.... well looks like we see who they are.. that is if Joan doesn't come back.

Regarding the antics of the two "River" people last night I think it was absolutely ridiculous. What are they 5 and 6 years old. Joan and her brat should both be booted from the show and I saw Mr. Trump's face when the childishness was going on - he was totally annoyed with them both. I like the show but we don't need two contestants like them.

Melissa Rivers is a spoiled, whinney child who would be nothing if not for her mother's name. Joan Rivers is an overprotective b****. Her comments to and about Annie and the others were completely out of line. Comments should be limited to the task performance and not personalities. I have to work with several different people, some of whom I find hard to stomach, but have learned that professionals bite their tongues and work around it. Defend yourself with your work not your feelings.

Continue.... It's so obvious that Donald Trump is so partial to that dumb Brande, she should have gone home last night!!! Annie's setting her up big time. and when it all comes down to it Brande will see just how much of a friend she is to the poker player!! The key word here Brande is "poker" do you get it!!! I think what Donald Trump should do next week is split up the team have Clint Black and Annie together and put Jesse and Brande together as a team!! WOW talking about good TV!!!

Antonio, I've just recently discovered your blog. After reading literally all of the entries, I have one question. Have you ever thought about being a manager for a recording artist? -jon

Scott Simon should not be allowed to comment ever again on this site for the comment that he made about Melissa's father and Joan's husband regardless of what he thinks of them. We are talking about people playing a game on a television show. Don't ever make crude jokes about serious tragedies in someone's life because you don't like how they come off.

In reply to Inne's comment: If the show brings that whiney little girl back, ALOT of people will quit watching it. For heavens sakes.......I think we all heard enough of the whinning every week!!!!! I'm glad they pulled the cord on one, and the other one followed WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!

On episode Sunday Apr 26, 2009 Donald Trumph was playing dirty as when Melissa requested to finish her opinion, Donald was unhappy and of course the old gentleman beside Donald. That gentleman raised his eye browm and kind of shocked, he looked at Donald and Donald did the same things as because that old gentleman did that. Seconds after that Donald wrote a note and passed it to that gentleman and everybody o the planet who was watching the show knew right away tha Donald is going to FIRED Melissa INSTEAD of Brandee which they were going to. But because Melissa asked to finished her opinion which perhaps from the point of view of Donald and that old gentleman was unacceptable because as an employee of Donald, you have no guts to do so but Melissa is not Donald's employee, so let her be. Donald Trump wrote that note with Melissa's name to be fired and he is EVEN playing more dirty and unfairly by right away asking about the weaknesses of Melissa and asked that old gentleman who will he be fired??? Daaa... of course that old gentleman said Melissa because Donald wanted to fired Melissa and Donald did not wanted that come ouy from his mouth. OMG, I am very disappointedon Donald, do you thin he is a good Leader?? oh oh DON'T think so. After Donald fired Melissa, Donald said that Brandee is defending herself very good and everything good about her...please give me a break ... Brandee said that she will bring moremoney for charity.This is not about only mney but this is about your BRAIN, not all the tasks in Donald Trump company finding money by calling your connection such as Playboy etc but you have to be able to do the job intelligenly and professionally. Brandee should had been FIRED as she FAILED as a Proj.Mgr as a PM she couldn't handle the project by delegating or even giving away the project to Annie (?). What kind of PM is that? I am purposely using Donald and not Mr. Trump because after Donald fired Melissa with NO LOGICAL REASON, I have NO respect for Donald. I don't care about how rich he is or how many hotels he owns etc but I and many people would value you based on your personality and not your money/assets especially if you get CAUGHT playing dirty on the TV. My adivse, Donald you have to bring Melissa back and you own an apology to her. If want to hire an excellent employee, you have to be an excellent leader as well. Donald, you should think about what you did in the boardroom... how disappointing you were firing Melissa with no reason SHAME ON YOU. I do not blame Melissa to feel very upset because Donald is threating her unfairly and very very dirty. Melissa, please be strong!.

Joan Rivers is a very strong woman and I like her. Her daughter on the other hand is very spoiled and immature. I don't think that Melissa should have been fired though because she really wasn't given any direction and incentive by Brande. Brande should have been fired. Melissa did her best and tried at every step to do the most she could do for this project. Obviously Annie took over because she knew she could. I can't stand Annie. Everything she stands for makes me want to barf. I'm hopping Joan will come back because holding her spoiled daughters hand right now isn't going to do her charity or possible win any good. I'm rooting for Jesse to win because he is the only straight shooter and isn't into all the drama. I hope Joan throws Annie under a literal bus!

