The Celebrity Apprentice Executive Producer and President Elect Donald Trump is being petty about new host Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ratings.
The new Celebrity Apprentice premiered last Sunday on NBC with Arnold at the helm for the first time. NBC replaced Trump after the original host started his campaign for President.
Arnold’s show scored 4.93 million viewers, down 45% from Trump’s last premiere in 2015. This prompted Trump to write the following tweets on Friday morning:
Wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got "swamped" (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine, DJT. So much for….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017
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
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017
Arnold responded a couple hours later and asked Donald to focus on the American people rather than his old show’s new ratings:
There's nothing more important than the people's work, @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/fYtAfFPMKF
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) January 6, 2017
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.
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) January 6, 2017
Please study this quote from Lincoln's inaugural, @realDonaldTrump. It inspired me every day I was Governor, and I hope it inspires you. pic.twitter.com/QRoOFTZfQ9
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) January 6, 2017
The Celebrity Apprentice airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on NBC.