It's On! Omarosa Calls Host 'Fake, Phony'
By DERRIK J. LANG
,
AP
posted: 80 DAYS 9 HOURS AGO
LOS ANGELES (July 22) - Omarosa is not sorry for sparring with Wendy
Williams.
"I stand by everything I said," Omarosa told The Associated
Press on Tuesday.
The reality star - whose full name is Omarosa
Manigault-Stallworth - appeared Monday on "The Wendy Williams
Show" to promote her upcoming book but instead spent more time
trading insults with radio personality-turned-talk show host Wendy
Williams, who infamously engaged Whitney Houston during an
interview on her radio show in 2003.
"When you're not honest with the American people, they do not
respond well to you," said Omarosa, who became famous after
appearing on the first season of NBC's "The Apprentice." "She
should just go ask Star Jones about that. Honesty needs to be
there. She's a phony. As long as she continues to be a fake and a
phony, she won't be successful."
Omarosa told the AP that the show's promos and introductions for
her appearance are what originally ruffled her feathers and
prompted her to tell Williams that she would not be disrespected.
Things got uglier when Williams grabbed Omarosa's book cover to
hold it up to the camera, and Omarosa yanked it back out of
Williams' hand.
"She snatched it out of my hand," Omarosa told the AP. "She
didn't say, 'Can I see it?"'
The tussle gave way to Omarosa attacking Williams' appearance,
asking her whether she had had a nose job and suggesting she
shouldn't wear wigs. During the heated exchange, Williams called
Omarosa a "typical angry black woman" and advised Omarosa that
cosmetic injections could fix her wrinkles.
Following Omarosa's appearance, Williams told the AP she thought
the unprovoked aggression was a publicity stunt and called Omarosa
"a delusional, D-list, pathetic woman." Williams also said that
Omarosa would not be invited back on "The Wendy Williams Show,"
which airs on Fox-owned stations in Los Angeles, Detroit, Dallas
and New York.
Omarosa was a contestant on the first season of "The
Apprentice" starring Donald Trump in 2004. Her domineering
personality quickly earned her enemies among fellow contestants and
TV viewers. She later appeared on VH1's "The Surreal Life" and
"The Celebrity Apprentice."
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