Arsenio Hall found himself in yet another boardroom battle on the May 6 episode of The Celebrity Apprentice, only this time it wasn’t Aubrey O’Day on the receiving end of his fit — it was Project Manager Teresa Giudice! He called her out for her poor leadership skills, while Teresa accused him of not bringing anything to the table. Ultimately, the celeb who ended up hearing Donald Trump‘s two favorite words was…

Teresa!

“It was a good experience,” Teresa said. “I wanted to prove to people that there’s more to me than just a housewife.”

Arsenio and Aubrey tried to play a little trick on Lisa Lampanelli, telling her Aubrey was the one who got canned, but the Queen of Mean — and the one I had put my money on in this competition — wasn’t buying it for a second.

That’s when things got real: The Donald called all four remaining contestants back to the boardroom for surprise interviews with last year’s Celebrity Apprentice winner John Rich and runner-up Marlee Matlin. When the one-on-ones were over, two more celebrities would be fired!

After an intense round of interviews, Lisa was let go, thus killing my dream of her winning the whole competition.

“My experience here was really cool … but hey, I was fired by Mr. Trump in the most pleasant way possible,” Lisa said on her way out. “It’s almost like I went out on this really high note.”

But just when the Donald was ready to fire another celeb, we were given a big fat “To be continued…”

Do you think Teresa and Lisa were the right celebrities to be fired this week? And which remaining celebrity should be fired next week — Aubrey, Arsenio or Clay? Cast your vote, then leave all your thoughts and theories in the comments section.

— Andy Swift

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It’s the ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ season finale — Click to find out the winner!

Donald Trump had to say “you’re fired” one last time this season. Get all the info on what went down between country star John Rich and actress Marlee Matlin – it was such a close call!

Marlee’s team of LaToya Jackson, Meat Loaf, and Richard Hatch, finally secured the help of 1970′s 7-Up spokesman Geoffrey Holder, making their team much more competitive with John’s

John Rich’s team included Lil’ John, Star Jones and Mark McGrath, and thankfully John was able to put his ego aside in order to make amends with Def Leppard. The band got their way when John decided to nix the kick drum idea.

The entire cast came back to sit and watch the finale, but also to talk smack about each other in front of a studio audience. Everyone, that is, except Richard Hatch who is now in jail again for tax evasion.

Donald asked Gary Busey the question everyone was wondering all season: ‘Are you crazy?’ He answered that he is mysterious, but was actually way funnier and seemed more normal than he ever did on the show. He even made fun of himself for his terrible pitch for Omaha Steaks.

Marlee did a great presentation on her charity, The Starkey Hearing Foundation, but the commercial she produced was pretty cheesy. The Harlem Globetrotters were the finishing touch and even Donald looked like he was satisfied with the finished result. Overall, her event went smoothly and she seemed extremely confident when it was over.

At John’s event, the 7-Up executives were disappointed that no one met them at the door like Marlee did, but his commercial featuring Dee Snider was a huge hit with the audience. Then disaster struck — John Rich introduced Def Leppard at 6:40 but didn’t have them scheduled to go on until 7:00 p.m. It was a total cricket noise moment while Donald looked around in utter disbelief.

Somehow he was able to refocus and come on stage to perform a few songs before Def Leppard actually did come out and play.

Donald’s meeting with the 7-Up people went well and they announced that both team’s soda cans will be available nationwide.

Maybe the best part of the episode was the montage of Nene Leakes throwing temper tantrums throughout the season. I have to hand it to her for sticking to her guns and not taking back a word she said.

Marlee and John had a chance to sit down with their teams in the board room with Donald, Ivanka, and Donald Jr. They had a chance to hear how their opponent’s event went and critique their can designs. There was no doubt about it that John Rich’s 80′s zebra print can was more impressive. Marlee also found out that John Rich had been raising money for his charity, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, despite the fact that this project was not based on fund raising.

