(Editor’s note: as we head into the final hours preceding the U.S. Presidential Election, we revisit and republish some of the sports and pop culture stories we ran in 2016 relating to the electoral process)
Maria Kanellis, a wrestler, actress, singer, topless model and valet, was once “fired” by Donald Trump for “locker room talk.” This occurred in 2010 on the NBC reality series “The Apprentice,” and this exchange yet again proves what a total hypocrite Trump is.
The Daily Show re-aired the footage last night.
Donald Trump in 2010: “This is my boardroom. It's not a locker room. Maria, you’re fired.” ¯_(?)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/UlsP9Xjg7F
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) October 10, 2016
Kanellis, an Ottawa, IL native and Northern Illinois graduate, accused fellow contestant Curtis Stone, of defecating in her dressing room and leaving behind a nasty stench. Trump didn’t take too kindly to that stating: “This is my boardroom. It’s not a locker room. Maria, you’re fired.”
He also said to Maria Kanellis that her comment was disgusting and below the belt.
This dialogue from six years ago was unearthed by the Comedy Central series in light of Trump’s desperate and failed attempt to spin his sexual assault braggadocio, which broke the internet on Friday, into “locker room talk.”
https://twitter.com/PaulMBanks/status/785286973795753984
Trump has repeatedly used the phrase “locker room talk” to try and
1.) conflate bragging about sexual activity with taking pride in committing sexual assault and
2.) attempt to justify his reprehensible disgusting behavior as something that’s commonplace.
Maria Kanellis responded to Trump’s repugnant attempt to make light of his repulsive comments and the media firestorm that they have caused.
https://twitter.com/MariaLKanellis/status/784771719919726592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
On a side note, Maria Kanellis is also a big Illini and Cubs fan, as illustrated by the photos above and below. Her sister was an Illinette at the University of Illinois, a member of the school’s dance team.
A simple post pointing out that fact is actually the fifth highest page views URL in the history of this site and by far the most viewed Illini related post by a very wide margin.
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