July 18th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Alan Carr, Alan Sugar, Comic Relief Does The Apprentice 2009, The Apprentice

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!”
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March 11th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Alan Carr, bbc, Comic Relief Does The Apprentice 2009, Gok Wan, Jonathan Ross

Channel 4 comedian Alan Carr has admitted that he, Jonathan Ross and Gok Wan all got very emotional whilst filming for this years Comic Relief Does The Apprentice.
Alan told MSN: “You’re up at 7am then you’ve got to go to bed at 11pm and there’s no outside contact,” he said. “So you know when you see them crying on the show and you go ‘you wuss’… but my god there were bits, I don’t know if they kept it in but I was choked, Gok was upset, Jonathan Ross was a bit.”
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March 11th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Comic Relief Does The Apprentice 2009, Michelle Mone

Michelle Mone has revealed that she was terrified about the prospect of taking part in this years Celebrity Apprentice.
The founder of Ultimo Lingerie says she was most worried about working with big personalities like Ruby Wax and Patsy Palmer.
Speaking to Take 5 magazine, Mone confirmed: “[It was] incredibly nerve-wracking. I was working with four huge TV stars – Carol Vorderman, Fiona Phillips, Ruby Wax and Patsy Palmer – and I was terrified of how we’d all get along.
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February 7th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Comic Relief Does The Apprentice 2009, Maureen Lipman

Maureen Lipman has revealed that her stint on Comic Relief Does The Apprentice this year will be her last ever foray into the world of reality TV.
Lipman took part in the show along with stars like Carol Vorderman, GMTV’s Fiona Phillips, lingerie guru Michelle Mone and comics Alan Carr and Ruby Wax.
Speaking about the programme, Lipman revealed: “The girls won, and the boys were absolute w***ers. They stole our chef and played dirty. There was so much competitiveness and nastiness between Alastair Campbell, Piers Morgan and the ubiquitous Trinny. That’s what the show became about.
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