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Trump’s gross comments from inside Apprentice boardroom revealed

TASKED with judging an aspiring country singer on The Apprentice, Donald Trump launched a foul-mouthed tirade about her looks.

That’s right, hands where we can see them, Donald. Picture: Dan Hallman/Invision/AP
That’s right, hands where we can see them, Donald. Picture: Dan Hallman/Invision/AP

MORE of Donald Trump’s unsavoury comments about unsuspecting women have surfaced — this time, directed towards a singer who appeared on the 2010 season of Celebrity Apprentice.

The reality show had a transcript service during production, meaning that many moments that were cut from the show still exist on paper — and have gotten into the hands of media outlets.

One such moment came during a boardroom session to decide which of the two teams had better completed their task, marketing an aspiring country singer for stardom.

That skin, flawless. Picture: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
That skin, flawless. Picture: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

One of the singers in question was Emily West, a country crooner not present in the boardroom.

“I assume you’re gonna leave this off, don’t put this s**t on the show, you know. But her skin, her skin sucks, okay?” Trump says of West, according to the show’s production transcript.

“I mean her skin, she needs some serious f**king dermatology.”

Country singer Emily West, who Trump said ‘needs some serious f**kin’ dermatology’.
Country singer Emily West, who Trump said ‘needs some serious f**kin’ dermatology’.

Contestant Cyndi Lauper, who had taken charge in mentoring the singer during the challenge, leapt to her defence — but Trump continued to focus on West’s looks, saying he preferred the other country singer in question, Luke Bryan.

“Personally, I am, as you probably heard, not a gay man, but I think [Luke Bryan] better looking that [sic] Emily okay?” he said.

When guest judge Trace Adkins defended West, Trump batted him away too.

“You’re obviously not a skin man,” he continued. “Which is okay. I wish I wasn’t.”

Rolling Stone this week showed West the contents of the unaired transcript for the first time, and the singer said the six-year-old comments reminded her of playground bullying.

The cast of the 2010 season of Celebrity Apprentice, including Cyndi Lauper (front and right of Trump), who stuck up for West.
The cast of the 2010 season of Celebrity Apprentice, including Cyndi Lauper (front and right of Trump), who stuck up for West.

“Yeah, it feels bad to read, but I also feel like I’m beautiful and I’m powerful and I’m not a dick. So that’s nice,” she said.

“It reminds me of my past eighth-grade experience of bullies on the playground and sticks and stones type stuff. I thought we outgrew that.”

West says that at the time she was puzzled by negative feedback she received from Trump, who critiqued the styling Cyndi Lauper had given her.

Donald Trump, skincare expert. Picture: Evan Vucci/AP
Donald Trump, skincare expert. Picture: Evan Vucci/AP

“Cyndi had me looking great. The fact that [Trump] wasn’t blown away by my package in the boardroom meeting … I found to be really mind-blowing,” says West.

“Now I know why he didn’t flip out: because he was paying attention to my skin when I was a singer and not a supermodel. I’m not in a pageant, you know?”

For her part, pop icon Lauper confirmed that Trump’s comments match up with the recorded transcript.

“Yes, of course [he said that],” she told Huffington Post.

“Of all people to talk about people’s skin! What the hell is going on with his?”

The newly revealed comments come in the wake of a shocking 2005 video which surfaced over the weekend, showing Trump bragging to TV host Billy Bush about sexually assaulting women.

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