Guest Author - Rachel Koller

Khloe Kardashian is known to many as a controversial reality television star along with her entire family on their successful E! show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians. It should come as no surprise that she was chosen by Donald Trump to participate in Season Two of The Celebrity Apprentice. With her usual witty and entertaining demeanor, she was a great addition to the cast.

Having a successful turn as a project manager and making significant contributions to other projects as a team member, it was surprising when Kardashian was brought back to the boardroom on the episode where project manager, Clint Black, made horrific judgment calls regarding the content of their presentation. With sexual innuendo and poor teamwork, the team failed miserably under Black’s leadership.

Instead of removing Black from the show, Donald Trump took it upon himself to fire Khloe Kardashian instead and brings up her DUI from 2007 as the main reason for her departure. He went on a tirade about how irresponsible she was and basically went out of his way to make her feel horrible. Kardashian defended herself saying that she took full responsibility of her actions and has learned her lesson. This declaration did not save her from being on the receiving end of Trump’s trademark, “you’re fired!”

I thought that Trump was being incredibly judgmental and should have done more research on his contestants before they were offered a place on the show if he was so offended by Kardashian’s past. I also highly doubt he was not aware of Kardashian’s DUI as it was a prominent feature in celebrity news at that time. I know that Trump is a businessman, but he is of celebrity status and I’m sure he follows the big stories in that arena. I would wager that Kardashian’s firing was planned from the beginning so Trump could be seen as a “warrior” against drunk driving. The drama also makes for good television.

Yet because of this ordeal, Kardashian was humiliated once again on television for a mistake she has been paying for since its occurrence. I am not defending her previous actions, but as she had already paid her debt to society by serving her sentenced time in jail, I think that Kardashian should have had a fair shot at the game. However it’s Donald Trump’s show, his business and his empire and ultimately that puts him in charge of the whole thing regardless of what’s right and what’s wrong.