Yes, I'm soooo happy that these two are off the show.....well hopefully mommy will go along with crybaby daughter. And now Joan has gump to say that all poker players are trashy????? Who in the heck does she think she is???? Yep all those injections she has got really afftected her brain. Ohhhh and she said that Annie would need two doctors for her surgery???? Annie is perfect the way she is.....Hey Miss Joan those doctors sure did not help you a bit. Good riddance to the Rivers Rats!!!!!!!!

I agree with EVERYTHING that STACI just said. That is exactly what I would have said. I would also add that Donald Trump is obviously a great businessman, but a businessman who lets his loins get in the way, partly to boost ratings. He obviously fancies Brande (where the heck is the mention of his wife this season? are they already broke up?)and I think he just wants more opportunities to gaze upon her. I think the best player should win....not the one with the most money. This is getting ridiculous. I would have walked out, too. Pitiful.

It certainly appeared that both Joan and Melissa had a weird sense of entitlement. Without Joan I think the show is virtually unwatchable. Annie's biggest asset is that she has seemed to care from day 1 and that is why I think she will win. Also if you are more than a casual follower of poker you know that Annie's results in poker are less than stellar and she wouldn't make most peoples top ten list for female poker players. For overall poker players I doubt she would crack the top 100. Female poker players however have a particular hold on the promotional dollars from online poker companies. While Annie is about a 5 in the real world in the poker world she is about a 7 and that is worth something if you can generate attention for yourself.

I think ultimately the producers and crew on that show got tired of listening to and filming the constant whining from the most talentless person on the show . . . Melissa. And even if it means her mother will walk, they have had enough. I know that I as a viewer started to lose interest the minute there is too much of that horse-faced Melissa on camera. I can't decide who is uglier, Sarah Jessica Parker or Melissa Rivers and yet, they both think of themselves as having some sort of beauty or talent that America thirsts for. I do agree that Annie is very clever in trying to kill two birds with one stone and it looks like she might have done it. It will be hard for Joan to return after that exit. And Melissa thinking that she somehow hurt us (the viewers and Donald Trump and Mark Burnett) by denying a post firing interview . . . what a joke. What could she possibly have to say that we haven't heard over and over again? I think the show will now finish quietly and with only one celebrity with any real name recognition, I lean towards Clint Black although I think he is not the brightest bulb in the basket, NBC will need to keep the ratings up. This is the only show that they produce that finishes in the top 15 and that includes 30 Rock and The Office and Law and Order etc. Why do you think they are moving Leno to 9:00pm? They have no product. This year's version of Celebrity Apprentice proves that. Want big ratings NBC? Get Ivanka in a bikini or videotape her in a photo shoot for Playboy. Now that would be Top 10 television.

Okay, this is goofy reality tv. But, any one else freaked by Melissa and Joan's behavior? Bad form....

I thought this show was called "The Celebrity Apprentice" not "The Celebrity FUNDRAISER". I thought it was about who could perform the best job, not, "Who Has The Friends With the Most Money That You Are Willing to Call and Ask Them To Give It". I always thought the donations going to the PM's charity was the reward - not the goal. As far as Annie goes, we don't have to guess what she's up to...she said she will do anything to win, she admitted she was manipulating Brande and was looking to get Melissa fired. As far as Melissa goes, she was a bit whiney about it, but, Annie and Brande were being the "high school" girls we all hated. As far as Joan goes...she saw through Annie, plain and simple. I don't blame her for leaving after Melissa was fired - she wanted to leave a few weeks ago because of Annie. And, poor Brande - she's going to feel so stupid once she watches the show and sees what Annie has said about her and how she was using her and that Joan and Melissa were completely right about her. If Brande thinks Annie is still going to be her BFF after this week, she's going to be blindsided by the bus when Annie throws her under it. If the way to win truly has become to lie and cheat, this world is never going to be a better place. And, this will be proven if Annie wins. I was always taught that the good guy DOES finish last. GO JESSE GO!!

