Job Interview The Celebrity Apprentice USA

It's coming down to the wire, as only two weeks remain

in the fight to become the Celebrity Apprentice.

I had colon cancer

'and then decided that I needed to give something back.'

Ohh!

So far, the game has brought some together...

How did Summer do?

I cannot tell you how inspired I was by these people.

You really love these people, don't you?

..and torn others apart.

You don't like Curtis very much.

Not a lot.

Why?

He's just too smug for me.

I do agree with Sharon.

I look at him and I'm like, "I want to punch you!"

And at times, the pressure has been too much to take.

Sharon's been sick, and she missed my entire task.

It takes a lot of wear and tear on you, and I was totally exhausted.

Darryl, do you want to be fired?

Yes.

All right. Darryl, you're fired.

So far, eight celebrities have been fired.

You're fired! You're fired! You're fired.

And only six remain.

Last week, the remaining celebrities were tasked with refurbishing

a corporate apartment.

You're going to paint it, you're going to furnish it,

you're going to make it look beautiful.

And Mr Trump mixed up the teams again,

sending Curtis Stone into enemy territory.

-Oh, no!

-Curtis, get over there.

-Oh, please!

Bret, you're going to the other team.

'Pretty boy Curtis...'

I thought he was smug from the beginning.

On Tenacity, reluctant project manager Holly Robinson Peete

went for an exotic theme...

This is looking really good in here, you guys.

..And tasked Cyndi to add her Lauper touch to the celebrity-themed room.

You say you want red, then pick a red.

I thought Cyndi would be perfect for this.

On Rock Solid,

project manager Sharon Osbourne went with a contemporary look.

This is a good bed. It's got storage underneath.

'I wanted modern because...'

it's non-offensive.

At the presentation, the judges were wowed by Cyndi's celebrity room...

-Nice with the patent leather.

-Yes.

..and loved Sharon's modern approach.

We wanted to keep it clean lines.

But in the end,

it was Sharon's overall makeover that put her on top.

They thought Rock Solid was fantastic.

Oh! Dear God!

In the hot seat, Holly turned on Cyndi.

Should I fire Cyndi or should I fire you, Holly?

I think you've got to fire Cyndi.

But when Mr Trump gave Cyndi an out...

You came up with the best room of everybody.

No! She said, "Paint the room red."

Wait, you're saying that SHE said to paint it red?

She said she wanted a red room.

..Cyndi made a tactical error.

Why did you bring up the fact that it was Holly's idea?

Because it was true!

OK. Cyndi, you're fired.

All right. Who do you say?

He's going to fire Holly.

He can't let her go.

She's a ferocious competitor.

-I think Cyndi.

-Do you?

-Yeah.

I think he fired Cyndi.

Someone's about to come through.

-Yes!

-Yay!

-Yes!

SHE LAUGHS

'I hated that Cyndi had to go...'

but I felt she was sort of a loose cannon for a while now.

-Who did I fight to paint that room red?

-You said, "Red."

She did not want to paint it red.

She's like, "She has to have a red room!"

And so they said, "Hold on, wait a second.

-"I thought the red room was all your idea!"

-Oh no!

'So I felt bad that I had to be so...'

brutally honest in the boardroom about Cyndi.

'But in the end, I was sad to see Cyndi go,'

but I felt it was the right decision.

-I just got 40 grand!

-Yes, you did!

I know!

Oww-oww!

My favourite bra ever!

'Sharon was letting loose. We might have started off a little rocky,

'but I've really grown to connect with Sharon.'

And she's so passionate about her charity.

So I wanted to see her in the finals.

-Whatever pills you're on, Sharon, I want some!

-Oh, my God!

PHONE RINGS

'Me and Sharon were celebrating.'

We were partying. We're like, "Woo! We made it!"

'The next thing you know, it got silent.'

Hello?

Hi, yes.

We need you all to head back into the boardroom now.

OK. We will all come back directional.

Oh, that's not good for me. So folks...

Cheers, Holly! Cheers!

'Donald Trump threw me for a loop.'

It was strange, man. I didn't know what he was going to do.

Somebody's going.

Oh, jeez, Curtis! You're always in the bath! Don't do a deuce, Curtis!

-You nutter!

-What do you think?

-I think somebody's going.

-Yeah.

No deucing us!

I absolutely think somebody's going.

-Nooo!

-Yup.

Ugh! Stress.

All right. We're all going back in.

# Money, money, money, money

# Money

# Money, money, money, money

# Money

# Some people got to have it

# Some people really need it

# Listen to me, y'all

# Do things, do things, do things

# Bad things with it

# Dollar bills, y'all

# For that lean, old, mean

# Mean green

# Almighty dollar, money

# I know that money

# Give me a nickel

# Brother, can you spare a dime?

# Money can drive some people Out of their minds

# No good, no good

# Money

# Money, money, money, money

# Money. #

Congratulations. You're the final five.

That really is a great achievement.

You've handled pressure, you've raised a lot of money for

your charities.

So, really, you are to be congratulated. Great job.

That being said, I'm going to fire somebody right now.

And the remaining four will be interviewed by Joan Rivers,

my Celebrity Apprentice, and Bill Rancic, who was my number one

Apprentice from the first show.

Then, I'm going to fire two more people.

So, we're going to end up then, after tonight,

with two people who will

go head-to-head in the final task to become the Celebrity Apprentice.

All right. We want to start talking right now.

Holly, why shouldn't I fire you?

Because I'm focused, I'm dedicated, I'm committed to this.

I've been in every task, and I've put in a lot of sweat equity

for all of the other project managers I've worked for.

Bret, why should I not fire you?

You shouldn't fire me because I work hard, I'm bringing everything I got.

I'm extremely passionate. I am diabetic, I live with it.

And my charity chose me.

Curtis, you're the most low-key of the group.

Why shouldn't you be fired?

Cos I'm a natural leader, Mr Trump.

I travelled when I was 21-years-old and started working

in a restaurant for a guy that... I loved his work.

-A few years later, I was running his empire.

-Why are you smirking, Maria?

-Because I think we all...

-You're just like, "Give me a break!"

I think we all started very young, fighting for our dream.