After forty-five minutes of filler, Marlee and John made their final plea to Donald about why they should be the winner. Marlee argued that she has struggled with barriers because of being deaf and never took ‘no’ for an answer, while John argued that the winner of Celebrity Apprentice should be judged based on the contestant’s overall body of work.

In the very last second of the show, Donald decided — it’s John Rich’s win! Are you thrilled or did you think Marlee deserved it more?

– Brooke Peoples

It’s the final battle between Marlee Matlin and John Rich!

Celebrity Apprentice fans will be on the edge of their seat during the final episode, airing tonight at 9 p.m. on NBC. Last week we learned that not only did Donald Trump secure the help of the Harlem Globetrotters and Def Leppard, but there were other surprise guests as well!
Joining Marlee Matlin‘s team was LaToya Jackson, Meat Loaf, and Richard Hatch, while John Rich had the help of Star Jones, Mark McGrath, and his bestie Lil Jon. While John’s team initially seemed to be stronger, I don’t think Marlee can be counted out yet — you’ll have to tune in to find out! Plus even more of the cast returns, like fan faves Gary Busey and Nene Leakes!

– Brooke Peoples

Nene sticks to her guns on ‘The Ellen Degeneres Show’ about why she had to bow out early.

Some Celebrity Apprentice fans might have thought that Real Housewives of Atlanta star Nene Leakes, took the easy way out by quitting the show before Donald Trump had a chance to say “You’re fired!

Even though the show is a competition to raise money for each celebrity’s charity of choice, the temperamental reality star decided it still wasn’t worth her time to stick it out with her arch nemesis, Star Jones.

Things seemed to be smooth sailing when, at the beginning of the episode, Donald switched Nene and Meatloaf in an effort to avoid the drama. You would think that Nene would love that decision because that meant being on the same team as her friend LaToya Jackson, the only person ever to be brought back on the show after being fired.

Instead, she totally ditched her team without warning, leaving LaToya, John Rich and Lil’ John to fend for themselves in the challenge to put on a comedy show. Donald was NOT happy and eventually resorted to placing the phone call himself: “I’ve never called anybody but I’m calling you because I think you have great ability. If you quit, it’s going to follow you for the rest of your life. For you to quit at the end is stupid.”

Never one to back down, Nene told the camera, “I really feel that Star got her way. Mr. Trump bought into her bulls–t. I don’t have to stay with BS to raise money for my charity. The best thing for me to do is leave.”

It must have been difficult to hear the backlash from her former cast mates like John Rich, who said “Star ran her off and that’s so amateur. I cant say I have a healthy amount of respect for that,” or Donald’s final tirade, “You’re fired, and you’re a quitter, and Star Jones kicked your a** whether you like it or not.” Ouch!

But Nene insisted that she has no regrets about her behavior on the show — She told Ellen Degeneres she simply could NOT be around her teammate Star Jones, 49, any longer. “I don’t regret it. I felt very good about it.  I always do what my gut tells me to do,” explained the reality diva, “I’m a grown woman and nobody makes decisions for me.  I make my own decisions.  It was a toxic situation for me.”

Nene said although she could have used “better word choices,” she doesn’t even regret going off on a client while she was the team manager. She got the audience clapping because Star was fired at the end of last week’s episode, insisting that “Hollywood knows” the truth about Star. Maybe Nene got the last word after all!

–Brooke Peoples

A lot went down this week between the final contestants and emotions seem to be getting the best of everyone. Get the scoop!

The show had to begin by addressing the conflict between Nene Leakes and Star Jones from last week, but Nene claimed they “couldn’t work it out,” so Donald decided to have Nene and Meatloaf switch teams.
The first of two challenges was to promote and sell tickets to a comedy show. The teams are now: John Rich, Lil’ John, Layota Jackson, and Nene vs. Meatloaf, Marlee Matlin, and Star.

Star pulled some strings to get Tracy Morgan to make a video appearance. LaToya wanted to make a big splash as team leader because it was her first time on the boy’s team and also her first week back since begging Donald to let her back on the show.

