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President-elect Donald Trump has a lot to worry about these days, but at the top of that list this morning are the ratings for NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice. Just two weeks before he is sworn into office, he’s taking to his Twitter (as he does), but this time the focus of his disgust is the reality show’s new host, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
“Wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got “swamped” (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine, DJT.” He published the tweet at 8:34am today, and followed it up at 8:42 am (8 whole minutes later? Was he really planning out his words that carefully?), saying “So much for…being a movie star-and that was season 1 compared to season 14. Now compare him to my season 1. But who cares, he supported Kasich & Hillary”
Trump served as host of the show for 14 seasons before passing it on to Schwarzenegger for this season, The New Celebrity Apprentice. According to Variety, Monday’s premiere racked up 4.93 million viewers, which is down more than 43% from the last time the show premiered in 2015. Roughly 6.56 million viewers instead tuned into ABC’s The Bachelor to watch Nick Viall greet a group of ladies at the infamous Bachelor mansion.
In other Trump tweet news, he’ll be meeting with some magazine friends this morning, at the encouraging of Vogue editor Anna Wintour. Stay tuned to hear his thoughts on the latest readership numbers, probably.
UPDATE: Arnold responds! In what was sure to be a less-than-pleasant awakening today, Schwarzenegger took to his Twitter to respond with a series of 3 tweets, including a video and a quote from Abraham Lincoln. “I wish you the best of luck and I hope you’ll work for ALL of the American people as aggressively as you worked for your ratings,” he wrote, in what was a restrained yet classy response to the early morning words. See below for a video of the former Governor of California reading one of his favorite quotes, reminding everyone, “We are not enemies. We are neighbors, we are friends, and most importantly, we are all Americans; and we have a lot of work to do to keep America great. So let’s do it, and let’s do it together.”
