Gerri blames Naomi for 'Apprentice' firing

The Apprentice's Gerri Blackwood has claimed that a shrewd decision made by rival contestant Naomi Lay led to her being fired by Sir Alan Sugar.

Blackwood claimed that Naomi put too much emphasis on her failure to find a suitable location for the team's face-painting business while in the boardroom. The move paid off for Naomi, as she was saved for another week, despite being criticised by Sugar for her poor leadership skills.

"I do hold my hands up a little bit, but I’m not half as bad as I was made out to be! For example, there were three people looking at location, but there’s only one Gerri, so Gerri was brought into the boardroom. I’d been in the boardroom before so it was a classic move on Naomi’s part," Gerri told Digital Spy.

She added: "When things started going a bit wrong, people started the blame game and arse-covering. They started finger-pointing too. It sort of descended into bedlam and no one was in control. It wasn’t a pleasant working environment."

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