Donald Trump 's memory doesn’t seem to be serving him lately . Journalist Ramin Setoodeh interviewed the former president in 2023 for his recent book, Apprentice in Wonderland , which chronicles the behind the scenes drama of Trump’s reality tv show . During one conversation, the two were discussing the comedian Joan Rivers , as she and her daughter appeared on Celebrity Apprentice in 2009.
Donald Trump makes humiliating name blunder twice while mocking Biden's mental state Biden’s LA fundraiser with Hollywood stars ruined by protests “Joan said she was a republican. Did you know that?” Setoodeh asked Trump. “I thought she might’ve been a republican.
I know one thing. She voted for me, according to what she said,” Trump responded. However, there is one major discrepancy in Trump’s recollection: Rivers died at the age of 81 in 2014, two years before the election.
Trump and Rivers interacted with each other when Melissa Rivers was a contestant on season 8 of Celebrity Apprentice, where she was fired in the ninth episode. Apparently, Joan did not take too kindly to the decision. “Joan was so angry.
She went crazy when I fired the daughter,” Trump recalled. “She thought Melissa was the end-all, and she went totally crazy in defense of her daughter. Oh, they were both yelling.
It was great TV. But maybe Joan had more of a right to be yelling,” he added. DON'T MISS: Donald Trump appears to take a dig at Rory McIlroy while praising rival Harry's visa battle.