Aussie 'Celebrity Apprentice's Polly Porter: 'I don't hate Deni Hines'

Polly Porter has insisted that she is "fine" with Deni Hines after their argument on the set of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia.

The former Block contestant, who was eliminated from The Celebrity Apprentice last week, said that she used to get tearful during filming of the show because Hines would pick on her for not being 'famous' enough to be there.

Porter told the Herald Sun: "I would come home from filming and be in tears because of how rude Deni was to me. I would tell [boyfriend and fellow The Block star] Waz [Jones] everything and he just wants to take the pain away."

Hines was repeatedly shown teasing Porter for not being in "the industry" for as long as the other Celebrity Apprentice contestants, but when Porter confronted her about being "disrespectful", Hines said that her protestations went "in one ear and out the other".

"It's fine between Deni and I," Porter continued. "There are no hard feelings, I think she understood where I was coming from. I didn't really see it as a big deal, I just told her how I felt. I don't think Deni is a tool... I think she is passionate about her charity and wanted to do whatever it took to win."

Porter said that she is "very proud" of how she acted on the show, and said that she enjoyed the "awesome challenges".

Porter described teammate Pauline Hanson as "lovely" and "great to chat to", but said that she wants Shane Crawford or Jason Coleman to win because they are "great guys and very switched on".

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