Is it me, or is the real secret here is that Dennis Rodman isn’t really all that bright? Look, I’m a Rodman fan from his “Bad as I Wanna Be” days, but I never sensed there was much going on upstairs. He’s an incredibly skillful player, with a flair for self-promotion… but I think his drinking was as much camouflage for the fact that he didn’t know what the hell he was doing. Most players try to stick to a script that they followed in professional life. Rodman, for all his skill, was never much in the leadership department. So I don’t think he knows how to lead. He would probably be a good foot soldier under someone who could really impress him (think Jordan or Isiah/Joe Dumars in Detroit) but not much cop otherwise.
I mean, did the guy say or do anything of note his entire time on the show? He said that he could get a cheap or free PA for the videophone event. Aside from that it’s random shit, like when he told McKnight that they should rent some Ferraris to sit in front of the hotel. McKnight was like, “What the fuck for?”
The one thing I don’t like about Celeb Apprentice is that people stick around for the novelty value and not much else. Rodman didn’t do shit in any of the previous tasks. I mean, nothing. Trump reams that Kardashian chick out for doing nothing, but at least she was there. Rodman disappears or sits in a van for a task and there’s no mention. He was only there to be Dennis Rodman. Which is novel for a few minutes, not much longer.
Rodman is a guy who has pretty serious emotional problems, I think. His autobiography starts with him contemplating suicide. I don’t know if the problems he has are new or exclusively because of the alcohol.
On another note, both Rivers women are frightening to behold. I don’t remember what Joan looked like before the knife, but I don’t think it’s done her any favors. Melissa is even more frightening to look at. As much as I disliked that suitcase opening chick, she had a point about her plastic forehead.
I like Annie the poker player and Tionne. They seem like workers. Tionne is managing to avoid the hate that Annie caught because of her occasionally condescending tone and inability to temper her enthusiasm at times. She’s a sleeper and might go pretty far in this.
The guys remaining are pretty likable. Clint Black seemed dickish at first but seems like a stand-up guy, especially in how he handled himself with the whole Rodman situ. Herschel Walker isn’t necessarily the brightest guy, but he’s solid and has a really consistent work ethic. Brian McKnight is a real leader and he has the potential to run away with this thing. But the biggest surprise has to be Jesse James. I don’t know anything about the guy, and at first glance he seems a little slow… but I really like the guy. He’s smart, empathetic, and I think he probably made the one statement that Rodman was touched by (if that’s possible). It was when he made the comparisons between meeting Herschel Walker and meeting Rodman - something like, meeting Walker, you walk away more impressed with the guy than your impressions of him from the media. Meeting Rodman, it’s the opposite - he’s much less than you expect. Devastating and the kind of comment that helps people pull their shit together.
