Melissa Rivers Furious Over 'Celebrity Apprentice' Firing

by Elizabeth Fairview  |  April 27th, 2009
Melissa Rivers
Melissa Rivers, right, had a breakdown when she was fired by Donald Trump. (NBC Images)

Joan and Melissa Rivers seem like rational, decent human beings on Celebrity Apprentice. However, cross either one of them – and they both go fucking apeshit.

Melissa had been having difficulties with the manipulative poker player Annie Duke and her "yes man" Playboy playmate sidekick, Brande Roderick, who assigned much of the work to Annie, leaving Melissa out of the task as much as possible.

Melissa confronted Brande, saying that she knew that they both would gang up on her in the boardroom should they lose the task. Well, they lost the task and lo-and-behold, Annie and Brande ganged up on her in the boardroom. Although Brande should have been fired for being project manager and allocating all of the work to Annie, in a strange move, Donald Trump fired Melissa, who flew into a rage yelling at NBC workers that she would not be giving them an interview.

Meanwhile, Joan Rivers, who was watching the boardroom antics from the hotel, began furiously packing up her furs and referring to Annie Duke as a "Nazi."

"You have a Nazi and a follower," Joan screamed of Annie and Brande.

Thus, Melissa's exit from the show was less than graceful. She limped around in a fury (wearing a boot due to an injury), trying to get her suitcase from staff members and yelling expletives about Brande and Annie. Oh, and it was awesome.

 

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  1. Posted By Chris DuBpse

    Donald Trump is an idiot. How did he justify firing Melissa. Brande was the project manager, they lost the task, by no fault of Melissa's and he fires her. He has no balls, the only reason he kept Brande was because of her looks. Brande's statement that she had raised the second most money out of all the contestants, had nothing to do with the task that was lost. I thought this show had some sense of integrity, but it is all about the ratings.

  2. Posted By duffers

    ,i still remember when i was twelve years old i couldnt act grown up and i couldnt do anything without mom…..

  3. Posted By ChrisXR

    Good post. Two comments:

    - Trump changes the rules to suit – I thought who got fired was about the task – last night he made it about who'd made the most money so far
    - It seems weird that any form of bad low down behaviour is encouraged in the name of raising money for charity – its okay to hate, name call and lie

  4. Posted By Carol DiDonato

    I could not believe how that went down. Annie Duke or Brandy should have been fired – not Melissa, that was a load of crap. That was completely unfair, at least Melissa uses proper English – maybe the word "forgu" should have tipped you off as to how bright Brandy is?? My family and I have watched this show for years but we will never watch it again. Absolutely ridiculous how you steam rolled over Melissa for no reason at all! Clearly Brandy and Annie had it in for Melissa – that was very obvious and you just became another member of their "clique". It was shameful to watch. Could it be that you fired Melissa because she stood up to you? UNBELIEVABLE. We are so through with this stupid excuse for a show.

  5. Posted By sric4753

    I WAS TOTALLY APPALLED AT JOAN AND MELISSA RIVERS' BEHAVIOR AND DISGUSTING MOUTHS ON THE APPRENTICE THE OTHER NIGHT. tHEY SHOULD BOTH BE TOTALLY ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. i WILL NEVER, EVER AGAIN SUPPORT JOAN'S PROPDUCTS ON THE QVC CHAANNEL AND THINK THEY SHOULD RE-THINK THEIR HAVING HER ON THEIR SHOW. I HAVE NEVER, EVER BEEN SO DISGUSTED BY TWO WOMEN IN MY LIFE!!

  6. Posted By Christie Murray

    What potty mouths Joan and her daughter have… she should have been fired long ago and when Brandy said to Joan it's about the charities and j
    Joan said it's not well what did she go on the show for as far as Im concerned these two are white trash good riddens Joan is past it and her daughter would be scrubbing toilets if her mother didn't have money

  7. Posted By Carol Brown

    It's one thing to be fired when you don't think you deserve to be – it's quite another to exit as unprofessionally, ungracefully, undignified, and downright rudely, even to the staff, as Melissa Rivers did. I was basically on her side until she was fired (for whatever reason) and to watch her make a foot out of herself on TV – she showed she has zero class except LOW. And even tho I'm not a fan of Annie, she sat there and took Joan's crude insults – excuuuuuse me, Joan, aren't you Jewish and you're comparing Annie to someone like HItler??