I knew Melissa was gone when she came back at Trump. That was a given.I would like to see them back (Mother and Daughter) and behaving as the professionals they are. You and Joan are in the same class. In the publics eyes, I would like Trump so show through professionalism that Annis and he are not the same class. I would like for Trump and Joan and Melissa to come back and keep the ratings up. Annie is not of a class as most entertainers. They come from know where. And not the proper training. Usually their head has became too large. Have you noticed most pockers. playing. So childish. Usually no class at all. Am sorry Joan said what she did about poker players. Just because it is usally true, she should have helt back. Most people know their personalities, and watched Annies new found power by her actions.Poor Annie is still not walking on the floor yet. Has an inferior complex,still. Yes a pompas attitute and confidence is important to be on your show. I have always liked your show and was really looking to this one. Joan is experienced hard core and can handle anything. She has been the best. I am not sure I can watch this again as much as I enjoy this show. Leaves a bad taste in your mouth tonight. It has been excellentto watch them expand as they have went along. Have to admit I liked Martha's show when she had it. I knew what she wanted. It was fun to work out what I would have done. Not happy with her stock though. For your show it is exciting to see how everything is planned. The celebrites are so much more intersting. Beautiful professional work.

Can't stand Anne and who cares if you know her. She is as cutthroat as they come. Anne sucks and I hope she goes than brande sleeze.

Just watched the apprentice and I think Joan Rivers and her daughter are despicable to say the least. Joan has always been a disgusting person and she has taught her daughter well. It's time to hang up your hat Joan. We have seen you in Vegas and you truly are terrible. Time to retire. All the surgery in the world does not hide who you really are. Melissa it is too late for you because you are too much like your mother. Please do not take that as a compliment. You are a couple of poor losers. What was the Donald thinking when he chose you two or did you beg him for the job.

marge, if the way annie is acting is what you would call a lady, then you need to re-evaluate the meaning of a lady. stabbing people in the back, and announcing you give good blow jobs does not a lady make!!!!! dont any of you realize what's going on. Annie and the blond bimbo are trying to get rid of melissa because they are afraid of joan and they know that joan will leave if melissa gets thrown under the bus. annie's constant talking about this friend and that friend is as abnoxious as hell especially to someone like joan rivers who has been in show business and around famous people longer than most of you have been alive. joan is in her late 70's and im sure accomplishing more than any of us commenting on her. i cant believe how blind you all are as to what is going on. do you not think your precious annie is going to let everyone hang out to dry? shes a poker player, she knows how to lie cheat and deceive. as far as the hitler remark, what im reading from you people is mind boggling. joan did not call annie hitler, she simply stated that hitler, to some people might have appeared nice when we all know he really wasnt. a perfect analogy to what annie is.

BIG MISTAKE TO FIRE MELISSA. BRANDE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED, BECAUSE SHE ALLOWED ANNIE TO MANIPULATE HER.

Oh my gosh, I couldn't believe Joan and Melissa. Both spoiled brats. I never liked Joan much and Melissa looks so much like her mom that it was hard not to have negative feelings towards her but when I saw that little tantrum, I laughed my rear off. I just can't believe grown women can act like that.. I never expected it from either one of them.

It is interesting on how personal people are getting in their comments about the show. Annie is not a backstabber. When someone isn't pulling up their socks, she lets them know. When Brande was told that she was weighing the team down, she stepped up and became a superstar. Annie gave Brande recognition for her efforts. This does not mean she was backstabbing Melissa. A good leader gives credit where it is due, no matter their past performances or differences. Joan and Melissa are taking this too personal and their insecurities are beginning to show. A good leader should be more confident and comfortable in themselves. This is why Annie duke will win.

Does it even matter if Annie is nice or not? She gets the job done. Joan and Melissa seem to be furious with her simply because she said Brande was hopeless in a task and both Joan and Melissa seem to have assumed that this means she will protect poor wittle tiny whiny Melissa from the big bad Donald firing her. Then Annie changed her mind about who to bring to the board room (probably due to performance on the day) and it was as if she'd dragged Melissa out into the snow and shot her. Joan and Melissa are appalling. Melissa is a totally insecure mummys girl who can't even talk about her own achievements without showing her paranoia that she only got there with mummy's help, and her whole tone puts her at about age 7 ... is the world going to be nice to me mummy? Oh no, the world looked sideways at me! It's not fair!!! Joan has more of a head on her shoulders but when it comes to her daughter she is just the weakest link in the chain. If I had those two on any management team I'd have to sack one of them just to get something decent out of the other. And limit personal calls too. Hopeless.

I think Annie is a slime! She appears to be quite a nice person in the boardroom, what a joke! Clint does not play well with others, it is always his way or the highway. I love Joan but cut the cord already with Melissa. Melissa will walk away as the winner is she can control her mother and her mouth.

