Lord Sugar says his last-ever, grave task for 'The Apprentice' candidates will be to plan his funeral.
Lord Sugar says the final task of his last-ever Apprentice show will be to plan his funeral
The 74-year-old business mogul has previously spoken about quitting the show after 20 series, and while he hasn't changed his stance on that, the star has hatched a plan for his final set of candidates to pitch what his coffin could look like before he bows out of the programme.
Speaking in a Q&A at the series 16 launch, he told BANG Showbiz and other media: “I’m not going nowhere and the programme is going nowhere.
“I really want to make it 20 seasons. This one is 16 so I still have four more to go. I’ve already worked out the final task in one of the series is to arrange my funeral.
“I want to see how well they arrange it and what kind of coffin they will get for me.”
When asked whether Piers Morgan would be able to fill his shoes and carry on the witty banter and one-liners, Lord Sugar laughed: “You’ve got to be joking, he’s got as much humour as a led balloon.”
Sugar also shut down the idea of a celebrity series of 'The Apprentice' made up of members of the government, claiming they, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wouldn’t even pass the auditions.
He said: “They wouldn’t pass the audition test, including our great leader Boris, that's just for his hair alone. They wouldn’t get through the stringent audition process.”
‘The Apprentice’, which first premiered back in 2005, will return to TV on Thursday (06.01.22) on BBC One for its 16th season, following a two-year break due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 16 candidates include a pharmacist, a dessert shop owner and a pyjama retailer, but Lord Sugar couldn't determine who could potentially win the series when he first met them.
He added: “Your initial reaction to some of the candidates are, ‘Bloody hell. How useless is that one or how useless is this one.'
"But, and it goes without saying, every single year, the cream rises to the top."
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