Lottie Lion thinks 'The Apprentice' is fixed.
Lottie Lion
The former contestant appeared on the popular series back in 2019, and has now suggested that it's actually staged for the TV cameras.
Lottie told her TikTok followers: "Lord Sugar’s jokes in the boardroom ... yeah, he doesn’t write any of them.
"They’re all scripted and he has a piece of paper and he marks them off as he says them.
"Karren Brady and Claude Littner are only following you about 30 percent of the time and it’s always when you mess up.
"The pressure of them being there puts you on edge. If it didn’t happen on camera, it didn’t happen at all.
"For example, if you make a sale but it’s off camera, it will not be counted towards your team winnings or your personal effort - it just didn’t happen, even if it was like £80,000."
By contrast, Lottie admitted that the contestants were actually forced to wake up at 4am and 5am during their time on the show - just as the programme's edit suggested.
According to The Sun newspaper, she said: "You do only have 20 minutes to get ready in the morning. And yes, you genuinely do get up at four o’clock or five o’clock in the morning, every single morning."
Lottie was involved in a high-profile racism row during the 2019 series.
The BBC described comments made by Lottie to a fellow candidate on a WhatsApp group as "unacceptable".
In a statement, the BBC said: "While this happened on a private messenger service once filming had concluded, the BBC nevertheless still expects the candidates to behave appropriately.
"The production company have looked into the issue and reported back, Lottie has been informed that her comments were wholly unacceptable and is in no doubt about our view on this."
Lottie claimed that her comments had been "misinterpreted" after she said "shut up Gandhi" to Lubna Farhan.