Jesse James to win! WFW! CFL! LBC! WCW! And all the other 3 letter acronyms that directly link to Jesse. I think that even though there might have been a "slip" by Joan Rivers, you have to take into effect many things on Jesse behalf. 1. Does things by hands on hard work. And hard work alone. 2. Does not call in the celebrities he knows to raise money. 3. Has many celebrity friends to call upon. Kid Rock, Shaq, Keanu, etc. 4. Steps WAY out of the way when the women are cat fighting. 5. Does his job based on his own skills. He does not take on jobs he can not do. 6. He is smart. You do not build a multi-million dollar operation starting from your mothers garage to where it is now without making smart moves. 7. I think Trump likes Jesse because he is an entrepreneur and has done all he has done on his own decisions. Has done it all with his own two hands. WFODFD!

The Donald SHOULD have FIRED Joan on the spot for her MORONIC and SLANDEROUS 'Hitler' remark. I can see the show's sponsers taking a long hard look at what was aired. Joan and her brat need to be taken out back of the tool shed and spanked! There is a very good reason that Johnny Carson banned JR from his show... she's a total BITCH. Unfortunately Melisa was raised by that female cur and took on most of its traits when having interpersonal intercourse. My guess is that Melisa has been in therapy most of her life. She sure can't go for more than an hour without praise.

Had anyone said such things about my mother, whether on TV or not, we would have gone back to Hazard,KY ways. By the way, I buy from Schwan's and love there products. Take that Annie

Annie is a real back stabber. She will go along with who ever will go along with her. She tells someone that others on her team are not go and are lazy and do nothing. You would think that Annie is the peoject manager for every project as she tries to run the show each week and wants every thing to go her way. Jessis was a very smart project manager and did a great job. Working with two strong headed women (Anne and Melissa) and one dumb blonde he has been doing a good job and should be in the finals, but I don't see that happening. Way to go Jessie. Donald needs to go watch Annie without her knowing it when they are working on the projects and they will see a different side of her and see what the others are talking about how different she is than when she is in the board room.

I would like to see Joan win. She is right on when it comes to Annie and was right on when Clint was screwing things up (I cannot believe he hasn't been fired yet. I can only hope that Brande and Annie are the next to go. They are so impressed with themselves. I would like to see them turn on each other. Yeah that Annie is some woman, she can play poker and make a turkey meatball. Wow what a woman.

I was sure Annie would make it to the end, but Melissa is a surprise...was sure it would come down to Joan and Annie.

Herschel was booted.

I FELL ASLEEP 10 MIN BEFORE THE END LAST NIGHT.WHO GOT BOOTED OUT?

Annie Duke..intelligent, honest, and always a lady. Playing fair has always been her game. I hope she wins Celebrity apprentice. The dastardly duo... the most frightening pair of individuals I've ever witnessed. The only thing funny about Joan Rivers is her face, and her daughter is following close behind. Joan Rivers keeps renewing herself via plastic surgery and every year it gets scarier, almost alien. Unfortunately for the American public her daughter is taking the same route.. have you seen her lips? This is a deceitful duo who will smile to your face while delivering a vicious stab in your back. Donald Trump is a fool if he falls for the Joan River tears.. You know that gang members tattoo a "tear" on their face for every person they've killed.. Believe me, Joan Rivers 'tears' are deceitful.. The only thing funny about Joan Rivers is her face. Viewers should put their children to bed before she appears on screen..her looks alone could give them nightmares.

Without this show, I would NEVER find out how Rivers duo is ugly. Mother and daughter are just complete mess and if any of two wins the Apprentice that would be disgrace for Mr. Trump. It is a shame to watch “lady” 75 years old with such a bad attitude getting involved and trashing everybody who is on their way to protect her daughter who is spoiled, puffed up and jealous. I do not believe that there is a man in the whole world that would love to have Melissa for a wife and Joan for mother-in-law.

I just think that Anna is not management type and isn;t that what this is all about? A true manager would manage people not back stab and lie, who would work for her. When she calls her so called people she pretty much blackmails. Jessie James too me is great at this and really is the best business person there. He builds motorcycles and sells them for thousands, has a television show. He business since is great and so far what he says about others on the show has been right on with everyone. If I had to invest my money in a company then it would be with him.

Annie Duke is a back stabber and thinks she is smarter then anyone. She is so transparent but doesn't no it. She isn't a nice person she will do and say what ever it takes to win and in my book that doesn't make for a nice person.