# Celebrity Apprentice Season 14 cast announced **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 4, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645 "2014-11-04T17:40:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/61 "2015-01-20T15:39:36Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > WTH? The team that totally missed the branding wins? šŸ˜• > > That has always been the most cardinal sin on Celebrity Apprentice. This team even failed to show the modern serving package thing. That coffee pot thing everyone been buying for the last couple years. And they won? > > Iā€™ve seen it all now. A commercial with failed product branding wins. The challenge wasnā€™t about branding. It was about creating a viral video. Geraldoā€™s video was just a regular commercial, there was nothing about it that said ā€œviral.ā€ It was boring. They picked the correct winner. ---
**Author:** ![tenacious\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/62 "2015-01-20T22:13:07Z")
Why did Trump cut off Kate when she was talking about Lorenzo? I donā€™t need to hear her talk any more than anyone else does, but that was SO Trump :mad:. ā€œYou arenā€™t giving me the answer I want to hear.ā€ She was actually making a point for once. Every week I remember a little more how awful he is, and why I would never watch a non-celeb version. Iā€™ll give you all a dollar\* if Jerry Rivers isnā€™t the winner. The fix was clear from day one. \*wager not valid in the US, Canada, UK, NZ, or other populated nations. Restrictions apply. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/63 "2015-01-21T04:06:22Z")
Why doesnā€™t anyone ever point at Sig for weakest link? I donā€™t think weā€™ve been shown him do a single thing other than move props around. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/64 "2015-01-22T00:41:14Z")
I was more than a little surprised at Shawn Johnson. I always thought she was really cool, always going around with a big grin, seeming to be fun and up to any task. Instead she tried to fly under the radar, never taking on any substantial role in any task, and she could be quite surly at times, too. Iā€™ve known a few really top athletes in my time and some (not all) could be like that. Real assholes. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/65 "2015-01-22T20:59:59Z")
Does anyone know why theyā€™re burning through the episodes so quickly? It seems the season just started and they have already announced there are only 3 weeks left. Is that 3 calendar weeks, or 3 episodes which means 1.5 weeks at the current rate? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/66 "2015-01-22T21:37:29Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Why doesnā€™t anyone ever point at Sig for weakest link? I donā€™t think weā€™ve been shown him do a single thing other than move props around. People like to eliminate their obvious competition first, so they have a better chance. Itā€™s a ā€œgameā€ after all. Also, it seems the show is now 90% ā€œthe losing project manager is fired.ā€ Yawn. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/67 "2015-01-23T17:19:36Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Also, it seems the show is now 90% ā€œthe losing project manager is fired.ā€ Yawn. Gilbert Gottfried, Terrell Owens, and Shawn Johnson were fired and not the project manager. Keisha Knight Pulliam, Kevin Jonas, Jamie Anderson, and Lorenzo Lamas were fired as P.M.'s. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/68 "2015-01-27T02:19:59Z")
Iā€™m watching it delayed, so I donā€™t know what happened, but does Geraldo ever shut up? What was that litany of stuff he wanted on this boat trip? He would drive me crazy. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/69 "2015-01-27T03:15:41Z")
Geraldo seems to mess up every project with his over the top ideas. Heā€™s a major reason his team has lost three in a row. Iā€™ve got to give Kate credit. Sheā€™s totally reinvented herself on this show. I keep waiting for the bossy, control freak to emerge. Iā€™ve seen her lose it so many times on Jon & Kate Plus 8. Somehow on the Apprentice sheā€™s all sweetness and nice. Even as project manager the control freak never peeks out. Not to mention she looks like a stunning 25 year old blonde now. Quite a transformation in character and appearance. I felt bad for Sig. These projects were just so foreign to him. The poor guy doesnā€™t have a clue how to decorate or organize social events. LOL Thereā€™s really been nothing for him to do. Heā€™s said that he started fishing summers when he was 14. Fishing and Captaining a boat are literally his only skill sets. Heā€™s also a self-employed businessman but thatā€™s not helping him on Apprentice. Itā€™s surprising heā€™s lasted this long. Looking ahead. I see Leeza Gibbons in the final. Iā€™ve noticed sheā€™s not once been called out or blamed for anything in the boardroom. Sheā€™s sailing through this season, very quietly playing the game and supporting everybody. But, she never gets involved in the drama. Sheā€™ll have to step up at least one more time as project manager. If she can get through that ok, then sheā€™s my pick to win it all. I think Geraldo or Ian will also make the final. Iā€™m not really that fond of either. Ian is more skilled and at least heā€™s not a blowhard like Geraldo. