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The Apprentice – Rebecca’s Response
By JLP | December 16, 2005
Okay, okay, I lied. THIS is my last post about the Apprentice.
Rebecca was just on the Today Show. Here’s a summary of what she said:
When asked about what she thought of Randal’s decision she said that Randal was entitled to his opinion. She didn’t have any hard feelings or any regrets. She said she was optimistic of the future and knows that she will do just fine.
Of course they asked the hypothetical “what if…” question about if the tables had been turned would she have hired Randal. She said absolutely, yes she would because she would never not include someone who worked as hard as she did. She also said that she thought it was the job of a leader to hire talent. I can’t remember exactly what she did say but it was a great response.
After that, a woman from Yahoo came up and offered Rebecca the opportunity to write for Yahoo! Finance. Rebecca said she was definitely interested. If she takes the job, she’ll be joining a pretty good group of columnists.
Topics: Miscellaneous | 15 Comments »
December 16th, 2005 at 1:27 pm
I do not have much respect for Randall. I have no doubt that Rebecca would have given Randall the opportunity to also be hired if she had been chosen. Rebecca has shown a lot of class. I can’t say the same for Randall.
December 16th, 2005 at 5:03 pm
After I saw yesterday’s episode I have to agree, I could not believe
Randall’s reaction ,both deserve to be hired, but now Randall shows a
lack of emphaty and loyalty whereas Rebecca has a lot of it.
I wish Trump would read this. \BYE
December 17th, 2005 at 11:03 am
Black men usually stand behind “brothers” and “sisters.” Had Rebecca been African-American, I have no doubt that Randal would have encouraged Trump to hire her as well. Instead, Randal indulged his considerable racism and revealed himself to be so incredibly and foolishly selfish.
December 17th, 2005 at 11:47 am
Black men usually stand behind ‘brothers’ and ’sisters’? What type of nonsense is this? Are you saying that white people don’t stand behind other white people? You’re an *** who knows nothing about racism. Just STFU.
Go Randall!!!!
Edit: We can do without the name calling.
December 17th, 2005 at 11:58 am
Joe,
We can all speculate with what “could” have happened. I was pleased with Trump’s decision to hire Randal. I was just displeased with Randal’s decision not to hire Rebecca.
What bothers me is how this is being turned into a race issue. IT IS NOT A RACE ISSUE! Black Enterprise interviewed Randal and asked him the following question:
Now that there has been some backlash from the White community about you denying Rebecca the opportunity to join you at the Trump organization, do you have any regrets on that decision?
What kind of question is that?
December 17th, 2005 at 1:53 pm
I disagree, I think that it is very much a race issue. The show was scripted to hire two people. With the multiple firings, and the final episode they were building up to hiring two. Why else was there no announcement of the winner getting a new car this year? How many scenes where we shown with the two of them working as a team and supporting each other? I think race became an issue in that they had to hire Randal first and then Rebecca, otherwise it could have been recieved badly that the ‘black’ person was hired second. This isn’t the first time the Apprentice has taken flack for being viewed as raciest and I think they were trying to disprove that theory by being sensitive to it’s viewers, but race plays a role in that sensitivity.
I really liked both Randal and Rebecca, I was rooting for them the entire season. But for Randal to deny another person a job, because he want’s to the be the ‘big winner’ was a very ugly and public thing to do. How stupid do you have to be to choose greed over compassion on public television?
December 20th, 2005 at 3:08 pm
I agree with Lizz. I believe it was a race issue. Did you notice in the boardroom at Randal’s
so-called “multi-million dollar business” all of the people there were African-American? What’s
up with that? And if he is so successful, why was he on The Apprentice?? Why did he have to be
so selfish when asked by Trump if he should hire Rebecca? Why did Trump ask him anyway?
Why not ask Carolyn or George for their thoughts on it? HELLO! I doubt I will ever watch that
show again! I hope Rebecca succeeds much farther than Randal. She deserves it! His credentials
mean squat if he doesn’t have common sense!
December 20th, 2005 at 7:59 pm
Randal just doesn’t have the personal qualities a successful person (business or not) would have.
That was so obvious in the board room. He was just so insecure and so un-gentleman. If you notice,
he didn’t even greet Rebecca when he walked in. That to me is a great sense of insecurity. Without
a doubt, Rebecca will be more successfully than Randal. BTW – it may not be a bad outcome for
Rebecca because she deserves better than working for Donald Trump!!!
December 29th, 2005 at 2:18 pm
I think it is obvious that Randal is the better person for the job. I actually was more for
Rebecca until the final show, but Randal really impressed me in the end. I agree with Randall that here should be only one Apprentice. Actually, there were two good candidates on the first season as well, but Bill was choosen. It is horrible that is being turned into a race issue. It is not a race issue nor a gender issue. Donald Turmp could have hired whomever he wanted to. He choose Randal, and then he asked for Randal’s opinion. Mr. Trump made the decision…not Randal. The question I have is why do some believe there should be two winners for the show. Randal and Rebecca were not evenly matched. I like Rebecca a lot. I think she has great
strength and determination; however, I also think she lacks good judgment and leadership skills. I wanted Rebecca to win so bad, but in the end I had to admit that Randal was the better person for
the job…and so did Donald Trump.
December 30th, 2005 at 1:52 pm
Randal should have thought outside the box when asked by Mr. Trump if he should hire Rebecca as well. Rebecca clearly would be an asset to the Trump organization, and if Randal gave that “bigger picture” some consideration, he would have offered an alternative, as follows: “Mr. Trump, I am your sole Apprentice. But I think it would be an excellent decision to hire Rebecca to work within your organization because of the outstanding qualities she’s shown.” That would have been a win-win-win response.
December 31st, 2005 at 8:24 pm
The Trump organization deserved Randal.
I doubt if he will be working with them three yaers from today!
The Trump organization did not deserve Rebecca.
Rebecca is of much too high a calibere to be involved in the activities of that orgnization!
I look forward to following the progress of Rebecca in the years ahead.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:18 am
Randal really disappointed me.
Saying that there is only ONE APPRENTICE in The Apprentice,
is such a bad excuse.
This whole show is testing each indivisual’s creativity and
personality which fits in the leader position, but Randal
just blew it at the end.
I think Mr.Trump was thinking both of them were too good to
choose one, but he couldn’t break the tacit law there to
just choose one. So he wanted to make a small, very creative
excuse to break that tacit law and hire Rebecca.
But there was selfish Randal!…
BTW, does anyone know that if a foreigner can apply for
The Apprentice? Because I really want to.
Creativity and leader ship is all about me!
elite.korean@gmail.com
thanks a lot!
April 4th, 2006 at 5:15 am
I just watched the last episode 2 days ago here. Randal might be a perfect apprentice, but Rebecca is equally outstanding despite her young age. I like Randal quite a lot untill he burst out those silly words. Well, I think he feels so insecure to have Rebecca working in the same organization as he knows exactly what talent/potential that Rebecca has. As a Chinese, I don’t think this has anything to do with racism, but just great insecurity that a man has…
September 7th, 2006 at 11:31 am
I think both are deserved to hire by trump organization.
However, I think Rebecca has a lot of potential so Trump should’ve notice and hire her as apprentice.
I have no doubt about it.
September 23rd, 2006 at 8:19 am
I just finished watching the Apprentice Season 4 for the second time, cause I really love and respect Rebecca, who is just of the same age as me, but much tougher, more generous than me, honestly. Randal failed in the very end, with his insecurity, ungenerousity or say, mean personality, completely revealed.
I have great belief in Rebecca and im sure she’s gonna have a great, great future.