So that's the only reason why I smirked when he said, "21."

I started modelling when I was 15.

Maria, should you be fired?

No, not at all. I'm not afraid of getting my hands dirty.

I'm not afraid of putting the work in, lifting stuff,

calling out and reaching out to my contacts.

And there are some people that I still expect a little dough from.

So I would like to, you know, put a little pressure on them as well.

So I just want to keep fighting.

-Who's our weakest player, Holly?

-Weakest?

At the table, right now. Who's our weakest player?

Umm...

I'd only say Maria because Maria, I think, is the player

-that comes from the least purest place sometimes.

-What does that mean?

-I mean that sometimes...

-That's a hell of a statement!

-I know! I went a long way to get...

-What does that mean?

Wow! OK.

-I'm just saying that sometimes...

-Maria, that's a biggie!

No, no. I'm just saying that sometimes, I've seen in the boardroom

Maria stick up for herself

at the expense of someone else, just to do it.

Just to say it, without any provocation or anything.

So I think that's a weakness.

Does that make her weak or does she have a survival instinct

-that maybe other people lack?

-In my eyes, it's a weakness.

In my eyes, there are other ways you can do it with integrity.

Maria, respond to that, please.

I never say anything that isn't supported.

There is support between everything I say.

What do you think of Holly?

Um...

I think she's had a rough... a rough life as a mother.

And I completely understand where she comes from in a lot of ways,

because of the fact she does have an autistic child.

I think that's a nice statement and probably a true statement.

-It's a very true statement.

-It's tough.

-Definitely.

-The autism thing is a tough thing.

It's devastating. There's an 80% divorce rate,

and there's a reason for that.

-It's rough.

-It definitely thickened my skin.

-I've known so many people, it's just been brutal.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-So you can understand it?

-Of course.

My Sharon,

you've all gotten to know each other very well.

Yeah.

Who do you think is not the strongest player at this table?

-In what category?

-In every category.

-In what category?

-Overall category. Life.

-Everything you've done so far.

-Substance.

If you took a blend of all of it, who's the weakest player?

You know who that person is. You just have to.

-Honestly, Ivanka...

-I can't believe it.

I honestly can't put anybody on the line.

Sharon, in your world, in your business as a music

manager and a talent manager, you'd be able to do this in

a second and give an answer. I mean, to me, it's almost

as though there's a lot of weakness coming from you that you

can't say one of these people is worse than the other.

-I mean, that's a major problem.

-Oh!

-BLEEP

-it, then! Maria.

-But is that just arbitrary because I just said that, or is it...

-No!

I mean, what's the logic behind it?

That's it! That's it! Because she's young. She's so enthusiastic.

She's so driven.

-And she's, like... bl-bl-bl-bl!

-What do you think of Holly?

Holly's a toughie because...

She's tough.

She's tough because she's good.

She's good at everything she does.

And Holly has a heart this big.

And there is nothing like a mother fighting for your child.

You're a lioness. She's a lioness. I've had cancer and survived.

I saw people die beside me.

But that, to me, still cannot compete with Holly looking at

her child every day.

-You cannot compete with that passion.

-Can you compete with that?

-Nobody can.

-Will you be able to beat Holly?

I don't know whether I want to.

Sharon, you said you didn't want to beat Holly.

What does that mean, "You didn't want to beat her"?

No, I said, "I don't know that I do," because being a mother,

I don't know what I'd do if I had a child that wasn't well.

I don't know what I would do. It's devastating.

It's just... It's taken over Holly's life.

And I don't know whether I would want to take that away from her.

I don't know whether I have the right to take that away from her.

But everyone's charity has great merit.

-It does!

-And they each mean something to you differently and personally.

And as I say, you know...

And it's amazing what Holly has done to date, but it doesn't mean

that you shouldn't be fighting for your charity as well.

And I am. I am. I'm fighting for people.

As I said, I saw people die.

And, um, you know, we've all spent a long, long time together here.

And here you are.

We all know each other. And here we are.

-And do I have the right...

-It's a long time.

-It's a long journey. It's not easy.

-It's been a long journey.

People have no idea how tough this is.

-No, they don't.

-It's a long ride.

And you should all be very proud of yourselves.

So, Curtis, who's the weakest player at the table right now?

Maria is.

You think Maria? Well, there goes THAT relationship!

You're just jumping on the bandwagon. That's OK.

-I'm not jumping on the bandwagon.

-You think Maria is?

-Absolutely.

-Why?

She made some unfounded comments about me last week in the boardroom.

And you haven't forgotten it?

-But so did Sharon!

-Of course I haven't forgotten it.

You don't just forget.

You don't say, "Oh, gee! Now we're friends. We won a task."

And it was founded. The reason why I said that you were so arrogant is

because you came in our dressing room and you took a crap

and left the stench in the room!

So that is the whole purpose of why I was upset!

-That's not exactly true.

-It wasn't your room!

-That's pretty gross!

-It wasn't your place to go!

-Why is that arrogant, though?

It was complete... "Oh, like, this is my room, so I can do this

"wherever I want to!"

So, I mean, that was the whole thing!

I mean, it was completely founded.

-That is so random!

-We don't need to go there.

That is so random.

We don't need to go there.

That's a little bit random, don't you think, as Holly would say?

Isn't that a little bit random, that statement? That's pretty tough.

I think it's a good depiction of your character.

It's a little bit below the belt, which, I think...

That is a little below the belt, Maria.

That's how you play the game.

That's a tough one.

That's a tough one.

Maria, do you sort of regret having said that?

He said it was unfounded. It was unfounded. There was a reason.

Did I say it in the last boardroom? No.

I just said that I thought it was a little arrogant to come into

our room and do that. But I...

-That's a little gross, right?

-I don't regret anything.

Isn't it sort of gross, though, bringing that up?

That's, like, disgusting.

This is my boardroom. It's not a locker room.

Maria, you're fired.

Thank you for the opportunity.

Very nice to meet you.

'This experience that I've had on Celebrity Apprentice...'

was amazing up until ten minutes of it.

Ten minutes, that's it.

'It wasn't even like, "Oh, well, you screwed up a task."'

