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  • People are living for Apprentice Ryan-Mark’s terror

    People are living for Apprentice Ryan-Mark’s terror

    “One of the best Apprentice moments”

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    Fans of The Apprentice were left in hysterics during last night’s show after contestant, Ryan-Mark screamed on the “Saw” rollercoaster from start to finish.

    The Apprentices’ challenge in the episode was to create a rollercoaster for one of the UK’s most famous theme parks, Thorpe Park.

    As part of the research element, Ryan-Mark and co-contestant, Lewis, took a ride on one of the park’s major attractions – however, the ride itself proved too much for Ryan-Mark, who screamed throughout the entire ride.

    Fans of the show were left howling with laughter. One fan on Twitter wrote that he was “five minutes behind” after rewinding and rewatching the scene, calling it “one of the best Apprentice moments”.

    Another described the scene as “pure gold” and another wrote it was the “funniest thing ever”.

    Even Thorpe Park got in on the Twitter action declaring that Ryan-Mark was the “real star” of last night’s show.

  • Apprentice star Ryan-Mark jokes about being a Queen

    Apprentice star Ryan-Mark jokes about being a Queen

    Is Ryan from The Apprentice Gay?

    One of this year’s Apprentice stars, Ryan-Mark Parsons, has been getting a lot of attention on social media, not least because he’s the youngest ever contestants to take part in the BBC show.

    Ryan-Mark is making waves and has proved himself to be a real go-getter, not least because at the age of 19, he’s already worked for the likes of Gucci, The House Of Commons and the NHS – on top of that he’s the youngest ever contestant to take part in the Lord Sugar show.

    However it was one picture on his Instagram account that caught our attention. The women’s fashion expert has met Prince William and it almost looks as though the Prince was bowing to Ryan-Mark!

    In the post, Ryan-Mark quips, “The Prince meets The Queen” and shows the Prince holding out his hand to shake Ryan’s.

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    The Prince meets The Queen.

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    Ryan-Mark joins 15 other hopefuls to become Lord Sugar’s next business partner and win £250,000 to plow into their business venture.

    Speaking about his involvement in the show, Ryan-Mark wrote, “The secret is out. The Pig of Business is on The Apprentice fighting for Lord Sugar’s investment… Prepare for clashes, acrimony and tribulations”.

    The Apprentice continues on BBC 1 on Wednesday night at 9 PM.

  • Is Frank Brooks from the Apprentice gay?

    Is Frank Brooks from the Apprentice gay?

    The brand new cast of The Apprentice 2018 has been unveiled and Frank Brooks is of the hopefuls aiming his sights at winning.

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    Frank Brooks is one of 16 contestants hoping to win over Sir Alan Sugar in the fourteenth series of the BBC hit reality show, The Apprentice. Brooks who is London based, is 27 years old and openly gay.

    The hopeful is a senior marketing manager at Thomson Reuters.

    Speaking about his chances in the programme, Brooks said, “There’s no need to watch your back when I’m already two steps in front”. He also said in his audition for the show that he would be a “T-REX” if he was a dinosaur.

    He also thinks that to be good in business was like being good at Karaoke, saying you need to be “confident, command the attention of the room and roll over failure”. He also revealed that his favourite karaoke song was the Take That hit ‘Relight My Life’.

    During Pride in London this year, Brooks was “one of the faces” of Thomson Reuters marching in the famous parade.

    The show returns to BBC on the 3rd October.

  • Were the male models on last night’s Apprentice “Sexually Harassed?”

    If you tuned into the BBC’s Apprentice last night, you would have spotted how two contestants treated male models.

    Twitter users are not happy with the “inappropriate” way the male models were treated last night during a task on The Apprentice, where the candidates had to choose a model for a front cover of a magazine.

    During the task, candidates, Elizabeth McKenna and Michaela Wain called the models to walk one by one and asked if they had abs under their shirts and asked them to reveal them.

    The “cringey” scene was criticised by some fans of the show calling the interaction, “sexual harassment” and having “double standards”.

    THEGAYUK.com’s editor and chief, Jake Hook said, “It was totally unsuitable for Elizabeth to touch the male model or measure his inside leg in the way she did. Both candidates acted inappropriately in the casting and what resulted was an entirely cringey TV moment. As a company who have created dozens of magazine covers, we have never measured a model’s inside leg. It was disappointing to see this being broadcast as a potential insight into how a magazine cover is created. I wonder how Elizabeth and Michaela react if they had been treated in this way”.

