Trump Vs.Stewart

[Lynn7]

I think Donald Trump is losing it. Stewart's comment was pretty inocuous and he is reacting in a way that is way over the top, IMO.
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You moron, says Trump



BY BILL HUTCHINSON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

The Donald wasn't backing down yesterday in his feud with Martha Stewart - calling her a "moron" and taking pride in his poison-pen letter to her.
Donald Trump is still fuming over Stewart having the nerve to blame him for sabotaging her own prime-time "Apprentice" show. Her rationale: Trump wouldn't step aside, retire his successful show and give her the entire "Apprentice" audience.

"What moron would think you're going to fire the guy with the No. 1 show on television?" Trump told Newsweek yesterday.

Stewart ignited the feud by claiming she was supposed to start her inaugural season by firing Trump, and that the real estate mogul nixed the idea.

In a letter Trump penned to Stewart Tuesday, the millionaire developer blasted her as a liar, likening her deception to the insider-trading scandal that got her prison time.

Facing the cameras yesterday on her nationally syndicated daytime show "Martha," the homemaking honcho bitterly told fans, "I'm hurt and I'm really very upset at my longtime friend and that's really all I want to say. Enough about it."

In another interview on CNBC's "The Big Show with Donny Deutsch," Trump said his letter to Stewart was intended to be mean-spirited because he was upset by her disloyalty.

"What I didn't like is that I defended Martha many, many times and I never got a note. I never got a phone call saying, 'Donald, thank you very much,'" Trump said. "See, you get a little bit tired of it. Then when her show fails, she blames me on top of everything else."

Mark Burnett, producer of both "Apprentice" shows, said firing Trump was briefly discussed after Stewart raised the idea.

"Martha had a number of ideas and, you know, my job is to listen to everything," Burnett told Deutsch.

[Pain In Da Azz]

he shouldve just said "Dont blame me because your show tanked." and left it at that.

[eljefe15]

Fuck both of them!

Peace...

[James Logan]

Well...

...her argument was a tad moronic. :)

[RustyRazor]

Originally posted by eljefe15
Fuck both of them!

Peace...


Well put, sir. Amen.

[jeo4]

Pardon me while I laugh at this entire ordeal. I'm not a fan of the original myself, and I'm even less a fan of Stewart's. If I have to side with one, I'd say Trump has good reason to snub her.

[Lynn7]

So here's the thing- I heard that Trump criticized Stewart's daughter Alexa who has a talk show on Sirius radio and today Martha called into her talk show and they spoke about this again. Trump said because Alexa is an adult she is fair game to be criticized but Martha says she would never do that and that is unprofessional. Martha also said that Trump was born with a silver spoon in his mouth (probably alluding the the fact that she started as a working class girl) and then Alexis called Trump a freak.

Donald's daughter Ivanka was supposed to appear on Alexas show on Monday but has cancelled and Alexa says that the girl is nice and too bad she has to deal with a father like that. It's pretty entertaining stuff and yet I just can't beleive this has blown up to this extent by two multi-millionaires-it just all seems so petty. I think Martha should've stayed out of it like she said she was going to.

[The Postmaster General]

I think this is all a stunt.

[Lynn7]

If it is a stunt it makes them all look dumb.

[Sigur509]

So then it is a stunt.

[Lynn7]

This is from People Magazine:

"Dear Martha:

It's about time you started taking responsibility for your failed version of The Apprentice. Your performance was terrible in that the show lacked mood, temperament and just about everything else a show needs for success. I knew it would fail as soon as I first saw it – and your low ratings bore me out.

Between your daughter, with her one word statements, your letter writing and, most importantly, your totally unconvincing demeanor, it never had a chance – much as your daytime show is not exactly setting records.

Despite this, I did nothing but positively promote you. Your only response to your failed show was that, "I thought that I was supposed to fire Donald Trump!" You knew this was not true – NBC would never fire me when The Apprentice was, for a good period of time, the #1 show on television and my recent finale, where I hired Randal, was the #2 show for the week, easily beating the competing finale of Amazing Race and others. Even Mark Burnett said, "Thank God that didn't happen," when asked about firing Donald Trump.

Essentially, you made this firing up just as you made up your sell order of ImClone. The only difference is – that was more obvious. Putting your show on the air was a mistake for everybody – especially NBC.

In any event, my great loyalty to you has gone totally unappreciated.

Sincerely,
Donald J. Trump

P.S. Be careful or I will do a syndicated daytime show, perhaps called The Boardroom, and further destroy the meager ratings you already have!"

Martha Stewart's response: The letter is so mean-spirited and reckless that I almost can’t believe my long-time friend Donald Trump wrote it. I am very proud of the work we did with Mark Burnett Productions and Mr. Trump, who was an executive producer, on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart. Many young entrepreneurs learned so much from the show and enjoyed it. Many families sat their children down weekly to watch it. We are even more pleased with our excellent daytime show Martha – syndicated by NBC Universal – which has just been nominated for six daytime Emmys (including best show and best host), was touted by The New York Times as one of the best shows on television, and has been embraced by our wonderful audience throughout the country.

[James Logan]

So, let's recap.

Martha Stewart made a stupid comment.
Donald Trump reacted like a megalomaniacal dick.

...this actually doesn't really sound like news, come to think of it. :D