Apprentice reject Claire Young has revealed that she pulled out of appearing on a previous series of Big Brother.

Claire got through the first few rounds of BB auditions but pulled out due to some of the weird characters she met.

“I watched one series and my friends said let’s try for it, but I was the only one who got through,” she told Star magazine.

“I went through two rounds of interviews and then pulled out.”

She added: “I just thought: ‘I haven’t met one person in this audition that I’d want to have a cup of tea with.’”

Apprentice hopeful, Claire Young, has been accused of cheating by a fellow team mate.

The gobby retail buyer has been accused of cheating during a recent ’supercars’ task, in which the final six contestants have to try and rent out ’super expensive’ cars to members of the public.

Claire has been accused of making a number of phone calls to her friends off camera in a bid to drum up business, this would be a breach of Apprentice rules which state that all calls must be made on camera.

A show insider told The People: “The other contestant claims Claire made a couple of cheeky phone calls to mates. The others went up the wall.

“Claire pleaded her innocence to show bosses saying some of her jealous rivals had got the wrong end of the stick. In the end they believed her and no action was taken.”

The car task can be seen in the next episode of the show, on Tuesday night at 9.00pm.

Claire is a 29 year old Senior Retail Buyer from South London. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and brought up in Wakefield, Claire’s first job was working at the local Beefeater restaurant.

Claire is lively and bubbly but certainly not a pushover – her nickname at work was “The Rottweiler” because if she sees something she wants she grabs hold of an ankle until she gets it. Her role model is Oprah Winfrey – the billionaire business woman and fellow yo-yo dieter. She has worked in the roles of Marketing, Merchandising, Commercial Sales and most recently Retail Buying.

Her passions include horse riding, going to the cinema, theatre and cooking. She claims to be the only convent-educated girl to have survived three summers in Magaluf for Club 18-30. Her motto is JDI which means “just do it”.

She says: “I am successful, I always have been. I’ve been doing jobs for eight years that are for people significantly older than me. I apply myself 150%.”