It was like, "Oh, I didn't like your comment." Just...

It's laughable.

OK.

Your interviews with Joan and Bill will be very important to me.

I'll listen carefully to what they say.

Then I'll make up my mind.

Two more of you will be fired.

The four of you wait outside. Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

It's a great group.

-It is a great group.

-Yeah, a really solid group.

Glad to see the emotion finally come out of all of them.

Thank you, Curtis.

-Wooo!

-Wow!

'At this point, this is all in our hands.'

So I felt really good about the opportunity to try to sell

myself to Bill and to Joan.

Yeah, congratulations, everybody.

Wow!

I was like, "What if these interviews go real bad for me?"

My demise could be a bad interview.

'And I was feeling pretty beat up.

He makes a decision, we go back in, and bam!

Curtis, they're ready for you.

Oh.

I guess, in this game, your neck's always on the line.

'But I'm going to keep focused and play it exactly how I always have.

'Be very honest and be a straight-shooter.

'And tell Joan and Bill anything they want to know about.'

-Go get them, Curtis!

-Thanks, guys.

-Hello, Joan. Hello, Bill.

-Good to see you.

So, Joan, what do you think of this guy?

You know, before we did Celebrity, we did regular Apprentice.

-Very smart.

-And it became the number one show on television.

It was a monster! Good man?

-Very smart.

-Yeah.

So what do you think of our ensemble?

Great group.

Tell me about Curtis.

-Curtis, I think...

-Women like him, Joan.

-Women like him but...

-Good-looking guy.

Yeah, but he's riding on it.

You've known lots of guys like that over the years?

Oh, I've known a lot of guys that walk past me like that.

I think the one thing that you'll be able to identify with Curtis is

the guy knows how to build a brand.

And you know better than anyone how important that is.

I guess my question is, why are you here?

Bill, I work with Feeding America, and have done for quite a while.

I'm super passionate about the charity.

They have food banks, and shelters where they cook for the homeless...

That's a canned answer. Why should you be here?

I should be here cos I'm a natural leader. I've done it all my life.

When you run busy kitchens, you're dealing with chefs from

all walks of life.

You know, front-of-house staff and different nationalities.

You've really got to know how to harness people's energy.

You've only stepped up as project manager once.

-And, to me, I've got to say that raises a red flag.

-Sure.

You know, it's a little weak.

Yup, I understand that. Look, everything I've done, we've won.

-And then this last one...

-Well, you've only done one.

-Yeah, that's right.

-You know, that's going to come up.

Of course, my goal of being here is to raise money for Feeding America.

It doesn't hurt to sell some pots and pans and, you know, cookware.

Of course.

One of the major reasons that everyone comes onto this show

is to carry on building their profile, so that they can

increase their business potential.

Why should you win?

I should win because I'm so passionate about Feeding America.

But never mind the charity. Why should YOU win?

Because I'm the best leader.

Why did you defer to Bret so much?

Um, look, Bret's a real... He takes a long time to make a decision.

And he sidetracks himself. He gets sidetracked over the sidetrack.

So what I'd do with Bret was I'd give him a creative challenge,

and I'd set him off in that road because that way I got real,

tangible stuff from Bret.

And because a lot of these challenges are about

creativity, he really shone because I think I harnessed his

energy really well.

Who did you dislike the most?

Maria. Maria.

She'll not be on your Christmas card list?

She won't be on my Christmas card list!

What would you serve Maria for dinner?

Well, first, I'd make Maria use my bathroom because

I'd like to show her that I have a clean, nice-smelling

toilet at home!

-SHE LAUGHS

-OK.

He's very secure in what he does.

And I'm sure what he does is brilliant. He's also very limited.

-Yeah, he's a one-trick pony.

-You think?

I'm sure he's a very nice guy.

But I don't think he's got what it takes.

What about Sharon, Joan?

I just think Sharon wants this more,

probably, than anything she's ever wanted in her life.

I think she's out of gas.

I don't think she can go the distance to bring this thing home

and to deliver a finale.

-How are you doing?

-Oh, really good.

-Yeah?

I hear you've been sick for a good chunk of it.

-That's been the saga of this whole thing.

-That's tough.

The finale, as you know, is brutal.

Are you up to the task, and is it fair to the others?

-Of course I can handle it.

-But you've been sick.

Yeah, but I died and came back to life.

So if I can handle two years fighting cancer, I can handle this.

So, that's why you think you should be here now?

You know, I haven't been able to pull my weight,

but somehow...

I don't know if I stayed under the radar or just...

-I'm here.

-You're here.

-So I can't complain.

-But you clearly haven't raised the most money.

I deserve to be here as much as anyone else.

Are you a fighter, though, in the competition sense?

I know you're a fighter...

In my entire life, nobody has given me anything.

I've had to fight for everything.

And I love it because I owe nobody a damn thing.

You said something in the boardroom that I think is very interesting.

You said, "I wouldn't want to win over Holly."

-What if it's you and Holly?

-I wouldn't feel, um...

-It's just that...

-Yeah.

..when she's doing it for her child...

-..it just...

-No, I get...

Sweetheart, I get it.

I never thought that I would be here anyway

because I thought that I was the big shot that could start a charity

and it'd be like Elton's, that everybody would want to be throwing

-money at me, but nobody gives a

-BLEEP

-about anybody's colon

cos it's up your arse and nobody cares, it's not sexy.

I made a deal,

-that I would give back and I haven't done very

-BLEEP

-well so far

and if I can bring attention about this cancer,

then I've...

..I've made my part of the deal, you know?

Right, right.

I couldn't even think of a colour for a ribbon, Joan.

-Unfortunately, you could.

-Anyway...

Sharon Osbourne didn't take care of her husband's career,

and her kids' career, and decide she wanted a career

and got one at her age, by being wishy-washy.

-That tells you something.

-She's a very tough lady.

-I agree.

She's tough and sweet.

-It's been very tough for her.

-It's tough for her.

How do you think this cast compares to your cast last year?

-Not as volatile.

-Without a doubt.

They've all been very capable, very smart. Really good players.

What do you think of Bret?

I don't know, he's got that fire in his belly, he's got the passion.

And he was up front.

