The real-estate mogul and the domestic diva put friendship aside in heated debate over 'The Apprentice.'
Real-estate mogul Donald Trump and domestic diva Martha Stewart fired back at each other in a prime-time-worthy battle of words. "If I'd had my druthers, there would have been only one 'Apprentice' on the air at one time," Stewart recently told Newsweek magazine.
In an interview, she said that having both versions of "The Apprentice" air during the same season was "unfair" but added that "Donald really wanted to stay on." Stewart said that she was supposed to start out her new show by firing Trump, so that hers would be the only version of "The Apprentice" left on the air.
Trump shot back in a published letter to Stewart on Tuesday, calling her a liar. "Essentially, you made this firing up just as you made up your sell order of ImClone," he wrote. Trump also wrote: "Your performance was terrible in that the show lacked mood, temperament and just about everything a show needs for success. I knew it would fail as soon as I first saw it."
In a statement issued late Tuesday, Stewart said Trump's "letter is so mean-spirited and reckless that I almost can't believe my longtime friend Donald Trump wrote it."
NBC had high hopes for its Martha Stewart version of "The Apprentice" but the network announced that it will not produce another season. Ratings for the original Donald Trump "Apprentice," also fell off dramatically last season.
CNNMoney, February 22, 2006 |
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By: Pete Kendall, February 22, 2006 |
| Round II in the battle of the bull market stars. We covered Round I in November when Martha Stewart flashed her claws to say she never really wanted to share the stage with the Donald. Trump actually bit his tongue the first time around, but he’s not going to take it anymore. The conflict fits in with the building reversal and the future of both icons, which is covered in past issues of EWFF as well as the Sociotimes entries of last Friday for Trump and September 21 and September 23 for Martha. |
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