Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is exiting his role as star of NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice” after one season, according to reports.
The former Republican governor of California said he’s leaving the show because of President Trump’s lasting mark on it.
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“It’s not about the show,” Schwarzenegger told the website EmpireOnline. “Because everyone I ran into came up to me and said ‘I love the show … but I turned it off because as soon as I read Trump’s name I’m outta there!'”
He added: “When people found out that Trump was still involved as executive producer and was still receiving money from the show, then half the people [started] boycotting it.”
Schwarzenegger was only with the show for one season.
President Trump, though now mostly removed from the show that brought him national fame, remains credited as an executive producer. He has said, however, that he has nothing to do with the show.
But even since entering the White House, Trump has mocked Schwarzenegger for failing to live up to the show’s ratings when he was the star.
“And I want to just pray for Arnold if we can, for those ratings, OK?” Trump joked in early February at the National Prayer Breakfast.
