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Kanye West has broken his silence following his ‘split’ from Bianca Censori.

The pair have hit the headlines over the recent weeks after their stunt at the Grammy Awards. Kanye and Bianca walked the red carpet before Bianca removed her coat, wearing a ‘naked’ dress and leaving onlookers stunned.

Following the news of their split, Kanye took to Instagram and shared a definition of the word ‘coercion’. The post was accompanied by a caption which read: “Is the coercion,” alongside a thoughtful emoji.

Kanye and Bianca have reportedly split after getting married just a few years ago. The Mail Online reports that the pair have verbally agreed a payment of $5 million from Kanye to Bianca following the end of their marriage.

During an expletive filled rant recently on Twitter, Kanye said he had “dominion” over his wife.

“I HAVE DOMINION OVER MY WIFE. THIS AIN’T NO WOKE A** FEMINIST S***. SHE’S WITH A BILLIONAIRE, WHY WOULD SHE LISTEN TO ANY OF YOU DUMB*** BROKE B*****. PEOPLE SAY THE RED CARPET LOOK WAS HER DECISION. YES I DON’T MAKE HER DO NOTHING. SHE DOESN’T WANT TO, BUT SHE DEFINITELY WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT MY APPROVAL,” he wrote.

“YOU STUPID A** WOKE PAWNS I HAVE NO RESPECT OR EMPATHY FOR ANYONE LIVING CAUSE NOBODY LIVING CAN F*** WITH ME BUT I DO LOVE SOME PEOPLE AND I GIVE THEM FAVOR.”

Kanye’s split from Bianca is also said to be causing trouble for the pair over his new project.

“Bianca is deeply traumatised by Ye’s actions,” a source said, “She does not align with these views at all. She is horrified by what he has done, as are so many people close to Ye, she is so put off by this that she is currently refusing to continue shooting.”

Shooting in Japan has already finished, with the pair set to commence filming the movie at an unknown location. The publication claims that the producers who are working with Ye and Bianca are “on the cusp of quitting over his anti-Semitic rants,” and production has officially been paused with Bianca reportedly refusing to film aswell, losing Kanye millions.

Kanye and Bianca’s ‘naked’ Grammys stunt had people left fuming when she stripped off on the red carpet. The couple hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons for their red carpet look.

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Katie Price has candidly revealed why she thinks she continues to go under the knife after her latest operation in Turkey

Katie Price had opened up with a heartbreaking revelation as to why she is continuing to go under the knife.

The former glamour model, 46, is back from yet another surgical procedure in Turkey after opting to have a nose job. It came after she headed to Istanbul last month to undergo a ‘fox eyes’ procedure and getting her ears pinned back, and was initially heavily bandaged. Katie even admitted that following the surgery, she redid her own nose bandages after she still felt “sore,” but “bodged” the job of dressing the wound.

She emotionally admitted she doesn’t like looking at herself and candidly said: “I don’t think I’m pretty, I certainly don’t think I’m beautiful. I look at old photos of myself and think: ‘Urrrgh!’”

Speaking to The Sun, she confessed that men have been the downfall of her in the past and queried whether that is something that could explain why she has surgery. She told the publication: “In all the therapy I’ve had, one thing that I haven’t stemmed down the line of is ‘Why do I feel I need to have surgery’? There must be some-thing happened to make me not like the way I look.”

It’s thought Katie has had a total of boob jobs, as well as several facial procedures. However, she has now ruled out any further facial surgery. She admitted she isn’t scared of ageing, but sadly claims she doesn’t think she will “make it to be an old lady”. “I am happy with my face,” she said. “No more facial surgery — well, not unless I make it to 70.”

However, her breasts could see her head back under the knife.

Fans have raised concerns that Katie’s latest drinking and performing could impact her recovery from her latest triple surgery. An expert agreed, too. Gerard Lambe, a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and director of Reflect Clinic UK, told the Mirror that footage of Katie on stage in Barnsley was worrying, and that failing to follow proper surgical aftercare can be fatal.

“Katie runs the risk of exhausting her body’s potential to recover and experiencing wound breakdown and infection, but most worrying is the risk of a bleed, especially after facelift surgery which involves a very delicate process,” he said.

Katie Price has blown £100million on two very specific things.

The reality star has opened up about wasting her huge fortune – and has now revealed what she has spent the money on. In a rare admission, Katie blames “lawyers and ex-husbands” for her big spends.

Katie recently underwent surgery again, where she had a ‘fox eyes’ procedure and getting her ears pinned back during a trip to Turkey. She had admitted she had redone her own nose bandages as she was still feeling “sore”.