He owned up and said, "I made mistakes."

I like that in someone. I think that says a lot about who they are

as a person and their character.

You're in the final four, which I think is a great accomplishment.

Some of your team-mates may have accused you of being a little

scattered, not being able to focus.

Are you going to be able to kind of focus in

-and hone in on what you need to do?

-Absolutely.

There's one side of me that is completely,

100% this creative person.

There's another side of me that is absolutely driven to succeed, right?

I've been a human pin-cushion with over 250,000 injections

in my body since I was six years old. That can boil the blood sometimes.

And I am here for one reason,

so that somebody else won't have to go through what I go through.

One of the things Mr Trump's looking for is a leader who's agile,

and someone who can change up the game plan along the way.

How have you been agile in this competition?

I roll with every punch you give me.

I have lived a life of ups and downs and sideways

and you've got to roll with the punches and also field the ball.

The fact that that ball comes at you 18 zillion different ways

and I've been able to field them all and manage a career for 22 years

in which I've signed every cheque, I can get it done.

-So, you don't just show up?

-No.

I've found that the harder I worked, the luckier I got.

How did you apply what you learnt from the longevity

in your career into what you just did here?

My whole entire life has been about two things - about focusing

and finishing on getting done, taking care of my business

so I can take care of my passion.

What were the weaknesses you found out about yourself?

One of my weaknesses is I live on musician and/or rock-star time.

-Time was like something you just didn't get?

-Yes.

I've been my own boss since I've been 18, 19 years old,

for better or worse. But strong. I could occasionally be a little late.

And it's not because I want to be, I know I need to do this

but I was running on the first week on one hour's sleep.

-That's how I started this.

-Everyone says how nice you are.

How nice you are.

Do you think you can? Don't you have to be a fighter?

-Don't you have to be tough?

-I am extremely tough.

-How? You haven't shown it yet.

-Here's how.

Don't ever mistake my kindness for weakness.

I've found in my life, I have gotten way more bees with honey

than vinegar and I genuinely like people, I'm not a malicious person.

I want to win because I won,

not because I threw somebody under the bus.

Bret, I think, very creative.

He's an artist, there's no question about it.

And I know he wants it and he feels it.

But I didn't see the fire in him.

I don't know. He's passionate, he was very honest.

He's personally affected by the disease and now his child is,

and he's going to do whatever he needs to do

-to deliver for you in the finale.

-Tell me about Holly.

Holly is living this because she's not going to walk out of here

and it's over.

She's going home to autism and I think that's making her

so strong and so focused.

Bill, what do you think of Holly?

She's got two losses under her belt as a project manager.

I think that's a big problem.

Although she raised a lot of money in one task, she lost two others.

And, at the end of the day, it's about delivering results.

-It's a tough battle, isn't it?

-Oh, my! Who knew?

-Yeah, well.

Who knew the endurance was going to be such a factor?

-I know what you're going through, believe me.

-Thanks.

I hear you've raised a lot of money.

I did, I set a record and I'm so proud of that.

I raised 350,000 for the HollyRod Foundation, for autism.

No-one can take away the amount of money you raised,

-but do you deserve to go to the next level?

-Absolutely. Absolutely.

Not just cos I raised a boat-load of money, because I'm here.

Let's be clear, it wasn't so much about fundraising,

it was about staying up all night and doing it.

It was my dedication in doing it. And also it's my passion.

But the reality is, I'm multi-dimensional

and I'm not worried at all if I go forward here

and the task has something to do and it's not fundraising.

I have to bring this up. I know you've got two losses and one win.

How do you explain that?

You've got the most losses out of anyone who's still standing.

I also have the most at-bats at project manager,

-which should say something.

-Yes, but you've got to deliver a win.

Absolutely. But in the end, I'm still here for a reason.

Coming out of this,

what are you going to look back on and be most proud of?

What have you found out about yourself?

I learned that I'm a lot more resilient than I thought I was.

I knew there was a moment where I was going to break down

and say, "I've got to go home, I want to be with my kids."

But every time I had that moment, I picked myself back up,

got ready for another task delivery and just got on with it.

Do you think you could walk on the street and bump into Maria?

Maria, yes. Cyndi, not so sure.

She's a little mad,

and Carol Leifer, I think she's got my picture on a dartboard somewhere.

But in the end, this is not personal, it's business.

And I'm glad to be here on that behalf.

Holly is a mother, and I want this for my child,

and you guys, look out.

Don't cross a mother and her cub.

Holly's an ass kicker.

She's very good.

I'd like to see her go against Sharon.

That's two strong, connected women...

That's very interesting.

..that CARE about their charities.

Sharon sat and cried.

But I think Bret is connected even more so because

not only does it affect him, but now his child.

I think Bret's terrific.

Of course he cares, my Lord!

But I'd like to see Bret just say, "Look out!"

Joan, Bill, thank you very much. I love you both.

-We've had a lot of fun.

-Love you so much.

Amanda, let them in.

Yes, sir.

Mr Trump is ready for you in the boardroom.

-Oh!

-Thank you, Amanda.

-Here we go.

This has been an awesome journey already, so...

It has.

Sit down, please.

First of all, amazing job. We're down to now four.

Four lonely, beautiful people.

And you really should be very proud of yourselves.

Your families should be proud.

And your charities should be proud, most of all, because you

really have done a great job.

So, there's no loser.

Two people are going to be fired right now, but there's

no loser here, and I want you to understand that.

-Sharon, you met with Joan Rivers and Bill Rancic.

-Yes.

How were your interviews? What did you think?

I thought they went really well. They did.

Who did you feel better about, Joan or Bill?

Probably Joan, because Bill's hard to read.

He has a great poker face.

Joan liked you very much. She really felt very strongly about you.

But tell me, why should I choose you?

I can only say that I need it really badly.

I need it really, really badly.

-Need it where?

-For my charity.

-In your heart, in your head?

For my charity. I made a commitment

and I have to see it through.

So, Bret, how did the interviews go for you?

I thought they went great,

and I thought that Joan and Bill both had completely different

questions, took a completely different approach.

Joan, I felt very personable with,

and with Bill, he was very direct but I got a good feeling.

