The Apprentice exclusive: Sacked Shazia Wahab slams 'bully' JennyBy Mark Jefferies
Mark.Jefferies@Mirror.Co.Uk Sacked Apprentice Shazia Wahab unleashed a furious attack on fellow contestant Jenny Celerier, branding her a "useless bully".
And she wasn't the only person on the show to end up in Shazia's firing line - Sir Alan Sugar also got a tongue lashing for giving her the boot instead of Clerier.
Viewers of the hit BBC1 programme saw Sir Alan brand the girls' team a "bloody shambles" for being unable to run a successful cleaning business.
"Jenny was an appalling project manager," says Shazia.
"She put herself forward saying this was her area of expertise and that it was where her skills lie.
"But once she was in that position she couldn't cope with the pressure."
And Shazia, 35, reckons fiery redhead Jenny is the real bitch of the bunch - especially after she made fellow contestant Lucinda Ledgerwood cry.
Blonde Lucinda, 31, burst into tears in a taxi ride during the task, and Shazia says she was shocked by the extent of Jenny's bullying.
"I would love to see Lucinda win because she has had more to cope with than anyone on the show," says Shazia, from Balham, South London.
"You saw her crying in the show, but that was a 45-minute taxi ride and Jenny was just shouting at her relentlessly.
Lucinda went to bed when we got home and knew nothing about a meeting the next day.
"Then, when she missed the meeting, Jenny started shouting at her again.
"I was very disappointed that Sir Alan didn't get rid of Jenny instead of me.
"He should not allow someone like her to do those kind of things or work anywhere near his company."
And Shazia blames her team's failure squarely on the incompetence of 36-year-old Jenny.
"On the show, Jenny was shown asking for the girls to 'brainstorm' with regards to setting up the company and touting for business," she says.
"But there was no brainstorm session at all.
"Jenny just went on and on for about three hours telling us how she was great at selling and what we should be doing like her. She kept talking down to us and saying 'when I was seller of the year I did this'. It was ridiculous and we wasted so much time doing that.
"Also there were other people in the group with selling skills and pricing skills and Jenny just ignored them."
Without the slightest loyalty to her female former companions, Shazia explained to us just how useless the girls' team really was.
"In the end, the girls lost some clothes they were supposed to wash and managed to make just £195.55 while the boys brought in £328."
Shazia, who runs a company selling mosaic mirrors, firmly rejected the criticism that she was to blame for the girls' failure by leaving the others washing while she went home, even though she was the only one who knew which shirt went where.
"When people leave, others have to come in and take over, sometimes without handover notes," says Shazia, whose first job was as a sales assistant at Selfridges department store in London.
"I left them detailed instructions and Jenny just decided to grab stuff and throw it into bags.
"She should have thought more about what she was doing. It wasn't my fault."
Shazia, who used to be a marketing consultant for a law firm, was shocked to even get on to The Apprentice.
"I tried to get on to series three of the show but didn't even make it past the first day of the auditions," she says.
"So this time I tried to make myself stand out and talked about my art and they said I was the only artist in the final stages so I knew that would help me.
"Now I just feel disappointed I didn't get a chance to show my skills.
"I thought I had all the attributes he needed for an Apprentice and I was willing to learn," says Shazia, who is single.
"But I am disappointed because I didn't get the chance to show it and move on with him to the next level in terms of business.
"I don't know if it came across on screen, but I would describe myself as happy-go-lucky.
"I have a twin sister who I am very close to and a total of 11 brothers and sisters who I spend a lot of time with.
"I don't regret going on the show at all and just wish that I had pushed myself forward a bit more."
QUOTE OF THE WEEK - Jim Shelley "For the entire process that I've been working with both of you, it has felt like I've had to breastfeed you, quite frankly."
- the revolting Jenny saves her skin by laying into Lucinda and Shazia
YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!"Let's not argumentative."
- hatchet woman Jenny
REASONS WHY JENNY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED 1"I've got an idea. Why don't we say, everything is £4.99 - every item."
- Jenny pitches for 1,000 pieces of laundry at a £5,000 cost, rather than the £200 the hotel usually pays
REASONS WHY JENNY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED 2"She lied, she complained, she manipulated other people, she didn't deliver on the task that I'd allocated to her."
- Jenny makes Shazia her Lee Harvey Oswald, ie, her scapegoat
SUGARISM OF THE WEEKLindi: "We also had our 24-hour hotline."
Sir Alan: "What? Like a personal accounts manager?! So someone could phone up and say hello girls, how's my pants doing?"
BOYS' BUZZWORD OF THE WEEK"110%"
- as Kevin Keegan says: "you can't get any more than that!"
TEAM LEADER OF THE WEEK"F***ing legendary! Absolute legendary guys. Great. That was f***ing Renaissance!"
- Raef celebrates victory
BIG KID OF THE WEEKAlex sleeping in his matching Superman T-shirt (left) and boxers
ALARMING SIGHT OF THE WEEK 1Raef's unbuttoned pink shirt
ALARMING SIGHT OF THE WEEK 2Michael Sophocle s' chicken dance of celebration
CLASS DIVIDE OF THE WEEK"Latte, no sugar for me please."
"They need to chill out!"
BOMBSHELL"Shazia you're fired"
- can we have a re-count Sir Alan?
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