Ereka Says: "A" For Effort
Week 2 and already the boys, excuse me, MEN are at each other's throats.
Let me first say that I am no longer Gene Simmons' number one fan. I don't approve of the way he treated Ivanka. He clearly has very little respect for women and can't tell the difference between an intelligent businesswoman and one of his groupies. Not every woman is mesmerized by a crooked tongue. Ivanka of course handled herself with class. You go girl.
As far as I'm concerned, Stephen Baldwin (my pick to win) saved the men from Gene's poor leadership. Because of Stephen's creativity and film experience the men delivered a winning spot (commercial) despite the fact that Gene refused to see the client (Pedigree). Let's be clear, in real life an advertising or marketing company would NEVER refuse to see the client before creating a commercial. Doing so would be a waste of time and money. Did you notice that the men did not include “when you buy pedigree we help dogs find loving homes” in their spot?
On to the women. I give the women an “A” for effort. They had the right idea, but once again did not use their celebrity to seal the deal. HELLO, this is called CELEBRITY Apprentice! Something tells me the next team leader will finally start utilizing the team's celebrity power.
So Nadia Comaneci was fired. As far as I'm concerned she was an easy target. Nadia was quiet and no match for the other ladies. Laying low will only get you so far.
PREDICTIONS: 1.Next week Marilu Henner will lead the ladies to a victory, 2. If transferred to the women's team, Gene will make their life hell, 3. Stephen Baldwin wins the entire thing and 4. Omarosa lays low for as long as she can
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you are dead wrong; the women's ad was stupid; all dogs don't live in a nice big house. think about that; because these women live in nice houses doesn't mean that everyone who owns a dog does. the men's ad was genuine and real. the women should have put themselves in their ad. phooey on them. Marilu should have been fired. Nely was as a cosmetic is - phony. she should be the next to get the heave ho.
Lennox Lewis looked so great in that commercial. It was genuine and real. You truly felt like he loved that dog. The Men's team ruled on this one! Go Team HYDRA!
Simmons will stay until the end because he is the ratings draw for this show and the best businessperson of the group, pure and simple.
The only woman who can compete with Simmons is Henner. The rest of the women are lightweights and will be eliminated.
Gene's misogyny is a gimmick (it once fooled me too). He's probably so used to acting that way (yep, it's just an act) that it caused his error when dealing with Ivanka. Big error though...
I despised the man for years thinking that was really him. Now that I know better, the act is so transparent to me!
He did the only thing he could do: apologize. I bet he won't make that mistake again. The man is brilliant.
Lisa PA
The person who wrote this article clearly hasnt watched the past two shows. Its the women (TYPICAL) who are at each others necks. The guys have differences of opinions but allowed progress and won while the women (TYPICAL) did nothing but blame blame blame each other.
I would have to agree. Gene's biggest mistake was to let his ego and know it all attitude get in the way. His personality may work in some business evoriments but not all. His biggest mistake was not listening to the executives. Especially if you're trying to brand a product especially a product like Kodak. What has been bugging me why is Omersa's team losing? What's there problem?
I really like Omorosa. I think it would be excellent if she won. I think her weakness, though, is lack of confidence, actually. She's very frosty and hard-line but I think it's covering up a lack of belief in her own abilities.
I think Carol's a dark horse, and Marilu as well.