I worked for Donald Trump for three years on Celebrity Apprentice.
When Trump was told by our producers that Holly Robinson Peete was the clear winner, he said, “They want me to pick the n*gger”
... He chose Brett Michaels instead who could barely show up.
Holly Robinson Peete says Trump called her the 'N-word' on 'Celebrity Apprentice'
https://www.datalounge.com/thread/27396810-holly-robinson-peete-says-trump-called-her-the-n-word-on-celebrity-apprentice-share
Holly Robinson Peete believes President Donald Trump called her the N-word a decade ago.
Peete star was a guest on SiriusXM Urban View’s The Karen Hunter Show where she recalled her “unique” experience working with the current president on Celebrity Apprentice. The 21 Jump Street star, who competed against Bret Michaels in the 2010 finale, said she spent about a month with Trump.
“He hadn’t really quite started that whole birther thing yet,” Peete noted, referring to Trump’s attacks on former president Barack Obama, or she never would have gone on the show.
“It was a very interesting experience,” Peete added. “It was a trip and kind of messy and stuff. I found him to be kind of piggish and bullish and stuff, but I didn’t find him to be just this... who he is now. I did not see that. So, I think the combination of power and corruption and all that stuff just made him go to that next level.”
Overall, the Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper star said Trump was “kind of lovely” — to her face.
“Shortly after the finale, rumors started going around that he had tossed out an N-word in referring to me. And I was like, ‘Huh?’ And then when the producer told me when it happened during the finale. I remember the moment,” Peete said of when she thinks Trump used the slur.
“I wasn’t in earshot, but I could see them deciding between me and Bret Michaels,” she continued. “There was a moment where [Trump] was talking with producers and they’re really animated and that was when I heard that he said, ‘They want the N-word to win.’ Because I guess the network wanted me to win or me to be chosen, and Trump wanted Bret. And the quote was, ‘They want the N-word to win.’”