If you were going to tune into one ‘Celebrity Apprentice‘ episode this season, last night was it. The star of the show: Former NBA great Dennis Rodman and his vodka-cranberries. It was kind of sad. “The Worm” was dubbed project manager and the two teams had to manage four hotel rooms each. Both teams had one room of gay men, and those rooms (shocker) were each team’s most difficult. Joan Rivers’ team dealt with a room of four to five gays who stayed in the room together and spent the entire night ordering alcohol and shrimp cocktail. Where do 25-year-old twinks get that kind of money? The shot of three of them in bed together the next morning was – well – I just wonder what the rest of America was thinking.
But the star of the show was Rodman. In the middle of the task, he decided to take off and have dinner with two gay guys staying in their side of the hotel. Just left. When he came back, he was smashed, quit the team, took his shirt off and left.
Video after the jump.
If you were going to tune into one ‘Celebrity Apprentice‘ episode this season, last night was it. The star of the show: Former NBA great Dennis Rodman and his vodka-cranberries. It was kind of sad. “The Worm” was dubbed project manager and the two teams had to manage four hotel rooms each. Both teams had one room of gay men, and those rooms (shocker) were each team’s most difficult. Joan Rivers’ team dealt with a room of four to five gays who stayed in the room together and spent the entire night ordering alcohol and shrimp cocktail. Where do 25-year-old twinks get that kind of money? The shot of three of them in bed together the next morning was – well – I just wonder what the rest of America was thinking.
But the star of the show was Rodman. In the middle of the task, he decided to take off and have dinner with two gay guys staying in their side of the hotel. Just left. When he came back, he was smashed, quit the team, took his shirt off and left.
Video after the jump.
Needless to say, Rodman was fired. But the mini-intervention that took place in the Board Room was somewhat emotional. The other contestants, particularly Joan Rivers, seemed to really adore Rodman; They just didn’t quite know what to do with him. It seemed the rest of the contestants had talked about the issue of Rodman’s drinking and decided to discuss it openly. It’s one thing to be this wacky, indefinable superstar; but as Brian McKnight said, Rodman’s excessive drinking and outlandish behavior really undermines his stardom and pushes away his fans.
I've always loved Rodman for his on-court play and his outlandish behavior. To me, he's not Terrell Owens who demands the ball; For Rodman's stature as a player he rarely shot the ball. He was always an aggressive game-changing player, and that shows in his five titles with two different teams. What I saw of Rodman on the Apprentice didn't change my view of him; I just feel pity for him. He's clearly lost. I hope he finds direction before it's too late.
