10 Things You Didn't Know About Maria Kanellis
1. She Spoke Out Against Donald Trump
In 2010 - a happier time, when Donald Trump was simply a sleazy game-show host - Maria Kanellis was a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice. She ended up finishing the show in fifth place out of 14 total contestants.
Like so many of the other women who have worked with and been around Trump, she suffered at his hands. When footage of Trump bragging about past sexual assaults surfaced prior to the 2016 election, Maria expressed her disgust regarding him. She said that what he characterized as "locker-room talk" was something entirely different, and she had never heard anything like that in her years in the sports world.
That brought her to discuss her own experience with Trump. When she was on the set of Celebrity Apprentice, she said, Trump noticed a mole on her shoulder and began commenting on it, telling her that it was her only imperfection and she should have it removed. Needless to say, Maria felt that comments on her appearance and Trump's opinion regarding it were completely out of line. Once he won the Republican nomination for President, she was even more alarmed.
Unfortunately, as we all know, this story doesn't have a happy ending.