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TRUMP SAID DESPICABLE RACIST COMMENTS ABOUT BLACKS, JEWS IN TAPED APPRENTICE MEETINGS, CLAIMS FORMER PRODUCERBY JASON LE MIERE ON 10/5/17 AT 1:08 PM
DAVID EDWARDS
05 OCT 2017 AT 13:43 ET
A former producer on The Apprentice has said President Donald Trump made unfathomably despicable racist comments while on the set of the show. The news about the remarks, disclosed by Bill Pruitt on NPRs Embedded podcast released Wednesday, were allegedly captured on videos that he said are somewhere, in some warehouse.
Speculation that there were offensive remarks present on outtakes of the NBC reality show, which Trump hosted for 14 seasons (he remains an executive producer), first emerged in the final days of last years election campaign. After an Access Hollywood audio tape leaked on which Trump could be heard bragging to host Billy Bush about committing sexual assault, Pruitt tweeted that when it came to Trump tapes, there are far worse. He added that it was just the beginning.
Link to tweet
Another producer, Chris Nee, later said she had heard from producers/crew that one of those far worse things was Trump using the n-word.
Due to nondisclosure agreements they had signed, Pruitt and other producers did not disclose what was on the tapes. However, speaking to NPR, Pruitt suggested that the now-president made a host of offensive statements that were caught on camera.
We recorded constantly, we went into the boardroom to set up discussions about how and who should get fired [on the show] without talking and saying directly who got fired, so there was a big ,long exchange, all of which was recorded, he said. Out of those exchanges came some really unfathomably despicable words said by this guy who is a TV star. I heard it, I watched it and those things are somewhere in some warehouse.
Asked more specifically about the content of the tapes and whether they were only disparaging comments about women, Pruitt said: No, very much a racist issue. Pressed further on whether it was about African-Americans, Jewish people or all of the above, Pruitt responded yes to all three.
more
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-racist-apprentice-tape-sexist-claims-producer-678944
Hear the NPR interview, here:
http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510311/embedded
mercuryblues
(14,537 posts)I bet the networks have deeper pockets and will bury him and his "crack" legal team in motions for at least a decade.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)We have a very deep problem here, very sick problem.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,110 posts)There is zero doubt Trump is on tape dropping the N Bomb many times. I don't understand why people are so afraid to release that.
janterry
(4,429 posts)Lovely............
Phoenix61
(17,018 posts)His been a racist his entire life.
Beringia
(4,316 posts)helped create a mirage of a decent person. They were making big money. They were all in it together. And his children surely know what a big liar he is. How could they stand by him. Why don't his children stand on their own.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)I'd contribute to a steady income and help with resume writing and a bodyguard. For the love of god release the damned tapes!
I want him backed against the wall by his own words. I want his chickens to come home to roost so hard you won't be able to see him for the chicken shit. I want him OUT!
lovemydogs
(575 posts)But, because of the non disclosure agreements no one could say much.
And no one would release any tapes.
You know its true but, unprovable.
brush
(53,840 posts)the tapes.
Wonder how he lives with this debacle of an admin. he could've prevented?