'The Apprentice's Rick Monk says Kurran wasn't fired because he 'makes better TV'

Rick Monk, who was fired from last nights episode of The Apprentice, has said that fellow contestant Kurran Pooni remains in the show because he ‘makes better TV’.

33-year-old Monk was ditched by Lord Sugar in an shock twist, after not being invited back into the boardroom by project manager Jackie.

“I thought it would be Kurran 100%. I mean, he laid it down last week that he was project manager, and he wasn’t, he went back on his word,” Monk told The Daily Mirror.

“He didn’t pull his weight on the task, he didn’t like the end product – the whole thing… in the boardroom I don’t think that was really picked up on.

“If you tell Lord Sugar you’re going to do something, you’d better bloody do it, you know? How can you have that type of character as a business partner?

“Does he make better TV? I haven’t a clue.

“It’s a big shock and it’s Apprentice history isn’t it? They say to expect the unexpected and this is definitely the unexpected for viewers.”

Viewers too were convinced Kurran was for the chop.

Initially, after being sent away from the boardroom, Monk presumed he would be safe for another week following the failed shoe designing task.

“I left the boardroom elated. I was super happy I wasn’t being brought back in,” he added to The Independent.

“We were all in the car going back to the house when we got the phone call saying Lord Sugar would like to see all the candidates back in the boardroom. Everyone’s hearts stopped.

“People in the car were thinking, ‘What’s going on?’ and someone mentioned it could just be a technical problem. In my head, I thought it was a twist in the plot. When we all went back in, we knew we were in for another grilling.”

Quality controller Monk went on to say that the entire process wasn’t what he thought it would be.

“No, I thought it would be an enjoyable process and, you know, quite laidback day by day – I didn’t think it would be as strict as it is,” he added to The Mirror.

“It does make sense – when you look back they do keep you in that state of mind. So it gets stuff done… it’s full-on, it’s hard work – I didn’t think it would be as intense.

“I came out as a shell of a person. It takes a strong person to be a part of something like that.”

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