Reality TV
Katie brands press portrayal "savage"
Published Wednesday, Nov 14 2007, 00:26 GMT | By Beth Hilton
Katie Hopkins has described the media's reaction to her after The Apprentice as "savage".
When Janice quizzed her about her job as the pair got to know each other, she explained: “It’s more like individual businesses, just helping them perform better, but a little bit of what I do is just a bit of presenting off the back of this show in the UK - The Apprentice.”
Talking about the programme, she said: “I enjoyed it at the time. I thought I would come out of it looking okay, but the reality was I came out of it looking like a bit of a bitch - well, that might be an understatement.”
Janice said: “You make me laugh... Seeing as I’m, like, the reigning queen of that title - but I mean, they have one on every Apprentice.”
Katie told her: “Yeah, and I don’t know how much of a bitch anybody ever is, really.”
Janice reassured her that there would be people who liked her in the outside world, but she replied: “Normally I’m liked, but off the back of this, that thing was savage. Biggest bitch in Britain - all that stuff."
She added: "I don’t think personally that’s what I’m like, but I did say some nasty things so, you know.”
“So what? You should say what you think,” said an approving Janice.
When Janice quizzed her about her job as the pair got to know each other, she explained: “It’s more like individual businesses, just helping them perform better, but a little bit of what I do is just a bit of presenting off the back of this show in the UK - The Apprentice.”
Talking about the programme, she said: “I enjoyed it at the time. I thought I would come out of it looking okay, but the reality was I came out of it looking like a bit of a bitch - well, that might be an understatement.”
Janice said: “You make me laugh... Seeing as I’m, like, the reigning queen of that title - but I mean, they have one on every Apprentice.”
Katie told her: “Yeah, and I don’t know how much of a bitch anybody ever is, really.”
Janice reassured her that there would be people who liked her in the outside world, but she replied: “Normally I’m liked, but off the back of this, that thing was savage. Biggest bitch in Britain - all that stuff."
She added: "I don’t think personally that’s what I’m like, but I did say some nasty things so, you know.”
“So what? You should say what you think,” said an approving Janice.
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