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Omarosa Manigault (born February 15, 1974 in Youngstown, Ohio) is a former participant on the television reality show The Apprentice. Omarosa was fired on Week 9 (Art Gallery Task) for making excessive amount of excuses (See Season 1).
Omarosa, who used to work for a Washington, D.C. firm before getting her shot at becoming a Donald Trump employee, had strongly negative reactions from viewers during her nine weeks on the show. She was characterized on the show as an antagonist, partly because of her scheming behavior towards other contestants, her laziness and her lying.
She was also fired 4 times in 2 years within the Clinton Administration.
During the final episode in which the two finalists competed against each other, contestant Kwame Jackson chose Omarosa as part of his final team. She deliberately lied to him and caused major complications with his final contest, and this ultimately contributed to his loss on the program. During the show she also constantly complained of migraine headaches due to a small amount of plaster falling on her head, something that was mocked in comedy skits on other shows. When hungry or eating, Omarosa showed a lack of interest in work-related tasks.
After being fired from the show, her celebrity grew. She has been on The Oprah Winfrey Show, made a brief appearance on NBC soap Passions, and a renowned pornographic magazine offered her money to pose nude. At the time of the offer, Omarosa rejected it, declaring that some of her parts were reserved for her husband.
Omarosa was controversial on and off the show. After being fired, she publicly accused fellow contestant Ereka Vetrini of using racist slurs in reference to her. This claim has been vehemently denied by Vetrini, Donald Trump, Mark Burnett, and NBC. Ventrini later appeared on the Howard Stern show and passed several lie detector tests.
Omarosa managed to continually contribute to a public dislike for her by frequently misleading the press about her career and past. Notably, she was scheduled to appear as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live but walked off of the set because there was a lie detector machine present.
She has been recently featured in Burger King commercials that are set in a corporate office, where ordinary white collar workers talk about their Burger King burgers. She was supposed to appear in an ad for Clairol Herbal Essences shampoo, but a flurry of criticism from customers and Ereka Vetrini caused them to shelve the appearance.
In 2005, she appeared on a reality all star episode of Fear Factor with other reality TV contestants. The episode aired on February 28. On the show, Omarosa displayed her signature personality, especially towards fellow contestant Nikki McKibbin. She was was eliminated in the third stunt. She has appeared alongside Jose Canseco, Bronson Pinchot, Janice Dickinson, Carey Hart, Caprice Bourret, and Pepa on the 5th season of the VH1 series "The Surreal Life". In August 2005 she will appear as a sideline reporter on Bravo's Battle of the Network Reality Stars.
As of August 28, 2005, Omarosa and husband of five years Aaron Stallworth separated and the couple formally filed for divorce .
A TV Guide survey conducted in summer of 2005 voted her as the most hated reality show contestant of all time.