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Melissa Rivers Furious Over 'Celebrity Apprentice' Firing

Melissa Rivers, right, had a breakdown when she was fired by Donald Trump. (NBC Images)"]
Joan and Melissa Rivers seem like rational, decent human beings on Celebrity Apprentice. However, cross either one of them - and they both go fucking apeshit.
Melissa had been having difficulties with the manipulative poker player Annie Duke and her "yes man" Playboy playmate sidekick, Brande Roderick, who assigned much of the work to Annie, leaving Melissa out of the task as much as possible.
Melissa confronted Brande, saying that she knew that they both would gang up on her in the boardroom should they lose the task. Well, they lost the task and lo-and-behold, Annie and Brande ganged up on her in the boardroom. Although Brande should have been fired for being project manager and allocating all of the work to Annie, in a strange move, Donald Trump fired Melissa, who flew into a rage yelling at NBC workers that she would not be giving them an interview.
Meanwhile, Joan Rivers, who was watching the boardroom antics from the hotel, began furiously packing up her furs and referring to Annie Duke as a "Nazi."
"You have a Nazi and a follower," Joan screamed of Annie and Brande.
Thus, Melissa's exit from the show was less than graceful. She limped around in a fury (wearing a boot due to an injury), trying to get her suitcase from staff members and yelling expletives about Brande and Annie. Oh, and it was awesome.