It forced me to give direct answers

and I felt good about that.

Why should I keep you, Bret?

-I think that I bring a lot to the table.

-Like what?

I think I'm creative. I think that I'm very focused.

I can get it done. I'm a hard worker.

And I've lived with this disease my entire life.

And I'm here fighting for a cause so other children,

hopefully we'll find a cure

and they'll not have to go through what I went through.

Holly, what'd you think of the interviews?

Oh, they were both good. Bill was tough.

I thought Bill was very tough.

I was more comfortable with Joan.

But, in the end, both of them I thought did a great job.

Holly, why should I keep you?

-Passion.

-But they all have passion, Holly.

Everybody at this table has passion.

Differing degrees, and I think I have passion.

I have the other stuff, too.

But passion and drive, ambition and consistency.

How important is this to you, Holly?

Very important. Very important.

Curtis, how'd you feel about the interviews?

I thought they went well.

Who did you like, from your standpoint,

in terms of the interview?

-I probably enjoyed the interview with Bill more, I think.

-Why?

He asked more questions about business, where Joan

was a little bit more personal. Personal questions.

So, Curtis, what about yourself?

-I think I'm the best leader in the group.

-Why do you say that?

I mean, you had two people that couldn't stand you before.

-Why do you say you're the best leader?

-But he won us over. He did.

Yeah, you put me in a really awkward position, Mr Trump.

You made me go to a team where both people came and said that

they didn't like me, and I had to literally start from the ground up.

Joan Rivers said, "He's a really handsome guy.

"He's a wonderful guy, sort of a somebody that's limited,

"and he lacks a certain passion."

I was a little surprised at that.

Yeah, so am I. I'm extremely passionate, Mr Trump.

Bill sort of stated that you were a one-trick pony.

-You know what a one-trick pony is, right?

-Mm-hm.

And I was a little bit surprised at that.

But they came out pretty strongly...

-Hey, look, they're very opinionated people to start off with.

-Right.

But they did come out pretty strongly, Curtis.

How do you respond to that?

I think that I've proven that I'm not a one-trick pony. I can lead.

I was a project manager on a task where I knew very little about

what we were doing, when we were filming the 30-second commercial.

I played great support to both Bret, Holly

and Sharon in three different tasks.

I mean, the problem I have is that Joan Rivers and Bill Rancic won.

They did a fantastic job. They were great winners.

And they've done very well since.

So, I have to listen to them. Do you agree with that?

Curtis, you're fired.

-I have no choice.

-Fair enough.

They really were very, very strong in that way.

-And get the hell out of here.

-Mr Trump,

thank you very much for the opportunity.

-Thank you very much.

-I appreciate it.

-Thank you very much, Curtis.

-Great job.

-Curtis, congratulations.

-Thanks. Good luck.

-Love you, Curtis.

-Love you, Curtis.

-Love you, too, guys.

'I've never been fired before in my life.

'I was really disappointed,'

because I wanted to raise

a whole lot more money for Feeding America.

'But that being said, I think that I've played a pretty good game,

'and I've represented myself quite well.'

What's up, buddy?

'And if you're going to be fired,'

you might as well get fired by Donald Trump, right?

-Nice guy.

-Very nice.

-Very nice guy.

-He's a gentleman. He is.

-Yeah.

OK, one more of you will be fired.

Holly, who would you choose if you were me?

Would you fire Sharon?

-Between these two?

-Or Bret?

-Probably Bret.

-Why?

Only because I just feel like Sharon's passion has

really come out in the last couple of tasks.

Yeah, but she's gone a long way before it came out.

But she worked it. She made up for it, and I feel like she's

a real strong player, and I feel like she's just a passionate person.

Look at her. I mean, she really feels this.

-No, she has felt it. There's no question about it.

-Yeah.

Bret, who would you fire if you were me?

We're down to three people. Two are going to leave here.

We're going to have a hell of a final.

You know, who would you fire if you were me, Bret?

You know, I would fire Holly.

Why would you fire Holly?

My reasons are very simple.

One, I think she is a strong player...

Excuse me. Sharon, why are you crying? Don't cry, Sharon.

You don't have to...

I mean, you're doing so well, there's no reason to cry.

You should be proud of yourself, Sharon. Why are you crying?

I don't want to be a loser.

It's a tough ordeal.

People don't realise what you've been through.

Nobody has an idea unless you've done this.

You don't understand this passion at all.

Sharon, who would you fire between Holly and Bret, if you were me?

I can't.

You have to, Sharon. I mean, you have to. That's part of it.

-I know. But it's...

-You have to.

It's just that the three of us are so emotionally involved,

because it directly affects us.

I think of everybody here, the three of you

-are the most emotionally involved.

-Mm-hm.

-It's personal.

-Yes.

-Which makes it tougher for me.

It's not business, it's personal.

Yes.

And, um, it's so tough.

I mean, I see Bret giving himself injections

so many times a day.

I see what Holly goes through.

I know my guilt about what I go through.

You know, who needs it more? Who should be the one?

I could never make that decision.

Sharon, do you think you can compete with, let's say, Holly,

if you ended up in the finals?

She's been so solid, such a great leader, and raised, I believe,

more money than anybody.

And Bret's been a winner in every sense of the word.

He's won always as project manager.

Do you think you have the energy to compete with, let's say,

Holly, or, let's say, Bret?

I said this to Bill, he asked me the very same question,

and I said to him, "I died and came back."

-And, um...

-Yeah.

-I'm strong enough.

Yeah, I'm strong. I'm a fighter.

You're more than strong. I mean, you're amazing.

-I'm a fighter.

-I know you're a fighter.

-It's going to be tough to compete with these two, though.

-I know that.

-Because we're all fighters.

-Absolutely.

And we all want it really, really badly.

And we want our charities to have the exposure that

this show can give.

But Bill felt strongly that you, in this current time,

cannot compete with these two.

You think that he's wrong about that?

It's his opinion, and I said to him, "You don't know me.

"But I know me, and I've gone through much worse than this

"in my life, and I come back."

Well, I think you're fantastic, Holly.

I really think you're fantastic.

Bret, I think you're fantastic.

And, you know, Sharon, I love you.

