Mark Burnett: The Apprentice creator in scuffle after 'going apes***' at Emmy party

Tom Arnold claims TV producer tried to choke him after row over tapes of Donald Trump

Peter Stubley
Monday 17 September 2018 14:46 BST
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Mark Burnett and his wife Roma Downey at the 2016 Emmy Awards
Mark Burnett and his wife Roma Downey at the 2016 Emmy Awards

An actor hunting publicly for incriminating footage of Donald Trump behaving inappropriately on The Apprentice has accused the show's creator of attacking him.

British-born Mark Burnett allegedly "went apes**t" when Tom Arnold confronted him at the Evening Before the Emmys party in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

Mr Arnold, who insists footage showing Mr Trump using offensive language on the show has been suppressed, claimed on Twitter that he was going to file a police report after Mr Burnett "choked me at this huge Emmy party then ran away with his torn Pink shirt and missing gold chain."

The row continued on the social media site as Mr Burnett's wife, Roma Downey, suggested Mr Arnold had left her with a large bruise on her hand.

Mr Arnold responded: "You lie your crazy husband attacked me you psycho. I’m suing you for defamation."

After the alleged incident at the party, Mr Arnold claimed that actor Kevin Bacon was "a solid reliable brawl witness".

He added: "Mark Burnett doesn't seem too thrilled about my new TV show."

The actor has previously accused Mr Burnett of editing out evidence of Mr Trump's alleged racism and other inappropriate behaviour from The Apprentice.

His Twitter feed reveals he has also repeatedly name-checked the producer while promoting his new TV series due to air on Tuesday, The Hunt for The Trump Tapes.

"Dangerously incompetent, racist, petty, narcissistic and to top it off former star of The Apprentice and current President of The United States Donald J Trump is a straight up scumbag," he wrote. "Thank you Mark Burnett!!!"

Rumours that Mr Trump was secretly recorded using offensive language on The Apprentice have been circulating since the 2016 US presidential election.

Former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman, a contestant on the first series of the show, has claimed that he repeatedly used the 'N-word'.

Last month the president's press secretary Sarah Huckabee Saunders said she "can't guarantee" there are no recordings.

Mr Burnett has previously denied he has the ability or the right to release footage from The Apprentice.

Donald Trump hosted the NBC reality show from 2004 to 2015 and has often boasted about its popularity.

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