Producer Claims ‘The Apprentice’ Has Footage Of Trump Dropping The N-Word

 

What with the recent release of footage showing Presidential candidate Donald Trump saying he has non-consensually grabbed women “by the pussy” and so on, it was pretty dang obvious that the next building block in the tale would be this. 

Producers, some having worked on ‘The Apprentice‘, have come out swinging on Twitter saying that this is “just the beginning”, and that pleeeeeeeeenty of footage of Trump saying and doing gross shit exists – including his using the ‘N-word‘ racial slur. *Shocking*, right? 

US Buzzfeed has previously reported that ‘The Apprentice’ executive producer Mark Burnett – who is an avid Trump supporter – has been threatening employees who have access to the show’s unaired footage. This news comes after around 20 employees of the show spoke out about Trump’s sexist, or sexually abusive behaviour towards both contestants and crew.

Bill Pruitt, who worked as a producer of ‘The Apprentice‘ for seasons 1 and 2, posted this tweet about what other footage the producers have of Trump:

As a producer on seasons 1 & 2 of #theapprentice I assure you: when it comes to the #trumptapes there are far worse. #justthebegininng

— Bill Pruitt (@billpruitt) October 8, 2016

Producer Chris Nee quoted the tweet and added her own knowledge: that Trump allegedly says the ‘N-word’ on camera, and employees of ‘The Apprentice’ have a $5 million ‘penalty fee’ clause in their contract, to stop them leaking footage/information. 

She tweeted this at US ‘Shark Tank’ host Mark Cuban, as a request for him to cover the $5 million fee for anyone who leaks the footage:

Where are the tapes from The Apprentice? We all know they exist. Boy must everyone be afraid of getting sued.

— Chris Nee (@chrisdocnee) October 7, 2016

@mcuban the price is 5 million to cover the penalty fee. And we all get to hear him use the N word from what I hear https://t.co/IsmJvHHL1K

— Chris Nee (@chrisdocnee) October 9, 2016

She clarifies that this is information given to her by producers who have worked on ‘The Apprentice‘, she hasn’t seen said footage, and she does not have the power to leak it herself. 

She explains the purpose of her tweets was to give disclosure of the $5 million penalty fee, and request that Cuban donate the money to whoever does leak it.

I don’t have the tapes. I’ve signed a Burnett contract & know leak fee is 5 mill. Hearing from producers/crew N word is the “much worse”.

— Chris Nee (@chrisdocnee) October 9, 2016

Until someone produced those #hotmic tapes we won’t know. But the fee is why no one has leaked.

— Chris Nee (@chrisdocnee) October 9, 2016

So it exists, right? https://t.co/ymjZ4IkNdO

— Chris Nee (@chrisdocnee) October 9, 2016

Folks, I have never worked on The Apprentice. I don’t know what’s out there. Or what still exists. I’ve heard rumors. Would love to know.

— Chris Nee (@chrisdocnee) October 9, 2016

While this scramble to find a $5 million donor for footage of Trump brazenly saying a racial slur continues, the rest of us ponder (despite footage of the man admitting to sexual assault having just dropped) if the N-word will be enough to lose him his position. 

But… probably not? Sexual assault, current and past misogynist behaviour, stumbling through a Presidential debate (Read: choosing to talk about his feud with Rosie O’Donnell rather than policies or anything of substance). Somehow, none of these were big enough. Is the N-word? 

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UPDATE: Well-known ally of Hillary Clinton and founder of American Bridge, has told Buzzfeed that he’d happily pay the $5 million fee for someone to leak the tapes.