Amy Anzel fired from the Apprentice
Amy Anzel has been fired from ‘The Apprentice’.
The 48-year-old beauty gadget entrepreneur was sent packing by Lord Alan Sugar after project manager Kathryn Burn brought her and Aaron Willis back into the boardroom because of their failure to sell a single tour ticket at full price in the latest task.
While Lord Sugar warned Kathryn it was "dangerous" for her to have taken on the Project Manager role despite having little experience in sales or tourism, he ultimately sent Amy packing after being critical of her refusal to put herself forward to lead any of the challenges to date - a move she felt was unfair.
Lord Sugar told Amy: “You dodged the project management side of things, you’ve been here six weeks to show that you can do something, and you haven’t shown me you can do something. And so it is with regret that you’re fired. Thank you.”
Reflecting on her dismissal, Amy told BANG Showbiz afterwards: “I was so sad and disappointed and thought I’ve never seen someone be fired by week six before not being PM and I thought I’ve been sub team leader for four out of six tasks. I’ve been showing my skill set, my business acumen. I did put myself up as PM in week two and ultimately I’ve been contributing significantly to every single task. I was not dodging, I was not hiding.”
The former theatre producer was particularly upset because Lord Sugar has previously made taking on the PM role a condition for other candidates to stay in the process.
She said: “I’ve heard him say before, fine, I’ll give you the opportunity to be PM next week, and I thought he did that with Nick [Showering]. Why wouldn’t he do that with me?
“I really thought Aaron was going to be fired, and even though I obviously said I think Catherine was responsible for the failure of the task, I do feel that Aaron had already showed his true colours, and was, you know, a bit of a ticking time bomb.”
