Although she never actually did anything wrong, La Toya fell victim to the demands of her team and was eliminated in The Celebrity Apprentice 4 Episode 8.
NeNe’s goal now is to figure out a way to kick Star’s ass.
In Trump’s opinion, the most important thing to looking good is hair. Their task is to produce a hair show for Farouk Systems. They will be judged based on brand messaging, showcasing of products and tools, and overall presentation.
Meat Loaf and Lil Jon play rock, paper, scissors to determine their project manager, Lil Jon. NeNe agrees to be the project manager for the women because Star thinks she should be. They’re already off to a shouting match before the task has even begun, or at least NeNe has a shouting match while Star sits there calmly. In the process, she calls Hope Star’s puppet. I’m sure the executive has a good first impression. Star asks for an explanation. She does not get one.
John asks if anybody has Niki Taylor’s number. Not only is she a supermodel, but she’s also a former teammate of the women. She’s in and can’t believe the girls didn’t call her.
Meanwhile, the women haven’t said a word since NeNe blew up. Now, they’re forced to attempt to work together, awkwardly.
La Toya’s back. She doesn’t know why she was fired (a fair complaint), and she wants a second chance. She does not want to be with the girls, though, and would like to join the guys’ team. Trump says he’ll think about it.
NeNe has decided on a concept of shaking their hair. Getting the feeling from the exec that he wanted to stress that the products are made in America, the men go with feeling good in America.
Star hires some dancers. Marlee says she would be happy to model. Hope is tired of being a model. Bad news then: that is what you do.
Star has no problem helping NeNe in this task. NeNe says she’d better help her because otherwise she’s going to tell Trump. Hope, however, has checked out. It’s hard to blame her, but it’s a good reason for her to be fired, not that I think Trump needs much motivation. She’s served her purpose of being the hot girl, and as we approach the end, he can now cut her loose.
Ivanka sees that the men are relaxed and confident, perhaps too confident. NeNe spends her time telling both Ivanka and Eric that the boardroom will be chaotic.
Once Niki arrives, NeNe goes into paranoia mode, well, worse than before. She doesn’t trust Niki or Hope or anybody else for that matter and is worried about sabotage. Marlee and Hope are also shocked that Niki is working for the men. Why? You didn’t ask her.
In addition to coming herself, Niki has brought three models with her.
The next morning, the hair stylists show up at 8AM, and so do the models. The only thing missing is the women’s team that told them to arrive at that time. They show up half an hour late, and NeNe can’t figure out why it’s an issue. Regardless, they are able to do a rehearsal in as planned. As for the men, Lil Jon feels comfortable with just 10 minutes of rehearsing.
NeNe does not like Hope’s runway presentation. The problem is Hope is a Playboy model, not a fashion model. She’ll tell you that herself. What I want to know is: what the hell did they do to Hope’s hair, and did they think it looked good?
NeNe’s already got her boardroom lineup determined and, for that matter, has for two days: Star and Hope.
The men may have gotten their presentation off to a rough start, but Lil Jon’s energy and their America concept eventually takes off. They have no clue whether it’s good or not because they don’t know anything about hair shows. Regardless, unlike NeNe, Lil Jon’s not even thinking about the boardroom yet.
NeNe says she doesn’t feel like everybody lived up to their full potential. That could have to do with her alienating them from second one. She expected them to just get over her attitude. In her defense, NeNe calls Star a disloyal backstabber. Furthermore, Hope is Star’s puppet on a string. From there, NeNe goes on and on and on and on some more. Wouldn’t it be nice to hear the results of the task before ripping everybody apart?
Lil Jon declines to name a weak player, and it doesn’t matter because they’re not going to lose anyway.
Farouk loved Lil Jon as an MC, thought they did a good job on branding and messaging, and loved the theme of American cities. However, he did not like that they didn’t articulate that the products are safe. For the women, their stylists were informative, and Marlee did well as a model. However, NeNe was a weak MC, there was no real theme or direction, Hope looked awkward in the show, and it seemed like the stylists were running things rather than the team.
It’s pretty obvious what happened here. The men have won. Lil Jon will receive $40,000 for his charity United Methodist Children’s Home. Before they leave, Trump has another surprise: La Toya will be joining them.
Now that she’s back, Trump asks her opinion. Star vs. Nene? She likes NeNe. Well, at least that’s one vote in NeNe’s corner. Hopefully not enough to save her, but I suspect that Hope’s going to be too quiet for his liking and get fired anyway.
20 minutes left. I know what that means. NeNe’s not done running her mouth, no matter how old it already is.
Hope finds it interesting that NeNe’s charity is for domestic violence when she herself is mentally and verbally abusive. That fact was not lost on me either.
Memo to NBC: I don’t need to see Obama taking over the airwaves again. I can read about Osama bin Laden being killed online, rather than during a show I’m trying to watch. And they aren’t even ready yet. The speech is still being written, so they’re going to fill the time until it starts. Ugh. This can’t wait until the news at 11?
20 minutes later, the news anchors continue to ramble, telling us that Obama will make a speech in another 10 minutes or so. What’s left to discuss? You’ve already told the story in great length. If the White House wanted to tell this story, they should have written quicker. I’m off to watch my Tivo’d Undercover Boss. For those of you keeping score at home, the final tally: 50 minutes (not counting the half hour before they interrupted the broadcast that they were telling us a speech was coming soon).
Anyway, it appears that Hope has been fired, not surprisingly, although it’s not as if they’re going to let anybody watch the firing.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Celebrity Apprentice 4 Episode 10, which airs Sunday at 9/8c on NBC.