Donald Trump fires Khloe Kardashian

Apr 06, 2009- Permalink

Three cheers for Donald Trump.

Last night on The Celebrity Apprentice, The Donald delivered a well-deserved bitch slap to fame whore Khloe Kardashian, whose only claim to fame is being related to Kim, who in turn is only famous, as Joel McHale of The Soup would say, “for having a big ass and a sex tape.”

Both teams had lost the All Detergent viral video challenge, so Trump prepared to fire a player from each team. He fired Athena’s Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins for volunteering to come back to the boardroom with Melissa Rivers, chiding her with a “you never volunteer to be executed.”

He then turned his sights on the KOTU team. He asked country artist Clint Black if he was tired of the show and wanted to head back on the road. Clint said no. He asked pro golfer Natalie Gulbis if she wouldn’t rather be playing at an upcoming Asian tournament for a hefty appearance fee and possible prize money. Gulbis said she had made a commitment to the show and that she was going to honour it.

Having set up that her other two team-mates actually had careers and accomplishments, Trump asked Khloe Kardashian why she had missed part of the last assignment. Khloe said she had to go back to LA to face a judge who was none too happy about her missing court-ordered alcohol education classes that stemmed from her past DUI so that she could participate in Trump’s show. Her attitude made it seem like the whole thing was a bother to her.

Trump then launched into her. He said that he had not been made aware of her DUI before the show. He told her that he knew three friends who had lost family members killed by drunk drivers. He offered her charity $20,000 but said he couldn’t reconcile with her DUI past and fired her.

Kardashian’s post-firing interview revealed the cavalier attitude displayed by many tabloid stars about their DUIs. They always say they’re paying every day for their DUIs as if they’re the victims and the nasty cops, lawyers and judges should leave them alone.

To be fair, Trump’s behaviour in this can be questioned too. First off, you mean Trump never asked why Kardashian was famous and up for his show besides her resemblance to Jack O’Halloran? Nobody in Trump’s circle ever mentioned her DUI? Why did Dennis Rodman’s drinking not become a factor before it affected a task he was the manager of? And will Trump go after Jesse James for some drinking indiscretion from his past next?

All of Trump’s issues aside, it was just nice to see a talentless reality star having a strip torn off them for a change. Too often we see the Hiltons and the Montags and the Pratts get cheered by adoring fans and you just want to ask the kids what these people actually did to become their heroes. Of course, the real tyrants are not the celebrity airheads, but the network executives who create these brain-sapping shows in the first place.