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Michael Parkinson hits out at Alan Sugar
Published Tuesday, Apr 3 2007, 11:58 BST | By Matthew Houghton
TV veteran Michael Parkinson has hit out at Sir Alan Sugar and his show The Apprentice.
Parkinson used his Radio 2 show as a platform to express his distaste at the reality TV show that sees Sugar test sixteen contestants in the business world.
After a trailer for the show, Parkinson said: "I have an aversion to that programme. I find it very distasteful.
"It's full of vulgar, loud people who, for all the wrong reasons, are dobbing each other in."
He went on to comment on Sugar himself: "When he tells someone 'You're fired' what's funny about that? You're fired. There's nothing funny about that."
Parkinson used his Radio 2 show as a platform to express his distaste at the reality TV show that sees Sugar test sixteen contestants in the business world.
After a trailer for the show, Parkinson said: "I have an aversion to that programme. I find it very distasteful.
"It's full of vulgar, loud people who, for all the wrong reasons, are dobbing each other in."
He went on to comment on Sugar himself: "When he tells someone 'You're fired' what's funny about that? You're fired. There's nothing funny about that."
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