You're really a special woman.

But, Sharon, you're fired.

Thank you very much.

You've done an amazing job. I appreciate it.

Thank you, Mr Trump. I have had such an amazing experience here,

and I thank you so much for letting me be a part.

-It's been a great experience for me. Thank you, Sharon.

-Thank you.

Love you, Mama.

All this crying. I don't cry.

Not easy. Good woman.

Love you, Sharon.

-Love you, too. Thank you.

-Thank you, Sharon. Thank you.

-Your children are a delight.

-Thank you very much.

Great job. Amazing.

All right, here we go.

You win some, you lose some.

'I was horribly emotional,'

and Mr Trump went - whack! - "See ya!"

Sharon, it's that elevator.

Oh, do I have to? Damn elevator.

'I'm just like, "Will you stop'

-"

-BLEEP

-crying, you silly old bat?" It's like, "Enough!"

You've got me!

Holly, Bret, congratulations.

-Thank you.

-You're the final two.

-Thank you.

You beat out a lot of very, very capable people.

The final is going to be absolutely a monster.

It's going to be amazing, and one of you will become

the Celebrity Apprentice.

-Yes!

-Go back to your suite at Trump Tower,

enjoy yourselves tonight, because tomorrow, nice and early,

I'm going to give you a task.

It'll be fantastic. Have a good time. Congratulations. Your family,

your charity, everybody's very proud of you.

-Thank you, Mr Trump.

-I'm very proud of you.

-Thanks.

You've been through a lot. Go ahead.

Mr Trump, thank you.

Great job.

Woo!

Sorry I have to kill you tomorrow, but right now, let's party!

Woo! Hell, yeah. Come on, I'm pouring.

-Hell, yeah.

-I'm going to get you drunk and hung over,

so you can't win nothing!

Am I bringing it on? The running man? Is that how I roll?

Uh-huh.

I can't do it. I won't do it. I just did it.

'I am so pumped up right now, it's unbelievable.'

I came in here as the complete underdog.

No-one thought I was even going to get out of bed.

You know what everyone's mistake was, honestly?

-Underestimating you.

-They so underestimated me.

They're like, "This guy ain't going to wake up."

What I kept getting was, I'm too serious.

'I will not underestimate Bret Michaels at all.'

If I win, it's 250,000 for the HollyRod Foundation

'and the title of being Celebrity Apprentice.

'I came here to win this.'

I want to beat Bret Michaels.

I want to beat that unskinny bop.

-Congratulations.

-Congratulations. Cheers. And I want to say this.

All is fair in love, war, and raising money for our charities.

-Yeah.

-Love you.

-That's what it's all about.

-Love you. Cheers.

-Cheers.

Good morning and congratulations.

You've done a fantastic job.

Holly, how do you feel?

Invigorated. Just happy and honoured to be here.

-Bret?

-I'm ready to rock.

Are you surprised, Bret?

Not in myself. I think a lot of people are surprised.

-They counted me out from the beginning...

-People are surprised.

Yes, I believed in myself.

-But you really have been amazing.

-Thank you.

-Both of you.

So now we're down to our final task,

and it's going to be a really big one.

In fact, it's a combination of everything you've done so far

in this competition.

You'll be working with a really great company - Snapple.

-Yes!

-Wonderful people, wonderful product.

I drink it all the time.

-I love it. You like Snapple, Holly?

-Love it.

-You better say that, Holly.

-I do! Grape is my favourite flavour.

OK. Very good.

With me is the chief executive officer of Snapple, Larry Young.

-Larry?

-Thank you. You will create a new flavour of Snapple tea.

You will extend our advertising campaign

with a new television commercial and print advertisement.

And you will launch your product at an event filled with

Snapple employees, distributors, and, most importantly,

our passionate Snapple tea fans.

Joining me today to help us with the task is Andrew Springate,

our senior vice president of brand marketing.

So, you'll be judged on the following - originality,

creativity, incorporating your charity's mission and message,

and, most important, maintaining the essence and the spirit

of the Snapple brand across all you do.

'Once I heard that we were able to incorporate our charity,

'that got me really excited,'

because HollyRod Foundation is my fifth child.

And Snapple's going to raise the stakes even further.

Your new Snapple tea product will be sold across the country.

Good luck.

The winner will receive 250,000

for Holly or Bret's charity.

And all across the country, people will be able to buy

the Snapple products you create.

And in doing so, they'll be supporting your charities.

-Ooh.

-How do you feel about that?

-That's incredible. That's awesome.

All right. That's going to be a lot of money and, Holly,

you've already been pouring the money in.

How much have you won so far for your charity?

-350,000.

-And Bret?

-140,000.

-All right. Well, very good. Congratulations.

You're going to have help, but I'll send them to you in a little while.

Go do your thing. Good luck.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

You ready? Let's rock.

'I'm going to go over to the Snapple mixology laboratory'

and I'm going to make sure

that when I get to meet my other team-mates,

'I had it all laid out.

'I had a plan. I was going to get this done.'

Good morning, good morning, everybody. Oh, there's nobody here.

There's no birthday party in here for me.

'I start laying out the computers, the pencils, the pens, the phones,'

and I'm saying to myself, "Bret, I've learned a lot

"on Celebrity Apprentice on how to organise."

-Hello.

-We're back!

Oh, geez! Oh, man, what's happening?

-What's up?

-I can't believe you beat me in my task.

-Are you my team?

-We're your team.

-Come on, then. Get in here.

'Mr Trump sent in the helpers, and here comes Darryl Strawberry'

and Summer Sanders. And I'm like, "Yes!"

-What's the task?

-It's Snapple tea.

-Right.

-We got to come up with a flavour that we love.

-OK.

We've got to shoot a commercial.

I'm going to give you this right now so you have it.

Look, I'm organised. Summer, which would you rather have?

-Perfect.

-There you go.

-And there's the other one.

-Look at you!

-look at me all prepped.

-Stapled or unstapled?

'Our task today is really,'

when you think about it,

a culmination of all of the tasks to date.

'I think this is a really, really hard task to walk into

'after being gone for so long.'

You let us know if you want us to throw ideas out.

-You know I do.

