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I don't think he should. He won the case and is out of pocket. I believe he is well within his rights to sue. Why should he have to give his money away due to a spurious lawsuit.
No, he doesn't need the money if he wins ( and I honestly can't see him losing) and could well afford to donate his award to charity. I rather think he will do so, anyway. |
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Hopefully however, if he wins, he'll give the winnings to charity
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I did read somewhere that he donates his entire fee for doing The Apprentice to charity.
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He's suing Stella to prove a point and, quite honestly, I don't blame him. If I were in his shoes I would be doing exactly the same thing! Stella's case should have never been brought to court, basically, because she didn't have a case at all.
No, he doesn't need the money if he wins ( and I honestly can't see him losing) and could well afford to donate his award to charity. I rather think he will do so, anyway. I still feel for Stella, you can't win against a corporation. |
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I did read somewhere that he donates his entire fee for doing The Apprentice to charity.
I doubt he does that anymore though, I think it's hard not to notice that he seems a bit weary with the show these days. Whereas in Series 1-2 he was having a great time raising his profile and in Series 3-6 he was in his element. |
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Alas, there MUST have been a case for it to go to court...
I still feel for Stella, you can't win against a corporation. Stella's evidence as presented in the media seems to have largely consisted of herself whining about how she wasn't treated like the Queen of Sheba, about how she was maybe expected to work her way up just like everyone else in the corporation. and how her colleagues/staff in the workplace just maybe felt a little bit bitter about getting a job there out of a reality show. Then she was basically forced to admit that she was sacked because she refused to learn her place. I'm honestly staggered that it ever got that far. |
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He did at one point, and I believe there are mutterings that he did Young Apprentice for peanuts - which would make sense given how much he wanted the series to happen.
I doubt he does that anymore though, I think it's hard not to notice that he seems a bit weary with the show these days. Whereas in Series 1-2 he was having a great time raising his profile and in Series 3-6 he was in his element. Quote:
That's got nothing to do with the case though. She had no chance of winning because she had nothing but personal trauma and verbal altercations to back up her case with.
Stella's evidence as presented in the media seems to have largely consisted of herself whining about how she wasn't treated like the Queen of Sheba, about how she was maybe expected to work her way up just like everyone else in the corporation. and how her colleagues/staff in the workplace just maybe felt a little bit bitter about getting a job there out of a reality show. Then she was basically forced to admit that she was sacked because she refused to learn her place. I'm honestly staggered that it ever got that far. I do see The Rhydler's point that there is a problem with individuals taking on corporations and the law being biased in the corporation's favour, but in the case of Stella I think that her argument just doesn't stack up anyway. |
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That's got nothing to do with the case though. She had no chance of winning because she had nothing but personal trauma and verbal altercations to back up her case with.
Stella's evidence as presented in the media seems to have largely consisted of herself whining about how she wasn't treated like the Queen of Sheba, about how she was maybe expected to work her way up just like everyone else in the corporation. and how her colleagues/staff in the workplace just maybe felt a little bit bitter about getting a job there out of a reality show. Then she was basically forced to admit that she was sacked because she refused to learn her place. I'm honestly staggered that it ever got that far. I'd rather believe Stella's stories of ostracizing and poor treatment. |
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Yes, I'm sure Sugar's lawyers span it that way.
I'd rather believe Stella's stories of ostracizing and poor treatment. |
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On the contrary, I don't think Stella has had the opportunity to defend herself, relying solely on the media, a media who adore Sugar.
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On the contrary, I don't think Stella has had the opportunity to defend herself, relying solely on the media, a media who adore Sugar.
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Yes, but whats true is that Sugar had no interaction with Stella, and dumped her in one of his subsidiary companies.
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Yes, but whats true is that Sugar had no interaction with Stella, and dumped her in one of his subsidiary companies.
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Yes, but whats true is that Sugar had no interaction with Stella, and dumped her in one of his subsidiary companies.
