The pantomime villain of The Apprentice, Katie Hopkins, may end up having the last laugh after all. Hopkins, who walked out on Sir Alan Sugar in the show's penultimate week only to be fired for real by the Met Office, has amassed a small fortune selling her story to Emap and the News of the World and appearing on TV shows from 8 Out of 10 Cats to Loose Women. Monkey hears she is on the verge of earning in 12 days what it will take the winner, Simon Ambrose, 12 months to pocket, namely a cool £100,000. Channel 4's Wife Swap, alas, is apparently out of the question.
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