Get the latest gossip

Trump Lashes Out at Jeff Zucker as ‘Human Scum,’ Recalls Getting Denied $6 Million an Episode for Hosting ‘The Apprentice’


Donald Trump asked for $6 million per episode for "The Apprentice" Season 2. He was denied.

Donald Trump reveals in the upcoming book “Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass,” written by Variety’s co-editor in chief Ramin Setoodeh, that he asked for a salary of $6 million per episode to host “The Apprentice” Season 2. An excerpt from the book published by Vanity Fair recounts how Trump wanted a significant salary boost for the second season of his NBC reality competition series. It appears Trump latched onto the latter statistic as a win for “The Apprentice” and a big reason he deserved more money for Season 2.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Variety

Read more on:

Photo of Jeff Zucker

Jeff Zucker

Related news:

News photo

Jeff Zucker’s RedBird IMI Closes $1.45 Billion Acquisition of U.K.’s All3Media

News photo

RedBird IMI Completes $1.45B Takeover Of ‘The Traitors’ Maker All3Media; Jeff Zucker Becomes Super-Indie’s Chairman

News photo

Jeff Zucker’s Acquisition of U.K. Newspaper Daily Telegraph Likely to Be Blocked by New Legislation