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This has been on the edge of so many conversations about Donald Trump in the past few weeks especially: the idea that Trump behaved appallingly to contestants during the runs of The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice. In the immediate wake of the Grab-Them-By-The-P-ssy Tape, many theorized that there was some kind of supercut of Trump’s offensive words and behavior captured on-camera for those TV shows. So far, Apprentice producer Mark Burnett has refused to release anything, and MGM – which owns those properties – says they can’t release the audio/videos because of existing confidentiality agreements.

All of that hasn’t stopped former Celebrity Apprentice and Apprentice contestants from speaking out. It also hasn’t stopped many behind-the-scenes people from speaking out as well. So here are some stories related to Donald Trump and those shows:

Summer Zervos. Zervos was a contestant on The Apprentice in 2007. She claims that Trump kissed her twice on the mouth without consent on one occasion, and then on another occasion, Trump allegedly kissed her aggressively and felt her up. Zervos is being represented by Gloria Allred. Trump’s spokesperson gave a blanket denial and basically called Zervos and everyone else crazy famewhores who are just claiming these things for attention.

Khloe Kardashian. Khloe appeared on Celebrity Apprentice in 2009 and sources told HuffPo that Trump loathed Khloe simply because he didn’t think she was hot. One source said, “He basically wanted to just get rid of her. He called her a ‘piglet.’ Trump asked, ‘What is this? We can’t even get the hot one?’” Another source backed up those claims, saying: “He said: ‘Why don’t we fire Khloe? She is a fat piglet. Why did we get the ugly Kardashian?’” A third source said that Trump wanted Khloe off of the show so badly that he fired her off the show not based off of merit, it was just because he didn’t like her. Jesus – now I feel really sorry for Khloe.

Marlee Matlin. We heard last week that Trump was both sexually suggestive/harassing towards Marlee and it was very uncomfortable for everyone involved. We also heard that Trump referred to her as “r-tarded” to other people. Well, Marlee is speaking out:

My response to recent media reports – Marlee. pic.twitter.com/Mkrbh47dUO

— Marlee Matlin (@MarleeMatlin) October 14, 2016

Trump didn’t understand a very simple racial slur. For non-Americans, this might seem like a weird thing, but to call a black person an “Uncle Tom” is basically like saying that the person is a “traitor to their race,” and that a black person is subservient to white folks. It has a very specific meaning in America, and a very specific connotation. Well, during the 2013 season of Celebrity Apprentice, Trump apparently wouldn’t stop calling Lil’ Jon “Uncle Tom.” It was for no reason other than Trump is too stupid to know the difference between Uncle Sam (representing America) and Uncle Tom. Lil’ Jon was dressed up as Uncle Sam for one event in the competition. And Trump repeatedly called him Uncle Tom. Lil’ Jon actually released a statement confirming that it happened in front of him and he asked Trump to stop and Trump did.

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— LILJON (@LilJon) October 15, 2016

Dear MGM, Mark Burnett and whoever else: we need the tapes. We’re beyond confidentiality agreements at this point. In fact, I would argue that A) it’s for the good of the public in the middle of a presidential campaign and B) these tapes involve criminal matters like sexual harassment, workplace discrimination and assault. Therefore, confidentiality should be thrown out the window.

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