NeNe Leakes Quits 'Celebrity Apprentice'

USmagazine.com:

See ya, NeNe!


Real Housewives of Atlanta's NeNe Leakes made a quick getaway on Sunday's Celebrity Apprentice, but she didn't get to hear Donald Trump utter his famous phrase "you're fired!" Instead, the reality star bolted on her own accord, reasoning that the drama with foe Star Jones had pushed her over the edge.


During Sunday's episode, where teams were tasked with producing and selling tickets to a comedy show, Leakes, 41, left her team -- John Rich, Lil Jon and La Toya Jackson (who switched places with Meat Loaf at the start of the episode) -- high and dry without an explanation. Later, when her teammates couldn't reach Leakes, Trump decided to dial her up himself.


"I've never called anybody but I'm calling you because I think you have great ability," Trump, 64, told Leakes in a last-ditch effort to keep her around. "If you quit, it's going to follow you for the rest of your life. For you to quit at the end is stupid."


In the wake of her monumental blowout fight with Jones (as seen on the May 2 episode), Leakes remained confident in her decision to leave the series.


"I really feel that Star got her way," Leakes said after her conversation with Trump. "Mr. Trump bought into her bulls--t. I don't have to stay with BS to raise money for my charity. The best thing for me to do is leave."


Leakes' swift exit stunned her castmates, namely Rich, 37.


"Star ran her off and that's so amateur," the country crooner said after they confirmed she was gone for good. "I cant say I have a healthy amount of respect for that. You can't just abandon your team. She didn't even say goodbye to us!"


When Rich, Jackson and Lil Jon met with the opposing team -- Jones, Meat Loaf and Marlee Matlin -- Trump was even more fired up about Leakes. The billionaire businessman launched into an epic tirade about potential, and how Leakes' exit cost last week's eliminated contestant Hope Dworaczyk a chance to compete.


"The fact is she left, she quit, she gave up. To you, NeNe, I say, you're fired. And you're a quitter. And Star Jones kicked your ass whether you like it or not. Potential doesn't mean sh--. I've been hearing about potential all my life, but that usually [is said of people who are] not performing. We let go of Hope and we ultimately lost NeNe. That's fine. That's the way life is."

Ha! I actually watched "Celebrity Apprentice" for the first time last night just to catch up with NeNe and all her storied antics on the show. And what does she do? Bail. What's ironic here is that Donald Trump was right when he said "this will follow you around for the rest of your life" because from what I saw NeNe has no leg to stand on here. First, who could blame Star Jones for finally having enough of NeNe's hotghettomessness and thus, wanting NeNe off her team? And it wasn't like Star gave anyone a "either she goes or I go" type of ultimatum, she simply didn't want to be on the same team as NeNe and at first NeNe seemed to be okay with that. Then too, considering how much they can't stand each other, it was in the best interest of both Star and NeNe that they compete against each other anyway. But NeNe in all her hoodratness couldn't stand the fact that someone would rather put her on ignore than lower themselves and get all ghetto (ala Kim Zolciak) when she attempts to bully them, so she did what lames do: quit. Add the fact that "Celebrity Apprentice" is all about the charities and NeNe putting her own personal hatred for Star ahead of her own charity is a really bad look.