Northsider Geraldine O’Callaghan was this evening at the receiving end of Bill Cullen’s wrath earlier tonight on ‘The Apprentice‘ when she heard ‘Geraldine, you’re fired’.
Geraldine, along with fellow candidates Stephen Higgins and Steve Raynor, was put through the most gruelling interviews of their lives. The interviews revealed some very interesting facts that we weren’t privvy to prior to tonight. Perhaps most revealing of all was the fact that Steve is a recovering alcoholic and reformed gambler. I know that these interviews have to be tough considering what’s at stake (a €100,000 pa job as Bill Cullen’s apprentice) but come on, in real life the kinds of questions and almost bullying that goes on in these interviews wouldn’t tolerated.
Like Bill, Geraldine hails from a family of street traders and has a sharp wit and charm about her. In fact, each of the 4 interviewers reported back to Bill that “this girl lights up a room” and how she was “full of charm“. One went as far as to say that “it’s not many meetings that you go into and having met someone you feel better leaving. This is how you feel after meeting Geraldine“. Great compliments indeed but her charm and warmth was not enough as Bill felt that she had some growing up to do before she could be his apprentice. He also felt that he wouldn’t have the time to train her up and that she wouldn’t be ready to hit the ground running, which is what he needs his apprentice to do.
Watching her on ‘The Apprentice: You’re Fired‘ made me warm to her even more. She even got an apology from Brendan O’Connor who ‘misjudged’. This was referring to the sales task where she helped Breffny (Morgan) by giving him credit for a sale that she had closed because he had failed to close any of his own. Brendan felt that she was playing to the cameras and tonight was told in no uncertain terms by Geraldine that this was not the case. And no one leaves ‘You’re Fired’ without a gift; Geraldine’s was a certificate from the School of Hard Knocks where she graduated with Cop On and Moxy!! She seemed genuinely delighted with her gift.
She’s going to be a success at whatever she does. I wish her the best of luck and happiness!
Tonight was the last in the series of You’re Fired as next week is the final of The Apprentice meaning that the after show party is You’re Hired. The task that awaits next weeks finalists, Steve and Stephen, will see the return of some familiar faces – previous candidates who were fired. In a sneak peek of next weeks show, we saw Michelle Heaton taking a tumble amid ghasts from onlookers – quite literally!! So tune in next week to see what happens to her if nothing else, and of course to see who will become Bill Cullen’s next Apprentice.
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