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trueblue2007

(17,208 posts)
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 05:29 PM Aug 2018

Another APPRENTICE "Star" says Omarosa is right.Penn Jillette Says Trump 'Apprentice' Tapes Exist

Another APPRENTICE "Star" says Omarosa telling truth. Trump used "Bad" words! = Penn Jillette Says Trump 'Apprentice' Tapes Exist: "I Was in the Room"

~~~> "He would say racially insensitive things that made me uncomfortable," the comic and magician said of Trump during their time on 'Celebrity Apprentice.'
Penn Jillette says he knows for a fact that Mark Burnett possesses tapes of Donald Trump saying disparaging, racist remarks while working on the NBC reality show Celebrity Apprentice.

Half of the magician duo Penn & Teller (appeared on Celebrity Apprentice in 2012) recently told Vulture in an interview posted Tuesday that he is positive recordings exist because "I was in the room" when Trump would say "racially insensitive things that made me uncomfortable."

The infamous tapes that have dogged Trump since his campaign are once again in the news after former White House staffer and reality star Omarosa Manigault Newman said she heard the tapes, which allegedly include Trump using the N-word during production of the NBC series, which he hosted.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/penn-jillette-says-trump-apprentice-tapes-exist-i-was-room-1134734

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Another APPRENTICE "Star" says Omarosa is right.Penn Jillette Says Trump 'Apprentice' Tapes Exist (Original Post) trueblue2007 Aug 2018 OP
I wonder how many Apprentice people will come forward. they all signed NDA though trueblue2007 Aug 2018 #1
"I was in the room" when Trump would say "racially insensitive things that made me uncomfortable." jberryhill Aug 2018 #2
I know, right... dhill926 Aug 2018 #6
exactly Afromania Aug 2018 #7
Good point! InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2018 #11
Is that four or five now? nolabear Aug 2018 #3
Someone put me out of my misery. RandySF Aug 2018 #4
Seriously. She's an actor playing a part, he's an actor playing a part. What's going on while... Hekate Aug 2018 #8
Jillette is an outspoken libertarian by the way... jcgoldie Aug 2018 #5
I'm not even sure what that means any more after what some prominent libertarians have done... Hekate Aug 2018 #9
He said early on that trump will make a horrible President mucifer Aug 2018 #10
Read the interview he made these remarks in... Drunken Irishman Aug 2018 #15
Kick Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2018 #12
Li'l Jon Has Also Confirmed........... ChoppinBroccoli Aug 2018 #13
HORRIBLE .... HORRIBLE .... that Trump would call him "Uncle Tom" trueblue2007 Aug 2018 #14

trueblue2007

(17,208 posts)
1. I wonder how many Apprentice people will come forward. they all signed NDA though
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 05:33 PM
Aug 2018

I wish Clay Aiken would come forward. I like him.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
2. "I was in the room" when Trump would say "racially insensitive things that made me uncomfortable."
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 05:39 PM
Aug 2018

Not uncomfortable enough to leave the room, mind you.

nolabear

(41,959 posts)
3. Is that four or five now?
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 05:43 PM
Aug 2018

Arnold, Omarosa, Gillette, the woman pre-celebrity whose name I can’t recall-and Lil John? I know people said 45 called him an Uncle Tom but don’t know if he said anything.

Gee, it’s like there’s a pattern.

Hekate

(90,650 posts)
8. Seriously. She's an actor playing a part, he's an actor playing a part. What's going on while...
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 05:58 PM
Aug 2018

...we are engrossed in this play?

Hekate

(90,650 posts)
9. I'm not even sure what that means any more after what some prominent libertarians have done...
Tue Aug 14, 2018, 05:59 PM
Aug 2018

...while posing as Republicans.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
15. Read the interview he made these remarks in...
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 04:22 AM
Aug 2018

It's actually pretty enlightening. He's definitely not a hardcore libertarian anymore and even admits that he's softened on a lot - even feeling he may support the idea of a living wage.

His reasoning for not mentioning what Trump says is either a copout or a legit reasoning - he doesn't want to be wrong. He readily admits he can't remember every single detail and that he was under a lot of pressure at the time, and with little sleep, so, with the frenzy we've seen with everything, the last thing he wants to do is incorrectly state something and I think I kinda see his point.

People are kind of making the tapes out to be a joke. It sorta kinda reminds me of the 'Whitey' tapes that supposedly existed back in 2008 (tapes where Michelle Obama ranting against whitey). The tapes never existed despite people saying they did. It became a running gag. Now whether there are tapes is irrelevant to this point - the tapes will or will not show themselves regardless of what Penn Jillette says. It's basically just him claiming something. The thing is, Tom Arnold, God Bless Him, is out there raving about these tapes...and people are starting to make a mockery of it to the point where it's now just becoming a fucking joke with a punchline.

If these tapes exist ... no amount of celebrities saying they do exist, and heard Trump use that type of language, is going to do anything if the actual tapes aren't released. Instead, people just shrug and laugh it off and it continues to be a joke. So, I get what Penn is saying here. Especially if tapes are released and ... it's just Trump saying stupid shit like, "I'd fuck her!".

So, I get it.

Anyway, here's the interview:

http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/penn-jillette-in-conversation.html

It's a good read.

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,784 posts)
13. Li'l Jon Has Also Confirmed...........
Wed Aug 15, 2018, 12:10 AM
Aug 2018

.............that Trump would call him "Uncle Tom" despite being repeatedly told by his producers to stop.

I'm guessing that some of these little comments/nicknames are what prompted Gilbert Gottfried to call him "Mein Fuhrer" right to his face.

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