-It's got to be something that you feel good about.

-Done.

-'To be able to come back'

'after going home and getting some rest,'

I wanted to come back and redeem myself.

Finding a flavour that we love, that's all that matters,

and then we can taste test it at the mall today.

Today, of course, I got a cold sore on my lip,

so now I got to go to the mall and do a taste test thing.

So, you may have to be the front person. "Here, try this."

-They're like,

-"BLEEP

-you! I'm not drinking that!

"Anything you didn't touch?" It's just from stress.

It's not from kissing all those groupies, huh?

-No, no. Nothing at all.

-Whatever!

It's just stress.

'So I'm all alone in my Snapple war room,'

trying to figure out who's going to come and help me on this task.

'I'm really hoping to get Summer Sanders, that's my homey,

'and I just feel like we're really connected.'

We're your new team. I'm sorry that I'm not Summer!

I'm sorry.

'In comes Curtis and Maria...'

But at this point, I'm just happy to have help.

We have to create and launch a new Snapple tea.

OK.

-We have to create a commercial, a print ad campaign...

-Mm-hm.

And then we have to present it in front of bunch of

Snapple executives, like a big presentation.

-OK.

-We have three days to do this.

-'I thought to myself,'

Thank God we have three days.

'But at the same time, three days is'

a short amount of time compared to how much we have to do.

"Made from the best stuff on Earth."

So why not incorporate an Earth logo?

I don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves, but tomorrow's

basically the creative stuff.

Well, here's my initial thought...

Maria, tomorrow's the creative stuff. Today is about the tea.

'Curtis and I,'

were trying. But then again we don't want to step on Holly's toes,

because this is her baby.

'If you can't win, you might as well be a person that's there'

supporting someone that can win.

So what are your thoughts for the commercial?

Do you think you want to go the humour route,

like they usually do?

Today is really about the flavours.

-Tomorrow is basically the creative stuff.

-Mm-hm.

So we can focus just on creating our drink

-and then, today, we're going to take it over to a mall...

-Mm-hm.

..and we're going to do a taste test with people.

The goal of the first day is just to create the new Snapple tea.

If you drink Snapple and you're having fun,

and it's made from the best stuff on Earth,

and all that kind of stuff

so, why not have it "Snapple, bringing you out of your shell"?

I think "shell" might not be the actual...

But the concept is very, very powerful.

'I thought to myself, I'm going to help Holly with whatever'

she needs, and it's not worth me fighting for things,

'because it's not my task this time, and she's the project manager.'

And I've already been fired,

so I'm going to let her make the decisions,

and I'm not going to argue with her.

-Hi.

-Hi, I'm Holly.

-Megha Gandhi.

-I'm going to be your Snapple development scientist today.

-Good.

-Fabulous.

-We need you.

-Great.

-This is Curtis.

'Our R&D specialist came in. She's lovely.

'And now it's just a matter of picking that flavour'

that is going to be marketable.

'But Bret and I have to have totally different flavours.

'So we had to split them down the middle, and we had to negotiate

'for which flavours I could have and which flavours Bret could have.'

Feel free to start tasting. I have some cups for you.

-All right, cheers.

-Salut.

'Diet tropical mixed with the coconut kicker.'

Ooh, that's good.

'For me, being diabetic,'

it was very, very important for me

that I was handling the Diet Snapple. I didn't even want to

'try to make a sugar drink.'

-Coconut added to anything reminds me of the summer.

-I hate coconut.

Coconut's too much for me.

OK, this is lychee coconut.

Mm, that's not bad.

I think vanilla's good.

-Reminds me of a snow cone.

-Yeah, that's a good adder.

-I want to taste this fig.

-What's your favourite spice?

-Ooh, no!

Nutmeg we should use. You know why?

Because, you know, nutty rocker.

If this is a drink that's coming out in summer, you can start

eliminating winter fruits, like apple and pear.

Yeah, that's done. They're boring.

'I definitely have an advantage with Curtis on the whole palate thing.'

He's going to use his kitchen skills for good.

Passing on the plum.

-Ooh, that's good.

-What?

I'll make you one.

Will you write down these ingredients -

diet passion, thank you.

Mix that with cinnamon.

So that's a huge breakthrough for diabetes right now,

is that cinnamon lowers and maintains your low blood sugars.

'I wanted to get cinnamon in there,'

and then I wanted the passion fruit,

because I already had this rock'n'roll passion theme

'spinning in my brain.'

-It tastes good, doesn't it?

-With sexy cinnamon, diet passion.

Open up your inner rocker, the passion in you.

-Taste it.

-Thanks. strawberry something.

-Passion fruit.

-Mm. I like it.

I think it smells so fragrant.

Passion berry. Berry passionate.

-It tastes very good, actually.

-Yeah.

'I need the passion fruit. we love the idea of'

taking our passion fruit

and making it into a "compassion berry" -

mixing it with strawberry,

'because part of what the HollyRod Foundation does is provide

'compassionate care for people.'

These are the ones we need - coconut, tropical, passion fruit.

Strawberry, too.

-We've got to do something with those four.

-Yeah.

Summer and Darryl, I got to do my negotiating.

-You need to fight for cinnamon and passion fruit.

-OK.

So you have to figure out, like...

I don't think you want to play your hand.

Is there two girls, two guys? There's two guys for the ad.

No, no. This is just... We have to negotiate for the flavours.

Oh, that's the right... Oh, man.

I'm already on the wrong day. OK.

'Before Bret went into the negotiation,

'I talked to him about this.'

I said, "What is your number one flavour?"

The two we really wanted were passion fruit and cinnamon.

'That was my big concern.'

So, let's say that she's like, "No, I want these two."

Which one would you give up?

-So, passion is your number one, right?

-Have to have the passion.

-OK, so that's what you know to fight for.

-That's the fighter.

-OK.

So, first priority is to try to get that passion fruit, right?

-Yeah.

-We'll all be thinking positive.

You want to negotiate?

-I'll negotiate.

-You will?

-I'll wipe the floor with Bret.

-OK.

'Initially, I was going to negotiate with Bret'

to get the flavours that we wanted.

