Sir Alan Sugar has admitted that he once used his fame, to skip a doctor’s queue and get his plastic surgery done more quickly.
The Apprentice star was recovering from a painful groin injury, when he decided to make the most of his rest time and book in an operation to lift his eyelids.
Speaking to Piers Morgan, the Amstrad boss revealed:
Lord Alan Sugar has admitted that he almost quit TV for good, before the Junior Apprentice was commissioned. After growing weary of the Apprentice format, the Amstrad boss says that the teenage version has breathed a new lease of life into the show and reignited his passion for the search for a protégé.
Apprentice boss Lord Alan Sugar has revealed that despite being a very wealthy man, when his son wanted some pocket money at the age of 17, he sent him to get a part time job in McDonalds.
In an interview with The Sun, Sugar revealed that he wanted his children to have some concept of the value of money. He said:
“There is nothing worse than a rich man’s son or daughter riding around in their Ferrari.
Multi-millionaire and self made businessman, Lord Sugar, left school at 16 with no money in his pocket and no qualifications. 40 years on and against the odds, he’s at the top of his game with a business empire worth millions. For decades a supporter of young people in business, Lord Sugar has decided to give ten of the UK’s most ambitious and driven teenagers the opportunity of a lifetime: competing for the title of the first ever Junior Apprentice.
From Wednesday 12th May, the 10 young candidates will face an education like no other as they embark on a series of tough tasks which will push their skills to the limit. The potential Junior Apprentices will face the same cut-throat competition as the adult series – it’s survival of the fittest and the tasks are just as challenging as ever.
Sir Alan Sugar has unleashed that famous temper of his once more, as a leaked email reveals that he is furious about the difference made between him and Andrew Lloyd Webber by the BBC.
Sugar was forced to postpone this year’s Apprentice series because of his advisory role to the Labour government (he was recently appointed their Business Tsar) and the BBC’s worries that this would present a conflict of interest and a problem to the channel’s impartiality leading up to a general election.
Lord Alan Sugar’s has reportedly reduced some of his young candidates to tears, on his brand new series of Junior Apprentice.
The Sun reports that after being fired by the business guru, many of the teenagers broke down in tears.
We have already been told that BBC have been forced to push this year’s Apprentice series back from March to November, because of the impending elections. However sources are now suggesting that the show could go out as late as next year if we end up with a hung parliament.
Lord Alan Sugar has blasted the Conservative party for putting pressure on the BBC to delay his show. Sugar’s Apprentice reality TV show usually airs in March, however due to his new role as ‘Business Tsar’ and possible conflicts with the 2010 general election, the BBC have pushed it back to June next year.
Lord Sugar told The Mirror: “They’ve delayed it for some political reason which is a bit of a joke in my opinion.
“Somebody from the Tory party complained to the BBC about me being an adviser to the Government and the result is that the television programme can’t be transmitted until the General Election is over.
Fan of BBC’s reality TV show The Apprentice, will be disappointed to hear that the show has been moved from its normal March slot to June of 2010.
The scheduling change took place because of Alan Sugar’s role as Gordon Brown’s enterprise tsar. The BBC can’t take the risk of the show colliding with a British general election due to rules of impartiality.
Alan Carr has claimed that Sir Alan Sugar was “horrible” and “vile” when he took part in BBC’s Comic Relief Does The Apprentice.
The Channel 4 funnyman told new! magazine: “Just how scary is he? He’s horrible. I thought because we were celebrities he’d tone it down, but he was vile and laid into me.
“I used to take the mickey out of the contestants when they cried on The Apprentice, but he had me in tears. I was gulping and had a lump in my throat!”
