# "Apprentice" finale, 4/15/04

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apprentice-finale-4-15-04/239990>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 14, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apprentice-finale-4-15-04/239990 "2004-04-14T16:33:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apprentice-finale-4-15-04/239990/121 "2004-04-21T23:25:07Z")

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Omarosa reminds me of a wild child I knew in my teens, and a scenario from an old movie (the name escapes me, but I think it was "Boys Night Out). The idea is that no matter what you’re caught doing red-handed, deny it, deny it, deny it, and eventually it will go away.

Her philosophy was that no matter what she got caught doing, she would deny it to the heavens. This changes the direction of the ire being directed to her to an argument over whether her behavior had actually occurred and away from her true offense. And in time, the argument is what is remembered much more than the offense.

In the movie, a man is in bed with a woman not his wife. The wife comes home and finds them and is hurt and furious. The man calmly acts like there’s no woman there, and starts to get dressed and make the bed and get the room in order all the while insisting that there was nothing going on, that she was mistaken. The other woman finishes getting dressed and calmly leaves (as this was the pre-arranged plan should they ever get caught.)

Eventually, the room and house are in order, the man is in his business clothes, nothing appears wrong, and he is easing his sobbing wife into a chair with assurances that she’s not going crazy, she must just be very tired.

This is Omarosa to the nth power. I just hope the public in general doesn’t fall for it and eventually accepts her as just being misunderstood. She is clever and nervy as hell, but she doesn’t deserve \*any \* success or acclaim.

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apprentice-finale-4-15-04/239990/122 "2004-04-21T23:34:00Z")

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I sent an e-mail to Clairol with my 2 cents about using Omarosa in any capacity – here’s their response:  
Thank you for contacting Herbal Essences.

We have been in conversation with Omarosa and will be looking to see if  
we can leverage her “love to hate” personality with our “naughty but  
nice brand”. The brand has used “double -entendres” in the past, has  
generated memorable campaigns and we are looking to see if opportunities  
exist. She is not a spokesperson for the brand nor have any decisions  
been made on whether or not we will use any of the filmed segments.

Thank you again for sharing your opinion with us.

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I responded that no, we don’t love to hate Omarosa, we just hate her.

I think I get what they mean about “love to hate” – people like Bobby Knight, John McEnroe, Joan Rivers, Carrot Top, Adam Sandler, Gilbert Gottfried, Arianna Huffington, Dr. Phil, whoever rubs you wrong – we can hate those people, but deep down, we realize that they have **something** to offer to offset some of their awfulness.

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