And surely she would have realised that. He's such a powerful man that it would have to be an incredibly prestigious job to be working alongside him. So both those points in conjunction mean that there's no way I can take that as a knock against the show or the company. She got everything that was ever reasonably on offer from the show. Every other winner was either happy with it or decided it wasn't for them and left in a professional manner. Stella didn't. She is the one who has the issue here. |
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The Apprentice' winner Yasmina Siadatan
What did you make of his recent court case, when he was sued for constructive dismissal by former Apprentice winner Stella English? I was so pleased for him when he won. It was horrible – a really worrying time actually. I know Lord Sugar really well and it was devastating to think that there was a possibility that she could have really dragged his name through the mud. I’ve got an affinity towards the guy, I really like him personally, and to think that someone else has been given an opportunity – and that's all the Apprentice is, an opportunity for you to make of it what you will – to not grasp it with both hands is a real shame. But had it not gone in his favour, I'd have been so shocked. Also this bit is interesting. Is the boardroom as terrifying as it seems? Yep. And it takes a very long time to film those scenes. It can take all day, actually. There's boardroom one, when you go over what both teams have been up to. They keep both teams separate back at the house, so you don't find out what the other team have been up to until you go in there. The production team are very good at making sure that happens. Then boardroom two is when the losing team are battling it out between themselves to try and make sure you’re not in the final three. Boardroom three is when someone gets fired. So if you're in the firing line, you could have spent your whole day fighting for your life in there. And yes – it's as terrifying as it looks. What's it like living in that house? Well, each task is either a one day, two day or three day task, like you see on TV. Once you're part of the show you don't leave the house – you stay in there, without a mobile phone, without any money or credit cards, no identity – you're part of it until you're fired. Obviously I wasn't fired so for me it was from the moment I entered until I left. There are 300 hours of filming for every one hour of show. http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebri...ner-interview/ |
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The Apprentice' winner Yasmina Siadatan
What did you make of his recent court case, when he was sued for constructive dismissal by former Apprentice winner Stella English? I was so pleased for him when he won. It was horrible – a really worrying time actually. I know Lord Sugar really well and it was devastating to think that there was a possibility that she could have really dragged his name through the mud. I’ve got an affinity towards the guy, I really like him personally, and to think that someone else has been given an opportunity – and that's all the Apprentice is, an opportunity for you to make of it what you will – to not grasp it with both hands is a real shame. But had it not gone in his favour, I'd have been so shocked. Also this bit is interesting. Is the boardroom as terrifying as it seems? Yep. And it takes a very long time to film those scenes. It can take all day, actually. There's boardroom one, when you go over what both teams have been up to. They keep both teams separate back at the house, so you don't find out what the other team have been up to until you go in there. The production team are very good at making sure that happens. Then boardroom two is when the losing team are battling it out between themselves to try and make sure you’re not in the final three. Boardroom three is when someone gets fired. So if you're in the firing line, you could have spent your whole day fighting for your life in there. And yes – it's as terrifying as it looks. What's it like living in that house? Well, each task is either a one day, two day or three day task, like you see on TV. Once you're part of the show you don't leave the house – you stay in there, without a mobile phone, without any money or credit cards, no identity – you're part of it until you're fired. Obviously I wasn't fired so for me it was from the moment I entered until I left. There are 300 hours of filming for every one hour of show. http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebri...ner-interview/ I don't understand how they don't have mobile phones though - we see them using mobile phones on the tasks. Obviously they don't have their mobile phones, but they clearly have some that are given to them for the show. |
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Which was proven by Tom winning the show despite losing about 90% of his tasks. Sugar liked his plan the best and refused to fire him, simple as that.
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Some of the tasks, it clearly wasn't his fault that he was on the losing team though.
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Every week in the edit, he'd speak to the camera bemoaning his ability to win a task, sell or do anything. He knew he wasn't particularly good, but knew that his BP was worth it.
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Every week in the edit, he'd speak to the camera bemoaning his ability to win a task, sell or do anything. He knew he wasn't particularly good, but knew that his BP was worth it.
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Every week in the edit, he'd speak to the camera bemoaning his ability to win a task, sell or do anything. He knew he wasn't particularly good, but knew that his BP was worth it.
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Thanks for this, it's very interesting! I tend to believe Yasmina over Stella; she just came across as a more honest person to me.
I don't understand how they don't have mobile phones though - we see them using mobile phones on the tasks. Obviously they don't have their mobile phones, but they clearly have some that are given to them for the show. |
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Well I hardly think its his fault that when they went to France, that Mel just conducted poor market research. And there were other tasks where we could pinpoint the failure of the task, very little of it down to Tom.
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Well I hardly think its his fault that when they went to France, that Mel just conducted poor market research. And there were other tasks where we could pinpoint the failure of the task, very little of it down to Tom.
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Yes, but whats true is that Sugar had no interaction with Stella, and dumped her in one of his subsidiary companies.
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