Lord Alan Sugar’s nasty remark to Victoria Goulbourne as he sacked her has enraged The Apprentice fans.
Dani Donovan, Marnie Swindells, Megan Hornby, Rochelle Anthony, and Victoria made it to the final round and won Lord Sugar’s £250,000 investment.
Lord Sugar chose his final two after a brutal interview round in which Baroness Karren Brady, Linda Plant, Mike Soutar, and Claude Littner grilled the applicants.
Victoria, sadly, was not one of them.
Lord Sugar dismissed the online sweetshop owner, telling her, ‘The fact is Victoria, there is nothing distinctive about your market, your business.
‘To be honest, I’m not crazy about your plan.
‘So it’s been nice working with you, but it is with regret you’re fired.’
As she left the room, he added: ‘Keep it as a hobby. No, it makes a good hobby.’
Viewers were less than impressed with his comment, with one writing: ‘The most patronising firing of all time,’ while another called it ‘cold’.
Someone else said: ‘Fair amount of patronising of Victoria going on there tonight – quite unpleasant – from telling her to go back to being cabin crew, to keeping her business “as a hobby”‘.
Another penned: ‘I have so much respect for Victoria – her business plan was a non-starter but she has clearly worked so hard and did make the final five, and “keep it as a hobby” was the most horribly condescending way to end her series.’.
Lord Sugar’s comment came after Linda told Victoria, during a brutal interview: ‘Let your cottage industry, and you know what, if it’s no good, the airlines, they need good stewardesses at the moment’.
A disappointed Victoria recalled to the other girls: ‘She was savage! At one point, she told me I could get a job back at the airline – whatever! She said my business was a cottage business, so yeah.’
The Apprentice is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
Source My Celebrity Life.