Donald Trump: ‘Apprentice’ season debut is ‘best ever’

>>> donald trump is back in the boardroom with an all-star edition of his nbc hit show, "the celebrity apprentice ."

>> this time the donald has brought back some of the biggest celebrity egos in music, tv, sports and entertainment and they're all ready to get fired again!

>> they keep coming back for this. great to see you.

>> we have one brett who won and decided he wanted to do it again and i thought it was crazy. bret michaels , great guy. he won and he came back. and so let's see what happens with him. but i thought it was crazy to do that. but he's competitive and wanted to win more money because we raised millions.

>> it's for charity.

>> and also you said the word crazy. let's just talk about the other crazies on here. you take -- do you have lloyds of london in gary busey .

>> he's great and deny no, sir rodman.

>> he's safe in korea right now.

>> he likes the north koreans more than us. a little bit different. but dennis is fantastic.

>> was it tough to pick? you had a lot of people who have been canned.

>> we did. but it was easy this time, actually, because it's an all-star version so we picked the best people.

>> oh, you did.

>> so it just worked out fantastically well. and the show, we've shot really a lot of the show, we've had i guess -- we're going to have three or four episodes at the end, at least a couple that will be live. this way nobody -- this way nobody can tell you who won. they can't come out and say, oh --

>> you know who is on again is amarosa. the big demon of the early seasons.

>> i'm in love with amarosa. you know that. amarosa is great. she is evil. she is sinister. one of the --

>> reminds you of someone.

>> who?

>> who does she remind you of?

>> i don't think anybody. but she has got some edge that's just unique. i think tv guide , one said the most evil person in the history of reality television. think of it. and she loves the title.

>> she is one of the original wuntz.

>> yeah, she is fantastic.

>> and what's --

>> and by the way, she's really crazy-bad in this one.

>> she is?

>> yeah. and it's funny, because usually the first episode, sunday, you sort of --

>> everybody is feeling each other out.

>> this is the best one eve ever had. and it starts with amarosa and piers.

>> and piers won one time.

>> look at piers he won, and then larry king and trace atkins, number one country singer , right up there. all of them. john rich is doing well. joan rivers has done fantastically. and arsenio hall has his own show now.

>> so you're kind of a launching pad for these guys?

>> you know what i get? nothing.

>> don't even send flowers .

>> then they think what do you think of donald trump ? we don't like him. unbelievable.

>> and you care. oh, how -- it hurts your feelings, and it breaks your heart.

>> you weigh in on so many things. you weighed in on seth mcfarland at the oscars. you did not like that performance.

>> i like seth a lot, actually. and i thought he was good. i didn't like the glamour of the whole thing and seth was the roast master on comedy central and did well. seth is really great. i like to see glamour. i hated the set. it was so tacky. it was terrible. i hated the set. and i just thought, you know, old hollywood, the days of "gone with the wind," clark gable .

>> gregory peck was not there.

>> you know the girl is fantastic, wonderful, but falls. so lying on her face so something missing with the glamour, do we agree?

>> glamour wasn't there.

>> i agree with you. although he does sing well.

>> no, i think he 's wonderful . i like him.

>> wish you good luck.

>> i think this sunday night at 9:00, 8:00 central.

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