Stupid Is Forever

Boo-fuckinghoo.

You're Fired, Again

For the second time in two days, Slingerlands native and "Apprentice" contestant Jennifer Crisafulli was apparently fired Thursday -- this time from her real job -- for remarks she made on the NBC reality show.

An official with the Manhattan firm Prudential Douglas Elliman said Thursday that Crisafulli, a 32-year-old real estate agent with the firm, would not be welcomed back because of comments she made on Wednesday night's episode of "The Apprentice."

Crisafulli, who now lives in Manhattan, made remarks that were perceived by some as anti-Semitic.

"We do not intend to have an individual in our organization who subscribes to this point of view," Steven James, Elliman's senior vice president and executive director of sales, told the Times Union on Thursday night. "They are not wanted. They are not needed."

But was she fired? James would not use the word, citing legal reasons, and Crisafulli said no one from Elliman contacted her Thursday. She did say it appeared she was about to be let go, if she hasn't been fired already.

"I'm so upset," she said. "I mean, my career is gone."

The 1990 graduate of the Academy of the Holy Names was shown on "The Apprentice" Wednesday making disparaging remarks about two women whom she believed gave a negative review to a restaurant her team opened. The team lost and project manager Crisafulli was later fired by star Donald Trump.

"It was those two old, Jewish fat ladies," she told teammates. "Really. They were like the pinnacle of the New York jaded old bags."

You opened your pie-hole Sweetie, and now you must pay the price for a massive display of stupidity on network TV.

Survivor, Big Brother and The Apprentice seem to have an unequal representation of minorities. The Amazing Race has done a better job of balancing race, age, cultural and income demographics. In Race 5's final episode I would bet more of the audience was pulling for the Bowling Moms or Chip and Kim, not the two whiny young couples with anger management issues.

The undercurrent of racism in both Apprentice casts is too obvious to be accidential. It's also too much of a coincidence that the crazy bitch has been a black woman both seasons. Are the producers injecting this dynamic in reality show casts? Perhaps minorities don't apply in equivilent numbers, but I find that hard to believe in our celebrity saturated culture.

One supects they purposely select cast members who will produce racial or gender fireworks and ratings. Maybe I'm overthinking it and since racism exists in the real world you can't avoid it in a TV reality show either...but real life isn't edited. Crisafulli behaved like a spoiled brat from the get-go and was a disaster as team leader, it was unnecessary to edit anti-Semitism into the show.

After seeing the episode, Crisafulli told the Times Union on Wednesday that she was worried about how she would be perceived. "I feel terrible about this. I hope people don't think about me in the wrong way." Crisafulli noted after the show that she has Jewish relatives; she stated as much on-camera, she said, but her comments were edited out. Crisafulli re-iterated the assertion Thursday morning on the "Today" show.

Too little too late, babe, however, this week's editing on The Apprentice was not a credit to NBC, Burnett's or Trump's organizations either.

(Hat tip to Whizbang)

Posted by feste at October 2, 2004 12:29 PM | TrackBack