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1 Sep 2006, 15:45
In The Age today...
She's fired!
Carolyn Kepcher, a Trump organisation executive famous for her role as a tough-talking judge on the hit television reality show The Apprentice, is no longer with the company, a Trump representative said today.
The representative declined further comment, but the New York Post said Donald Trump's TV sidekick was fired after spending too much time cultivating her own celebrity with speaking engagements.
Kepcher had been with the real estate mogul for more than 10 years, most recently serving as chief operating officer of Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, New York, and helping manage another Trump golf club in New Jersey.
Trump's daughter will replace Kepcher on NBC's The Apprentice, and his son will replace the show's other judge, George Ross, the Post said.
Trump would confer with Kepcher and Ross each week before deciding which corporate wannabe seeking a full-time job with Trump would have to hear his curt signature phrase, "You're fired!"
Ross, a 78-year-old real estate lawyer, remains with the Trump organisation, a Trump spokeswoman said.
As well as cashing in on her Apprentice fame through speaking engagements, Kepcher wrote a book, Carolyn 101: Business Lessons from The Apprentice's Straight Shooter.
Phone calls to Kepcher's representatives were not immediately returned.
He is such an attention whore...
She's fired!
Carolyn Kepcher, a Trump organisation executive famous for her role as a tough-talking judge on the hit television reality show The Apprentice, is no longer with the company, a Trump representative said today.
The representative declined further comment, but the New York Post said Donald Trump's TV sidekick was fired after spending too much time cultivating her own celebrity with speaking engagements.
Kepcher had been with the real estate mogul for more than 10 years, most recently serving as chief operating officer of Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, New York, and helping manage another Trump golf club in New Jersey.
Trump's daughter will replace Kepcher on NBC's The Apprentice, and his son will replace the show's other judge, George Ross, the Post said.
Trump would confer with Kepcher and Ross each week before deciding which corporate wannabe seeking a full-time job with Trump would have to hear his curt signature phrase, "You're fired!"
Ross, a 78-year-old real estate lawyer, remains with the Trump organisation, a Trump spokeswoman said.
As well as cashing in on her Apprentice fame through speaking engagements, Kepcher wrote a book, Carolyn 101: Business Lessons from The Apprentice's Straight Shooter.
Phone calls to Kepcher's representatives were not immediately returned.
He is such an attention whore...