Nene disappeared for no reason other than that she just wanted to “be alone,” and Ivanka Trump expressed her disappointment in the lack of participation. After multiple unanswered calls, Nene sent a text to LaToya saying that she couldn’t stand the negative working environment of the show, so she needed to quit for good.

John pulled strings for his team with his friend, Jimmy Fallon, who agreed to do a bit for the comedy show.

Despite Meatloaf’s weirdness and constant crying throughout the episode, his stage presence was awesome. He really pulled through even though his teammates had low expectations. Marlee’s comedy segment was hilarious from what the TV audience could tell, but it was so heavily edited that it left us wanting more.

Best quote of the episode: “If you don’t offend people, then you probably aren’t funny”- Tracy Morgan

LaToya’s team did a great job too, especially when Jimmy Fallon came out and performed, in which he sang a song he wrote called “You’re fired!” He even brought a check for $10,000 to charity and managed to reference Omarosa during the song.

During the board meeting, Meatloaf cried AGAIN, and basically begged for Donald to give his charity money even if his team didn’t win. Donald reminded him that even though the show is about charity, it is more about winning. Marlee stood behind the ‘loaf and said he was a vital team member.

LaToya took an equally impartial stance and vouched that both her team members, John and Lil’ John worked equally.

Meatloaf ended up winning the competition and $190,000 dollars for his charity, the Painted Turtle children’s camp. When Donald pushed LaToya to throw someone under the bus, she wouldn’t and kept insisting that they were all equal players — leading to her second “You’re fired!’ LaToya was not only the only person in Celebrity Apprentice history to be allowed back on the show, but is now the only person to be fired TWICE.

Thanks to this week’s three hour time slot, there was another entire competition to enjoy, this one for the company OnStar. Their goal was to emphasize safety and constant availability, not only for new cars but old models as well. You can now buy OnStar across the country at all (product placement) Best Buy stores. Team leaders this time were Marlee and John Rich because both have been fundraising power-houses throughout the show.

The OnStar execs were very clear on what they were looking for in a commercial, but both teams had their flaws. John Rich wanted to blame his poor performance throughout the decision-making process on his sinus infection, which was apparently debilitating from the montage of “Sick John.”

Their flaws in the final product were that the actress in the commercial was featured driving a car without a seat belt, big No-No, and that at times it seemed like Lil’ John’s yelling at the camera was more appropriate for a discount home appliance ad than for an upscale safety feature.

Marlee let an over-enthusiastic Meatloaf take the reigns for creative control, which seemed odd because he pitched an idea about a cop and a doughnut shop. Their commercial wound up being cheesy and overall not what the OnStar execs were looking for.

The men’s team won, so, like every previous episode, they proceeded to take shots to the face in the green room while Donald, Ivanka, and another random Trump son deliberated over who to fire.

After an emotional shouting match between Star and Meatloaf, during which Meatloaf pressed a button by calling her “Sweetie,” Star was fired from this week’s episode. Do you think this was Donald’s best move? Vote!

– Brooke Peoples

As if two hours wasn’t long enough to watch Nene Leakes and Star Jones duke it out, there’s even ‘Celeb Apprentice’ this weekend!

Donald Trump obviously needed to keep the show’s two most argumentative competitors at the end of last week’s show, which explains why he sent home Playboy playmate Hope Dworaczyk instead of Star or Nene.

This week’s episode of Celebrity Apprentice is going to be a can’t-miss. (8pm EST) — Even Meatloaf can’t stop crying!

– Brooke Peoples

Nene’s goal from the beginning of the episode is to f*** Star up! Does she or doesn’t she?

After LaToya Jackson was sent home last week on Donald Trump‘s Celebrity Apprentice, tensions are running high on the women’s team, especially between Star Jones and Real Housewives of Atlanta‘s Nene Leakes.
This week the task is to produce a live hair show using Biosilk and Chi products. On the line? $40,000 to the project manager’s charity of choice. Lil’ John is the leader for the men’s team which now includes him, John Rich and Meatloaf. Star suggests that Nene manages their team, to which Nene completely freaks out and tells Star to “bring her street game,” because she doesn’t feel that Star should have the right to suggest anything. Marlee Matlin and Hope Dworaczyk look away in embarrassment.

