Behave yourself, Vinny.

I don't understand. Women tend to like fish. Last time I bought fish, which was yesterday, I was the only male there. My mother loves fish, even more than my dad and he adores fish. Speaking of fish? Does anyone have a favorite kind? I like salmon.

Thanks alot for reuning a perfectly good thread.

VinnyGorgeous...you're FIRED.

Being fired isn't so bad. I'd love to be fired by Trump. I'd be honored.

Been fired before Vinny?

Vinny, you keep back peddling like this and you will be back on Monday

Oh, good...just in time to discuss the next episode.

Hell yes I have. Best thing that ever happened to me was getting fired. I've also been very close to getting fired several times. Gotten a thousand warnings. What can I say, I like to have a good time.

That's it...we have to make Vinny poster of the month!

Couldn't be happier about seeing that arrogant bitch Dionne get fired. What a pathetic human being. The second she said "fire me", Donald's face turned into stone. I thought he was gonna pull out a shotgun and finish her off that way . It was beautiful.

The fact that Donald Trump decided to fire Richard Hatch over that dysfunctional head injury patient tells me he's only thinking about ratings. That was a stupid move. Richard Hatch was simply not in a position to raise money and anyone knows who he is knows that. This means he was done before the task even started. While I do agree that raising money is the most important thing here, you've got to take Hatch's situation under consideration. I actually don't like the guy, but he's a hell of a player. He is probably the most focused player there and extremely thorough. It is quite obvious that people don't like him and I think that's why Marlee said what she said. I don't think it has anything to do with business. Marlee Matlin is a beautiful human being with a beautiful heart and because of that, she may not be able to make the best business decisions. I do think she did an amazing job as task manager, but that speech about Gary and saying Hatch should be fired was not the right thing to do. If however this was only a strategic move on her part, then I've definitely miscalculated Marlee Matlin and she's not the person I thought she was. It would make her look low and manipulative.

Richard Hatch didn't even get a chance to defend himself.

Trump did point out in his words, '...To be fair...' that Richard had spend 4 years in prison and therefore would not know as many wealthy people as the rest of the group.

However, the task WAS about which team raised more money and the men came up short and Richard apparently raised the least money.

That said, I think Marlee Matlin single-handedly saved Gary Busey by coming to bat for him, as it was clear all of his teammates were throwing him under the bus. I think Trump DOES like him and didn't want to let him go yet and therefore needed a quick scapegoat in his place. Hence the firing of Richard Hatch. Trump is the boss, it's his show and he can fire whomever he wants for whatever reason he wants.

I did feel a little bad that Richard was given no chance to defend himself...but too bad, consider it payback for his aweful treatment of David Cassidy on the first episode, when he (Richard) was the losing task manager.

And ratings???? This stuff is filmed months in advance, and while it airs the next season is already in production. Trump knows he's already got massive ratings and that will not change...I doubt seriously that he needs to worry about ratings when he's in the Boardroom deciding who to fire next.

And I like Gary. Marlee and Trump are correct that he is seriously underestimated by his team.

I think Marlee's words definitely sealed Richard's fate and that's unfortunate. Trump isn't nearly as clever as he thinks he is. And as far as rating go, I think we all know he's trying to keep the show interesting. Everybody wants to see Busey and nobody wants to see Richard Hatch. That's a fact.

But Busey being underestimated by his team? Oh hell no lol.

Trump doesn't need to keep somebody on that he feels should be fired, just to keep the show interesting. It's already interesting, no matter who stays and who goes. One of the really entertaining things about the Boardroom is that it can appear that a particular person is clearly about to be fired and then it can turn on a dime based on a single statement.

Trump really does like Gary and based on what the other men said he would probably have had to fire him if Marlee had not stepped in.

Let's remember Gary Busey won the task he managed, and Richard Hatch's task is the only one that the men's team lost.

Anyway, based on scenes from next week it appears Gary may not make it to the end...unless his team keeps winning!!!

The only people defending Gary Busey are the people who aren't working with him. Would Trump or Marlee be saying the same thing if they were working with him? I seriously doubt that and based on what we've seen, he is definitely screwing up that team's rhythm. Everybody on the men's team have complained about his lack of focus. You need to have A LOT of patience if you're gonna try to manage him. One of the task managers even likened it to baby sitting. That IS a tough statement. I just feel sorry for the guy.

I'm still rooting for Marlee though.

Yes, unfortunately it does appear that he is very difficult to work with. I don't know how much longer he'll last...but I still like him.

Incidentally, I though LaToya was terrific, donating her brother's t-shirt and designing the winning cap that emulated Michael's sequined glove. She is another class act and hard worker, who seems to be constantly thrown to the wolves by her teammates.

Oh yeah I will definitely echo those words. LaToya is just beautiful to me and I actually never thought I'd say that, but how well can we know someone by just reading the tabloids? Turns out, not much. The way she talked about her brother being an angel really touched me. You could see the tears in her eyes and hear her voice starting to shake. If I had been Michael Jackson, I would've been proud to have her as my sister. Class act all the way.

By the way, what did you think of Meat Loaf's meltdown?

Jail or no jail, who in the world would Richard Hatch know that he could raise any kind of real money? He was a nobody before he was on that show and other then being in the news for his trouble, he is a nobody now.

Gary B. is a whack a doodle and he is more of a problem then having the real bitches of TV on the Girls team.

If they hadn't shown it a thousand of times before the show, I would have never thought Meatloaf would explode like that...Keep that up and Meatloaf will be grabbing his chest while the others are calling 911.

What fs said.

I've seen one or two biographies on Meat Loaf. He's had problems like this in the past and were it not for the anger management he's already had probably would've exploded even worse than that. Been known to blow up and/or completely lose his voice before concerts all of it is emotionally based.


The suddenness of his outburst was freaky to watch. His apology to Gary was heartfelt and I think he knows how badly he behaved.

Being annoyed with Gary is one thing, but to lose it like Meat Loaf lost it is another. Imagine how he is when there's no cameras rolling lol. This was absolutely nuts. Meat Loaf doesn't just need anger management. He needs psychiatric help. I must say I felt really really bad for Gary when that went down. Poor guy's suffering from severe head injury and can't do shit about it.

Gary had been getting on Meat's nerves back over the past few tasks. I believe he even said at one point that if Gary wasn't kept away from him he would probably lose it at some point. This imagined theft of the paint supplies was what put him at the breaking point. He was just looking for an excuse to explode, probably knew it would happen and couldn't do a thing to stop himself.

Back to Richard Hatch...after Jose Canseco left to be with his dying father, Richard hinted that this may have been a setup for a planned exit. Very nasty & coldhearted. All the more reason he deserved to go.