Fired 'Apprentice': 'I am extremely insecure'

Fired Apprentice candidate Melody Hossaini has claimed that her confidence and arrogance on the BBC show stem from her insecurities.

Hossaini, who was axed by Lord Alan Sugar on this week's Apprentice, told You're Fired host Dara O'Briain that her perceived cockiness was what she had trained herself to do, because she didn't ever want to come across as weak in business.

"When I'm coming across as most confident and arrogant is when I'm feeling my most insecure and vulnerable," she said.

"It's my way of covering it up and that's me being completely honest. If you watch me in the last boardroom it's like all that's stripped away and I've got guns out and I'm just going at it because it was just pure passion left. It is when I'm extremely insecure as that's just my way of dealing with it."

Hossaini added: "It's because I'm trained in communication skills that I'm so aware of what weak body language looks like. That's one of the things I will be taking forward, that I don't have to appear so strong all the time. It's okay to appear a bit weak as that's what makes you human... it's okay to show a bit of vulnerability."

Global Youth Sector entrepreneur Hossaini has previously worked with 12 Nobel peace prize winners including Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Sherin Ebadi and was trained on climate change by Al Gore.

You're Fired airs on Wednesdays at 10pm on BBC Two.

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