  • We certainly didn’t expect THAT body from Apprentice star James White

    Who knew he was hiding that bod under his suit.

    James White, is our new obsession, thanks to some rather gratuitous toplessness in last night’s episode of The Apprentice. The 26-year-old recruitment boss, literally stunned THEGAYUK office into silence, when it was revealed that he was hiding a rock-solid bod under his suit.

    Just take a look!

    Some fans of the show were calling for it to be broadcast in 3D – a notion that we wholeheartedly endorse.

  • Dillon St. Paul reveals how tense the Apprentice board room really is

    Apprentice star Dillon St. Paul has revealed how tense the boardroom process actually is for the candidates.

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    Apprentice star Dillon St. Paul has revealed how tense it is in the boardroom. When asked if the Apprentice boardroom was a bit like a strict school room, the magazine art director revealed exclusively to THEGAYUK.com, “Yeah, totally. It’s a really tense atmosphere, and it’s really, really serious.”

    And if it looks as though the process from waiting room to boardroom is seamless, Dillon revealed that the candidates are actually kept waiting in complete silence for ages to build the tension and possibly to psyche each other out before they’re allowed to enter the board room. He told us,

    “The thing is, what people don’t realise is, you’re kind of outside for ages, and you’re waiting for a long time. I don’t know whether that’s so that you psyche each other out, or whether it’s to give you time to think.We’re kept in complete silence outside for quite a bit longer than you realise”.

    So, once inside the boardroom and the candidate meet the 69-year-old billionaire Lord Sugar for the first time, what do they make of him?

    “Every time he makes a joke, everybody laughs regardless of if it’s funny or not because it’s so tense in there,

    “He’s quite a serious guy. He just likes straight up. I wouldn’t call him the most patient man in the world. He kind of wants you to get to the point quickly before you’ve even started a sentence. He likes things fast, he likes thing straight talking, and he doesn’t like anybody kind of beating around the bush. You will get called out for that pretty fast anyway, so you learn pretty quickly not to do that.”

     

    The Apprentice continues tonight on BBC 1 9PM

  • Lord Sugar shuts down Dillon St. Paul after he admits tough journey to get to the board room

    Lord Sugar shuts down Dillon St. Paul after he admits tough journey to get to the board room

    Lord Sugar shuts down Apprentice hopeful Dillon St. Paul, after he tried to explain the difficulties of being gay in business.

    (C) Boundless

    Lord Sugar seemed less than impressed by Dillon’s attempt to explain the realities that many gay men face in business, and the struggle that many face to get up the corporate chain, after pointing out that the two other candidates Dillon was sitting with, in the firing room, were also people who had overcome obstacles in business.

    As Dillon fought for his place in the BBC business reality show, he tried to explain that as a gay man he had dealt with struggles and adversity in business, however the 69-year-old business tycoon wasn’t having any of it when he immediately dismissed the conversation and pointed out that Dillon’s competition Sofian had arrived in the UK, with nothing but £180 in his pocket and that Grainne was a mother with a business.

    Dillion said,

    “I’ve spent my whole life trying to be a creative designer. I came from not much, I had to leave a small town, I had to go to the big city and make it on my own. People talk about women having equality in the workplace, but as a gay man, I’ve come across a lot of adversaries, I tried my best to make a career for myself, it didn’t come easy for me at all.”

    Lord Sugar replied,

    “That’s nice and commendable, I understand what you’re saying, but he (pointing to Sofian) also just came over here, with £180 in his pocket, 13 years ago, and taught himself how to speak English, and she’s (speaking about Grainne) a mother who has also got her own business…”

    (C) Boundless

    In 2015, leading LGBT rights charity, Stonewall, revealed that one in five gay employees experience verbal homophobic bullying from their co-workers and that one in eight would not feel comfortable in reporting homophobia to their bosses.

    Dillon was just one of the few openly gay candidates to ever to appear on the show. Lord Sugar fired Dillon and Sofia at the end of the episode.

     

  • People think that an Apprentice made a “racist” comment in the last episode

    Social media users have blasted Apprentice hopeful Dillion St. Paul after making a comment about fellow contestant Karthik Nagesan’s business style.

    BBC

    In Thursday’s episode of The Apprentice, some viewers were apparently shocked by a comment made by Irish hopeful Dillon St. Paul. During the challenge, fellow contestant Karthik Nagesan had taken his time over a business deal to obtain a Lehenga at the lowest price. Karthik said that he would take charge in the negotiations because it was his “culture”.

