‘Apprentice’ Staffers Doubt That Trump N-Word Tape Exists: ‘It Would Have Leaked Long Ago’

New Yorker profile of producer Mark Burnett explains why any outtakes will never be publicly released

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Did President Trump secretly utter the N-word while starring on “The Apprentice” as many have whispered over the years?

The answers, according to a new piece from The New Yorker is probably “no.” In a deep dive into the relationship between Trump and “Apprentice” creator Mark Burnett published Thursday, New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe spoke with several former show insiders who said if such an explosive recording existed it would have leaked by now.

“If somebody had the goods, it would have leaked long ago. There were no Trump fans on the set. I don’t know a single person who worked on the show who voted for Trump,” an anonymous show employee told Keefe.

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