Move over, Donald Trump. Arnold Schwarzenegger is here.
Schwarzenegger is taking the reins of Trump’s old show, The Celebrity Apprentice, and it looks like he’s not pulling any punches.
NBC announced Schwarzenegger as the new host in September of last year, three months after Trump embarked on his White House bid.
READ MORE: “You’re terminated!” Arnold Schwarzenegger to host The Celebrity Apprentice
Schwarzenegger, the Austrian bodybuilder-turned-actor starred in films such as The Terminator, Total Recall and Predator before serving eight years as the Republican governor of California.
He said in a tweet he was “blown away” by the reaction to NBC’s announcement.
Paul Telegdy, NBC Entertainment’s President of Alternative and Late Night programming, said the move marks a “powerful new chapter in the story of the ‘Apprentice’ franchise.
“Arnold Schwarzenegger is the epitome of a global brand in entertainment and business, and his accomplishments in the political arena speak for themselves. It was Arnold’s personal passion for the format that Mark Burnett and Donald Trump built over the last decade, as well as his fresh take on how to take it to new heights for today’s audiences, that made him the man to hire. The Celebrity Apprentice … will be back!”
Trump congratulated Schwarzenegger at the time.
NBC said it was Trump’s “derogatory statements” the prompted NBC Universal to end the business relationship.
WATCH: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Cameron new faces of Chinese anti-meat campaign
“At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values,” NBC said in a statement announcing the decision to cut ties with The Donald.
You can watch the new season of Celebrity Apprentice on Global TV, starting in January 2017. Check out the promo trailer, above.
Global News and Global TV are divisions of Corus Entertainment Inc.
Comments