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/70 "2015-01-27T03:29:29Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Geraldo seems to mess up every project with his over the top ideas. Heā€™s a major reason his team has lost three in a row. > > Iā€™ve got to give Kate credit. Sheā€™s totally reinvented herself on this show. I keep waiting for the bossy, control freak to emerge. Iā€™ve seen her lose it so many times on Jon & Kate Plus 8. Somehow on the Apprentice sheā€™s all sweetness and nice. Even as project manager the control freak never peeks out. Not to mention she looks like a stunning 25 year old blonde now. Quite a transformation in character and appearance. > > I felt bad for Sig. These projects were just so foreign to him. The poor guy doesnā€™t have a clue how to decorate or organize social events. LOL Thereā€™s really been nothing for him to do. Heā€™s said that he started fishing summers when he was 14. Fishing and Captaining a boat are literally his only skill sets. Heā€™s also a self-employed businessman but thatā€™s not helping him on Apprentice. Itā€™s surprising heā€™s lasted this long. > > Looking ahead. I see Leeza Gibbons in the final. Iā€™ve noticed sheā€™s not once been called out or blamed for anything in the boardroom. Sheā€™s sailing through this season, very quietly playing the game and supporting everybody. But, she never gets involved in the drama. Sheā€™ll have to step up at least one more time as project manager. If she can get through that ok, then sheā€™s my pick to win it all. > > I think Geraldo or Ian will also make the final. Iā€™m not really that fond of either. Ian is more skilled and at least heā€™s not a blowhard like Geraldo. Leeza would be great as a boss, and I can see her getting to the final. Geraldo is a sycophant who knows what Trump likes to hear. So I see him in the final, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/71 "2015-01-27T13:51:04Z")
This show is a perfect example of Producer Interference, while not affecting the ultimate outcome of the show. Miss America should have been fired long ago, but as long as there are others who have no shot at winning to get rid of (Sig, Kate) sheā€™ll be kept around for drama. Itā€™s getting close to the end, so sheā€™s probably on her own now. Johnny Damon and Vivica Fox probably have no shot, so maybe sheā€™s good for one more week. ---
**Author:** ![tenacious\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/72 "2015-01-27T22:10:19Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > Iā€™m watching it delayed, so I donā€™t know what happened, but does Geraldo ever shut up? What was that litany of stuff he wanted on this boat trip? He would drive me crazy. Just getting to it now and had exactly the same questions. He just wonā€™t stop! He has some awful ideas, which get steamrolled over everyone else. Sexiest catch? Hell no. Saying screw the terrorists? Hell no. I didnā€™t like him before but now I canā€™t stand the guy. Heā€™s still going to win. Trumpy Claus loves him, and as they say, douchebags of a featherā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/73 "2015-01-27T22:48:18Z")
Both are not among the most pleasant people, but Kenya Moore and Brandi Glanville are both pretty fine looking, although I think I stand alone on Glanville. This is the first season I have paid attention to. Hopefully Geraldo Rivera is ousted soon. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/74 "2015-01-28T19:34:08Z")
Leeza is a great player of this game. And sheā€™s not coming off as a terrible person, which makes her the favorite at this point. Johnny has flown under the radar long enough, now. I think unless someone mishandles a project as poorly as Sig did, heā€™s the next to go. He just doesnā€™t bring much value. ---
**Author:** ![tenacious\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/75 "2015-01-29T18:20:32Z")
I really like Leeza. I know she has been around for years, but I never watched her on anything. She is very professional and classy and Iā€™m rooting for her. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/76 "2015-02-03T01:06:01Z")
Please, please, please let this be the night Geraldo goes. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/77 "2015-02-03T02:12:50Z")
Thanks goodness sheā€™s gone. That person was ruining the show for me. Kenya Moore is fired. I hope to never see that lady again. She was so unpleasant all season. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/78 "2015-02-03T02:24:37Z")
That was one interesting board room. I was shocked. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/79 "2015-02-03T03:03:18Z")
Trump fired the entire losing team. :eek: I wonder if a triple elimination was always planned? They have really torn through this season quick. I guess NBC wanted it over fast. I guess being on a series of winning teams means nothing to Trump. These three won five or six in a row. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645/80 "2015-02-03T03:06:07Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Trump fired the entire losing team. :eek: > > I wonder if a triple elimination was always planned? They have really torn through this season quick. I guess NBC wanted it over fast. > > I guess being on a series of winning teams means nothing to Trump. These three won five or six in a row. I didnā€™t expect that. I thought Johnny was safe. Next week Geraldo, maybe? Please? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-season-14-cast-announced/703645.md?page=5)