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In the latest and particularly explosive series of The Apprentice, one candidate who has been at the centre of a lot of the drama is Selina Waterman-Smith.
The business hopeful was involved in an incident with fellow candidate Charleine Wain off-camera outside the boardroom, and revealed weeks ago that she did not win the series in a Tweet which claimed that she had “broken contract” with the show, and would not be appearing on You’re Fired.
True to her word, Waterman-Smith did not join Jack Dee for an interview after being fired in the latest episode, and instead posted her own exit video on YouTube.
“Basically, I’m not going to be featuring on You’re Fired this year as everybody knows,” she says in the clip. “That’s largely due to some issues that I had with the production company for the show and some of the stories they’ve released about me into the press.
“I felt that not only were they untrue, but they’re very disingenuous towards me, and in light of the fact that they won’t retract them I just felt like I couldn’t work with that company anymore.”
As well as informing viewers that her “famous red lipstick” is Chanel 104, she spoke positively about her time on the show.
Praising the “absolutely amazing people” she met in the process, Selina claimed that she was ‘extremely close’ with Elle Stevenson and Natalie Dean, saying: “Without them I think I would have gone completely insane in the house, and we’re still very good friends.”
She also praised Scott Saunders and Richard Woods as “phenomenal businessmen”, and said that April Jackson, Jenny Garbis, Mergim Butaja and Aisha Kasim are “all really good guys”.
Notably absent were mentions for Charleine and Joseph Valente, who Selina criticised in her taxi interview after leaving the boardroom.
Waterman-Smith revealed that she has started a catering business in Dubai where she currently lives, and thanked her fans for their positive support on social media, saying: “Hopefully, that won’t be the last you see of me, so stay tuned.”
She ended the video by recounting some of her favourite lines that she said through the series.
While Selina has proved a highly divisive figure through the show, she has received some positive feedback for the video.
@selinawatermans well I'm glad to know you're a nicer person outside of the process. My apologies for the comments before :)
— Syeda (@SabrinaStrife) December 2, 2015
@selinawatermans Glad you were able to say your bit about success you had in Dubai. Was incredibly rude how Sugar tried putting that down.
— Tom (@tomreginald) December 2, 2015
@selinawatermans Great video. Well done on the show, I thought you conducted yourself very well throughout. Onwards and upwards.
— Oliver Kennedy (@oliverwpk) December 2, 2015
@selinawatermans you come across so differently from the show when unedited! Mean editing by the Beeb?
— Benjamin Davy (@bendavy17) December 2, 2015
With a habit of grabbing the headlines and a promise that we’ll see more of her soon, don’t expect Waterman-Smith to disappear from the limelight just yet.
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