     

    However Dillon was less than impressed with Karthik’s style and in a to-camera interview said,

    “Karthik’s negotiation technique is basically Indian chit chat. There was a lot of time wasted at the start. He should have just asked ‘Where is your lehenga? Can I see it?”

    Some viewers took to social media to vent their disgust.

    According to Yahoo.com

    One wrote: “Indian chit chat”..? This guy is something else #TheApprentice.“

     

    Another commented: “Oh yay. It’s the episode where they bait them into being horrendously racist #TheApprentice”

    Another wrote: “Indian chit-chat…are you actually allowed to say that? #TheApprentice.”

    However, some did back Dillon’s statement, with one woman, Seetal revealing that “Indians take FOREVER to secure a good deal”.

    While another commented that it was all about building a rapport

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    Of course, Dillon didn’t “set  out to say something derogatory” and apologised if the comment caused offence.

    He said,

    “I would never intentionally set out to say something derogatory. I apologise if my comment caused offence, it was not intended in that manner.”

  • Silver Fox Dillon St. Paul is our new muse

    So did anyone else spot the dishy Dillon St. Paul in last night’s ep of The Apprentice?

    So this is Dillon St. Paul and he’s our new silver fox crush. He’s the art director for a magazine and he’s 37. He has a beautiful accent and lives in Dublin.

    As you can tell we’re totally #TeamDillon.

     

  • Meet The Apprentice Candidates

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    The Apprentice returns to screens on Thursday 6 October for the twelfth series. Lord Sugar is once again joined by advisors Baroness Karren Brady and Claude Littner as they put 18 brand new candidates through their paces to secure his £250k investment in their business plan.

    Here’s this year’s candidates:

    Alana Spencer

    Age: 24
    Occupation: Owner, Cake Company
    Lives: Ceredigion, Wales

    Aleksandra King

    Age: 38
    Occupation: Owner, Business Consultancy
    Lives: London

    Courtney Wood

    Age: 29
    Occupation: Owner, Novelty Gift Company
    Lives: Essex

    Dillon St. Paul

    Age: 37
    Occupation: Art Director, Fashion Magazine
    Lives: Dublin, Ireland

    Frances Bishop

    Age: 25
    Occupation: Owner, Children’s Clothing Company
    Lives: Doncaster

    Grainne McCoy

    Age: 31
    Occupation: Owner, Makeup Studio
    Lives: Northern Ireland

    JD O’Brien

    Age: 37
    Occupation: Owner, Beachwear Company
    Lives: London

    Jessica Cunningham

    Age: 29
    Occupation: Online Fashion Entrepreneur
    Lives: Derbyshire

    Karthik Nagesan

    Age: 33
    Occupation: Owner, IT Consultancy
    Lives: Northamptonshire

    Michelle Niziol

    Age: 35
    Occupation: Owner, Property Consultancy
    Lives: Oxfordshire

    Mukai Noiri

    Age: 36
    Occupation: Digital Marketing Manager, Fashion
    Lives: London

    Natalie Hughes

    Age: 30
    Occupation: Owner, Hair and Beauty Salon
    Lives: Glasgow

    Oliver Nohl-Oser

    Age: 33
    Occupation: Owner, Food Distribution Business
    Lives: Wiltshire

    Paul Sullivan

    Age: 38
    Occupation: Owner, Marketing Agency
    Lives: Chigwell, Essex

    Rebecca Jeffery

    Age: 31
    Occupation: Owner, Design & Marketing Agency
    Lives: Greater Manchester

    Samuel Boateng

    Age: 27
    Occupation: Sales Manager, Major Car Brand
    Lives: London

    Sofiane Khelfa

    Age: 32
    Occupation: Senior Sales Executive, Technology
    Lives: Essex

    Trishna Thakrar

    Age: 28
    Occupation: Recruitment Agent, IT
    Lives: London

  • Everything You Need To Know About The Boys From Apprentice

    We like a man in a suit. With the new series of The Apprentice starting tonight we thought we’d look over the boys’ CVs…

    We’re just like Lord Sugar, we’ve got saying you’re wired, or hired, or something. We’ll be looking over the lads’ CVs to just they’re up for the job.
    Brett Butler-Smythe

    Age: 28

    Occupation: Builder

    Lives: Plymouth

    Brett went straight to the Royal Navy after leaving school, where he worked as a marine engineer. He says starting his own property business from scratch is his biggest business achievement to date. He says his biggest strengths are being hard working, committed and trustworthy, and that he has no weaknesses. His attitude to business is ‘work hard, play hard, work harder’.

    He says: “I pride myself on not having any negative or bad traits about myself, they’re all good, they’re all positive.”

    Dan Callaghan

    Age: 23

    Occupation: Director, Fragrance Retailer

    Lives: Manchester

    Dan’s first job after university was working for an MEP at the European Parliament in Belgium, where he lived for a year. He describes himself as bright, optimistic and cheerful. He cites turning his fragrance company around after a difficult few years as the business achievement he is most proud of. He names Jeff Bezos of Amazon as one of his inspirations, because he feels the company has redefined the way consumers see online shopping.

    He says: ‘’I’m just a generally all round quite entertaining person, I think. A lot of people laugh at me.’’
    David Stevenson

    Age: 25Occupation: Owner, Sports Marketing Company

    Lives: Nottingham

    David’s background is in sports marketing and his company specialises in increasing crowd attendances at sporting events. He says his greatest achievement so far was promoting a high profile football match between two women’s national teams at Wembley to sold-out capacity. He cites Elon Musk as his business inspiration because of the amount he achieved early on in his career.
    He says: “Me and Lord Sugar will work together because you’ve got age and beauty and those two go hand in hand all the time. Sugar’s got the age and I certainly am beautiful.”

    Gary Poulton

    Age: 34

    Occupation: Programme Manager

    Lives: Birmingham

    Gary spent seven years at a leading supermarket chain as a Programme Manager, developing new store sites. He describes himself as someone who likes to succeed in all he does, and his biggest achievement in business to date was delivering the largest property development programme in the history of the supermarket he worked at in 2010-11.
    He says: “I look like the nice, easy going, laidback Brummie but once I start doing my business, people know I’m the real deal.”

    Joseph Valente

    Age: 25

    Occupation: Owner, Plumbing Business

    Lives: Peterborough

    Joseph describes himself as successful, passionate and driven. He says he applied for the show because he feels it is his destiny to be Lord Sugar’s business partner. He currently runs his own plumbing company and feels having a business is like being a parent, as it needs undivided attention and nurturing, and that Hugh Hefner is one of his role models.
    He says: “I am the definition of success, I’m a godfather of business and I’m here to make Lord Sugar a lot of money.
    Mergim Butaja

    Age: 23

    Occupation: Sales Account Manager

    Lives: Coventry

    Kosovan-born Mergim fled from the war-torn country to the UK with his parents and siblings when he was seven years old. Since the age of 18, he has been supporting his family by working in a range of jobs from sales to waiting tables. He names CEO of leisure retail chain The Range, Chris Dawson, as his business inspiration because of their similar backgrounds. Mergim says his determined attitude is his biggest strength and hopes he will inspire people who have lived through similar circumstances to succeed
    He says: ‘’Why am I a worthy business partner for Lord Sugar? I’d be a challenge to him. Everyone he’s metprobably sucks up to him. I won’t, I’ll tell him like it is.’’

    Richard Woods

    Age: 31

    Occupation: Director, Digital Marketing Agency

    Lives: London

    Richard is a director of a digital marketing company. He describes himself as self-assured and ambitious, and says his only regret is not being a millionaire before turning 30. He says building up four profit-making companies is the business achievement he is most proud of to date and cites Richard Branson as one of his inspirations because of the business empire he has created.
    He says: “I’m a Swiss army knife of bouncy skills, business skills, enthusiasm, I’ve got everything highly tuned and highly chiselled.”

    Sam Curry

    Age: 23

    Occupation: Private Tutor

    Lives: London

    Sam has been working as a tutor since leaving university, he has a passion for the arts and has taken part in numerous films and stage productions. He cites the fact that he’s always worked for himself as his biggest business achievement to date, and describes himself as loyal, honest and adventurous. Richard Branson is one of his main business inspirations because he agrees with the Virgin founder that you don’t need to be ruthless or cruel in business to succeed.
    He says: “I’m an interesting mix between happy go lucky and adventurous and then quite logical and sensible. It’s a strange combination.’’

    Scott Saunders

    Age: 27

    Occupation: Senior Account Manager, Sales

    Lives: Hertfordshire

    Scott’s business background is in sales, and he describes himself as sharp, motivated and obsessed with

    making his first million. He likes simple but effective brands such as confused.com and cites Richard Kiyosaki, founder of Rich Dad Company, as one of his business inspirations because he admires the way he does business.
    He says: “People do say to me they’ve never met anyone like me.’’