'Celebrity Apprentice' fires another person

Gary Busey has become the latest person to be eliminated from Celebrity Apprentice.

The actor was given the boot by Donald Trump after project managing the men's Team Backbone to a failure in this week's food challenge, which saw them writing, producing and starring in a live cooking demonstration for Omaha Steaks in front of an audience at the Institute of Culinary Education.

They had to create three specific meals and develop an original Omaha Steaks variety pack, with the judges awarding points based on the brand messaging, variety pack and overall presentation.

Team Backbone

There was a general feeling of discontent on the men's team following Gary's survival last week. John thinks he's a "saboteur", telling him: "You do things on purpose to try to create enough conflict that someone could get fired." Gary denies this, but John tells him to "prove me wrong".

Gary steps up as PM ("He's either a genius or a moron, and I can't figure it out," says Mr Trump when he delivers the task) but infuriates his teammates with the questions he asks the Omaha Steaks reps, and an apparent lack of structure. Lil Jon is annoyed that his role involves cutting up paper for the variety pack packaging, while John is furious that Gary apparently called him "boy" off camera, saying: "You just don't call another man 'boy' and expect there to be no repercussions."

Gary hosts the demonstration, delivering speeches about the occasion-specific meals such as Anniversary (saying that healthy digestion will aid the romantic atmosphere) and Father's Day, while Meat Loaf (who had been worried that Gary hadn't left enough time for rehearsing) is the chef. They invite select members of the audience on stage to sample the food through a bingo-style draw.

Team A.S.A.P.

Hope steps up as PM and the women seem to work well together, apart from a slight bump when Hope decides to switch La Toya's steak cooking presentation to a burger presentation. "Oh well, here it goes again," says La Toya. "They are making it impossible for me to succeed." Hope is also worried that La Toya's soft voice won't project during the presentation.

Their presentation is hosted by Hope and Marlee - featuring the Star-penned slogan 'Omaha Steaks - time to discover what delicious really is' - with NeNe, Star and La Toya (who admits to having had personal chefs her entire life and never cooking a burger before) delivering the demonstrations. They hand aprons emblazoned with the Omaha Steaks logo to the crowd before they leave, while their variety pack idea is "poker night". "We can do six burgers, six steaks and six condoms..." jokes NeNe.

Brand feedback

The reps thought that the women gave a good presentation and liked the logos on the aprons, Star's healthy meal and the variety pack idea, but thought they needed more live cooking rather than prepared food, and wished the team had said "Omaha Steaks" rather than just "Omaha". For the men, they praise Meat Loaf (and even suggest he could be a rep for the brand), the live cooking and the themes, especially Father's Day. However, they thought Gary's presentation dragged at parts, the variety pack had too many products included in it, and inviting the audience on stage was awkward.

Boardroom

The men immediately voice their discontent with Gary, with Meat Loaf saying that he's gone beyond anger and is now just "frustrated". He thinks that being the chef was "a lot for one person to take on", while John accuses Gary of "catastrophic collapse of time management". They also point out two spelling mistakes on the incorrect menu, blaming Gary, while Lil Jon says, "Gary isn't always here on Earth with us. He was already in outer space for the last two days. We were so frustrated. I didn't get anything to do. He made me cut up paper. I felt like I was in kindergarten." John also brings up his annoyance that Gary called him 'boy', although Gary denies this, explaining that he said "cowboy", though John doesn't seem convinced.

It's a completely different story on the women's team, as Hope says that every contestant was great to work with because they all did what she asked them to do, and their harmony pays off when Mr Trump crowns them the winners.

In the end, it seems that there have been one too many complaints filed against Gary and it's time for him to leave the show. "Meat Loaf, I'm going to make you very happy," says Mr Trump. "Gary, you are very talented, very unique and an amazing guy, and Gary, you're fired. Go, thank you." He later tells Don Jr and Ivanka that the decision was "very obvious", with Don Jr saying he expects the men's team will "do great" going forward without the tension that Gary brought to the group.

Gary, meanwhile, seems fine with Mr Trump's decision. "I have great respect for him and accept his choice with grace, kindness and understanding. I am departing in a very good mood... I can turn a thunderstorm and tornado into a rainbow and I'm flying over the rainbow tonight."

Celebrity Apprentice airs Sundays at 9/8c on NBC

Watch Mr Trump firing Gary below: