Lord Sugar hits back at claims his sexy cast are more like Love Islanders than Apprentices

thesun.co.uk:

LORD Sugar yesterday laughed off the notion his sexy cast were more suited to Love Island than The Apprentice. The mogul quipped: “I’d be able to answer that if I’d ever watched Love Island, but I have not.” He is ready to welcome 18 new candidates into the boardroom in the hunt for a business partner.

Asked how much of a say he has in the bunch, Alan said: “Quite a lot. It is a very stringent process that we go through, which includes making sure that the people will be able to stand up to the pressures that I’ll put upon them.  “And obviously, I get to do a deep dive into their CVs.

We get 6,000 people at auditions but the first time they see me is in the boardroom.”  Lord Sugar has signed up for two more series of The Apprentice after the newest instalment - the show’s 17th - but said he’d be “delighted” to make it to 20.

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