UPDATE with Schwarzenegger statement: President Donald Trump kicked off his National Prayer Breakfast address thanking Celebrity Apprentice creator/executive producer Mark Burnett, who had introduced him, and telling those gathered how he fired his agent, who had argued against doing the reality series, when the show became a hit and the agent wanted his commission.
“We had tremendous success on The Apprentice and, when I ran for president, I had to leave the show,” Trump told religious leaders and diplomats. “And they hired a big, big movie star, Arnold Schwarzenegger to take my place. And we know how that turned out. The ratings went right down the tubes. It’s been a total disaster,” said Trump, who remains a producer on the NBC series. “Mark will never, ever bet against Trump again. And I want to just pray for Arnold if we can. For those ratings. OK?”
Schwarzenegger’s people release a statement quickly after the comments. “Arnold is praying that President Trump can start improving his own approval ratings, which were the worst in history for an incoming President, by taking his job seriously and working inclusively.”
The Celebrity Apprentice host 2.0 also took to Twitter himself:
Infant-in-Chief, God doesn’t need to play favorites for a television show.
I know that calling out Trump’s lies can sometimes feel pointless right now, but he didn’t “leave the show” because he ran for president. He was fired for his remarks about immigrants during his announcement speech.
Cold blooded! ROFL.
Embarrassing. We are the laughing stock of the world. #Sad.
Has anyone told Emperor Trump he’s got the lowest ratings of any newly elected president ever? He should worry less about a “reality” television show and pay more attention to the people’s reality.
A true spiritual message for our nation in these turbulent times.
How much longer will this lunacy go on? It must be clear to everyone at this point that Trump’s mental illness is so acute that he can not function in this high stress job. The world looks to us for sober policy and thoughtful actions. Is it really possible that the entire republican party would risk the security of the entire world ? Is there actually no one who has any character or courage? ” As Nero fiddles Rome burns” and Bannon runs the U.S.
Disaster after disaster…
Hahaha thats funny. He’s joking.
Omg they are both so funny with their quips.
They are joking.
But Arnold started the remarks by criticizing
(attacking as viewed by some) the travel ban.
It’s not really his place to speak out when he has a high profile show with ….ADVERTISERS….. as if he is speaking for them they endorse the show!!!!!!!!