‘The Apprentice’ Producer Says He Heard Trump Use the N-Word on Set to Reference Contestant

With a non-disclosure agreement expired, Bill Pruitt writes that he witnessed the moment that’s been rumored for years to be on tape

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A former producer of “The Apprentice” says Donald Trump used the N-word when referring to a Black contestant during production, and is speaking out about the long-rumored incident now because his nondisclosure agreement recently expired.

Bill Pruitt, who worked in production for the first two seasons of the NBC reality show, writes in a Slate story that Trump used the racist word while questioning whether Kwame Jackson could win. 

In the piece, “The Donald Trump I Saw on The Apprentice,” Pruitt writes that Trump revealed his character on set – and that some days “still haunt” him.

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