But then it just hit me like a tonne of bricks -

'Curtis has worked with Bret a lot.

'He knows Bret a lot better than me, and he was like,'

"Piece a cake."

-Just confuse him.

-Yeah. That won't be hard.

-Oh, I love you, Bret.

-Oh, I love Bret.

He does all that, "Go with it now.

-"Feel me out here."

-This could take a long time, this negotiation.

I'm just saying.

Good luck, Curtis!

I might be back by Tuesday.

Bring me back the passion fruit!

Summer and Darryl, I've got to do my negotiating.

-You need to fight for cinnamon and passion fruit.

-OK.

Let's say she's like, "You know what, Bret?

"I want passion fruit and I want cinnamon.

"So you can pick one of those, and I'll take the other one."

I think I'd have to have the passion.

-So that's what you know to fight for.

-That's the fighter.

-Right.

When I got Summer, that's Holly's BFF,

I thought, "This is going to be bad. She's a spy."

I figured she'd just lay under the table

'and sleep. But Summer has been absolutely awesome for me.

'She is smart and strong.'

Bye, guys. See you later.

-See you in a bit.

-See you in a bit.

Let negotiations begin.

-All right, Michaels.

-Ugh, no!

What's going on?

-How are you, buddy?

-I'm doing good, man. How you doing?

-Are you the negotiator?

-They sent me up.

-Oh, good.

I thought Holly was coming in to negotiate with me,

and she sent up Curtis.

'He is the celebrity chef. You know, it's going to be tough.'

The first one I would love is passion fruit

with a little kicker of cinnamon,

and vanilla and black pepper, possibly.

-Um...

-How are you there?

-I've got a bit of a problem.

-Oh, you bastard!

What's your second choice?

-We've got pear, plum, nutmeg.

-OK.

And then I've got, the other one was the tropical fruit,

the coconut with the vanilla kicker.

'He had a couple of strange combinations in there,'

like vanilla and tropical fruits

and a couple of things that I was like, "Really? OK."

If we could get the passion fruit and strawberry,

then I'd totally be prepared to give you the vanilla.

-How about if YOU take vanilla...

-Yeah.

-I'll take the passion fruit.

-Um...

'Curtis walks in, the first thing he says,'

"I want passion fruit."

I'm like, "Oh, no, you don't. that's what I'm getting."

If you took my passion fruit, you took my A game.

You kicked me right in the nards. You understand what I'm saying?

-Yep.

-So that's why I feel that unless I get the other things,

-I don't even have a game.

-Um...

Give me your A game. Let's see what you've got.

All the ones that you said, we're looking for the same stuff.

'I had to pull a couple of swift ones on Bret.'

I had to tell him that everything that was on his list

was exactly what I wanted. that wasn't quite the truth.

-I could let you walk with all...

-All this?

Pear. Plum. Was that your second choice?

And I gave up the cinnamon.

The passion's the killer.

So, you're not happy with what you've got now?

My key with Bret was to get in and out fast.

'To avoid him getting to the bottom of the problem,

'you've got to move quick. I was like, "Come on, mate.'

"You've got what you want. I've got what I want.

"Let's call it a day. No need to keep thinking."

If you take the passion fruit and leave me with this...

-You've got nothing.

-..then I can't even make a drink, you've fleeced me.

-I want to do the right thing by you.

-I've got you.

-We're old mates.

Hold on a second here.

I've got Goldberg waiting in the hallway in case.

Oh, no! Is he out there?

'He wasn't going to budge, and I was thinking,'

if he ain't going to budge, I'll be here two hours.

I need to make a drink that's great.

You know what I'm going to do?

It's taking my A-game away, but you know what?

I need to get on with my game.

So I'm going to give you this. I'm going to give you this.

-So, you're good?

-Take that passion fruit. Let's get this thing done.

You've got it, man. Good luck, mate.

'I think Bret gave it up a bit easy.'

If I was Bret, and I wanted passion fruit, I would

have fought for it a bit harder.

But who knows? Maybe he didn't. Maybe he bluffed me.

All right, now I got to rethink this.

-Sucker!

-I heard you say, "Sucker!"

-Ha-ha!

I never wanted passion fruit to begin with, so he can have it.

All right. I'm lying, I did.

Ooh!

What we got? What we got? What we got?

Uh-oh. That was not a good face.

I feel bad for what I just did.

-Uh-oh. What'd you do?

-It was like taking candy from a baby.

Oh, God! What do we got? Show me something.

-His first choice was passion fruit. And there it is.

-Oh, yes!

Sorry, Bret! Yes!

What?! That's two!

Oh, my God, you got... How did you do that!?

-How did you do that?

-Good job!

Curtis came back down. He had all the juices we needed,

'all the juices we wanted. He got everything on my list.'

I sent the right man up there.

Hi! How was negotiating?

It was OK. Here's...Here's what didn't go good for me.

What didn't go good is they were firm on the passion fruit.

-Uh-oh.

-All right, firm... It's OK.

I was going to be up here, we weren't budging.

So we would have been here for hours.

'I can't wait to see the video of the actual'

"negotiation" of Bret going,

"I want passion fruit," and Curtis going, "No!"

Bret saying, "OK".

They stole our passion.

They didn't steal our passion. Just stole our passion fruit.

Maybe have to go back and rethink this.

'I don't know how the negotiation went. I know we've ended up'

very vulnerable.

So now we just put together what we want to be our two drinks.

-OK.

-This was unbelievably great together.

-OK.

-Then we can decide whether we want the vanilla or cinnamon.

-So, this is where I would go.

-OK.

-OK.

-And then our second drink should be just this.

-OK.

'We developed two drinks:'

one was Pear Plum Nutty, which also

'worked with the diabetes.'

"Pear Plum Nutty with a sinfully delicious kicker."

-I think it's great, you guys.

-That's it.

I love this taste, man. It's good.

'And the other drink was simply called Trop-a-rocka.'

-I like that drink.

-Wow.

-It's good.

I sent Darryl off to the mall to do a taste test,'

cos you got to find out what the people love,

what the consumer wants, right?

I'm out, guys.

How bummed are we going to be if they come back and say,

"No-one likes the Pear Plum Nutmeg"?