The men’s team pulled a sneaky move and called ex-Celeb Apprentice co-star, Nikki Taylor to be a part of their hair show, thinking that it would shock the women’s team to see her come back. The women’s team comes up with the slogan “shake your beauty,” aka your hair. Company exec Farouk Shami tells Nene to “surprise him” with something over the top.

Lil’ John is lovable as he takes his hair models through Lord & Taylor to pick out their clothes and he chants “yeah I’m a pimp, I’m a pimp!” Meatloaf has his own a appeal when he toots his own horn for his talent in lighting.

Marlee and Hope look forward to a drama-free day as they head to Lord & Taylor themselves. Hope points out that it’s difficult not only to support someone as crazy as Nene, but also to be in a department store and not shop for herself!

The best line of the show: Nene is mad at Star for no particular reason and says to the camera, “Star, you are an evil, fat lady.  You might have lost weight on the outside but your brain is still fat.” Love it! Why can’t people let go on Star’s weight loss? Almost as awkward as Trump very weird comment last week!

The women’s team is NOT happy to see that Nikki Taylor is back and working with the men’s team, but naturally Nene assumes it is a conspiracy by her teammates to try and sabotage her as project manager, which of course it’s not.

Marlee looks hot on stage during the women’s team presentation and Farouk seems more than pleased, smiling ear to ear. When Hope walked out, however, Nene said she looked stupid and “like big bird.” She already admitted that she’s totally over being the team model and it is very obvious in this challenge.

Meatloaf expresses that he is less than pleased with Lil’ John’s presentation technique, but ultimately all that matters is what Trump and the company execs think. They have the celebrity presence, but it’s hard to understand the ‘mardi gras’ theme at the end of the segment, especially when their slogan was simply, “Feelin’ good in America.”

During the meeting with Donald and Ivanka Trump, Nene predictably calls Star a disloyal backstabber and monopolizes the conversation. The whole scene is painful to watch and accomplishes nothing other than showing Nene has a temper worthy of earning her a spot on Real Housewives. Negative review: Nene was weak as an MC and the stylists ran the show instead of the team.

Country star John Rich, who never takes off his enormous cowboy hat, said he believed that their team was very strong this week. Ivanka remarks on the fact that Lil’ John seemed very “laid back” the night before the show (i.e. he was drinking wine,) but he defends himself by saying that he pulled it off and nothing is ever worth getting stressed out about. Negative review: didn’t highlight that the products stand for safety and lack ammonia.

The winner this week is the men’s team! And the United Methodist Children’s Home gets the $40,000 check!

There’s a twist this week though, and Donald allows LaToya to rejoin the show after she pleaded with him earlier to let her rejoin. Donald has never allowed this before in 11 seasons of the show and claims he will “never do it again.” The catch is that she will join the men’s team and is asked to throw someone under the bus on the women’s team. Luckily for Nene, LaToya and her are besties and LaToya says that Star is evil as well. It’s anyone’s game!

**Celebrity Apprentice was interrupted for an important announcement from President Obama that Osama Bin Laden had, in fact, been killed as the result of U.S. military action.**

In the final board room meeting, Marlee was allowed to leave first while Star and Hope tried to make a case for firing Nene. Donald doesn’t like weaklings, however, so he chose to fire the team’s least competitive member. He told Hope, “you’re fired.”

–Brooke Peoples

Wow, all I have to say is GET READY — It’s going to be a doozy!

This is going to be the episode to watch this season. The tension has been building, but Nene finally unleashes the fury on Star Jones, who says would “rip your head off to win.”

If any of you have any tolerance left for Donald Trump and his recent shenanigans, then you will surely be tuning in to this week’s episode of Celebrity Apprentice, because who would want to miss Nene telling Star to “bring her street game?” Now that’s why there’s a Real Housewife on the show — it’s going to be hilarious!

–Brooke Peoples