Explaining she had sent the money on “lawyers and ex-husbands”, she told The Sun: “I’ve had a roller-coaster life — some dark times, some amazing times. But I’ve got experience now, and am in control. I’m on a mission to get my empire back.

“Men have been the downfall of me — my career has always been good and men have let me down.”

She added: “I’ve picked the wrong men. They’ve been toxic or given me mental abuse, physical abuse, narcissistic behaviour, gaslighting, jealousy. I got used to that. I couldn’t spot a red flag.”

Katie’s exes include Peter Andre, with whom she has Princess and Junior, Dwight Yorke – the father of her eldest son Harvey – and Kieran Hayler, who is the dad of her youngest kids Bunny and Jett.

“Now I’ve had therapy, I can spot signs and realise what unhealthy relationships are. I feel good, I feel settled, I feel excited when I come home at night,” Katie explained of it all.

Katie is currently in a relationship with JJ Slater, and has previously had romances with Alex Reid and Carl Woods. Following her split from Carl, Katie released a documentary about her and Carl’s IVF journey.

Speaking following their split, Carl said: “This is not a heartbreak situation. I’m not unhappy that it didn’t work. I’m ecstatic that it didn’t work. I’m sure she’s glad she’s got the clean break. You know, we don’t have any ties.

“So actually, yes, everything happens for a reason. God was looking down on me and Kate and said, ‘you’re not matched to be parents, let’s not make this work. You go that way, I’ll go this way.'”

Katie says she has never been in a “normal healthy relationship” – and admits she’s been “burned”.

“I haven’t ever been in a normal healthy relationship. I’ve been burned, I’ve been ripped off, I’ve been walked over. People have taken advantage of my kindness as a weakness. I’ve hit the most rock bottom I could ever have hit in my life… I’ve had to do a full circle and I’m so positive now that I look back and it makes me sick at how I was, I never want to get in that place,” she said.

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Meghan Markle’s new bold piece of jewellery could be a hidden plea to the royals, according to an expert.

During her time at the Invictus Games in Canada, earlier this week with Prince Harry, the Duchess of Sussex has been sporting a brand new signet ring on her pinky finger on her right hand.

And according to eagle-eyed royal watchers, the new piece of jewellery appears to be engraved with Harry and Meghan’s joint royal cypher that they unveiled when they married back in 2018. The monogram is made up of the letters ‘H’ and ‘M’ in cursive writing. The logo is topped with a coronet with two cross pattées, four fleurs-de-lys and two strawberry leaves.

The emblem was used on their previous Sussex Royal website and social media accounts although it appears it was ditched from their stationery in favour of the Archewell logo several years ago. And royal expert and biographer Ingrid Seward says the new piece of jewellery is certainly sending a statement – especially to the Royal Family.

She told the Mirror: “Traditionally signet rings have a larger face than the one Meghan is wearing, but there is no reason why she can’t use her royal cypher on an article of jewellery. I don’t think it has any particular significance apart from the snob value of reminding people that she has a royal cypher.

“I think Meghan wants to be accepted by the firm for the sake of the children. The royal family must know she will never go away so the less fuss they make about what she does the less attention is focussed on her.”

Meghan isn’t the only royal to wear a pinky finger signet ring. King Charles also wears one with the Prince of Wales feathers and he gifted one to Princess Diana the night before their wedding in 1981. It is not the first time that Meghan’s jewellery has been the subject of much debate. Just weeks ago many believed that her engagement ring had gone through yet another tweak.

Meghan was first given the ring, which was made with two diamonds from Princess Diana’s collection and one from Botswana, when she and Harry became engaged in 2017. It underwent a major redesign two years later when the plain gold band was swapped for a thinner micropave style.

In 2023, she was spotted without the ring on several occasions and it was reported this was due to the delicate piece being fixed due to a loose stone. And now fans believe the ring might have had another change – and it’s all down to the shape of the central diamond.

In one moment of the trailer for her new Netflix show With Love, Meghan, the duchess can be seen reaching for some flowers with her full ring on show. And many believe that the main diamond appears to now be a square cut – rather than the round cut of the original.

Taking to X, one asked: “Is that a new engagement ring?” While another said: “Looks like she’s changed the centre stone from a round diamond to the more expensive square cut.”

Meghan then made a string of appearances in 2023, including at the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, where she was seen not wearing the ring. However, speaking to Page Six at the time, a source claimed the ring was “being fixed”, hence the fact that it is missing from her ring finger. In recent months she has been seen wearing it again.

Some winners of The Apprentice have gone on to become millionaires, but others have been left penniless.

The Apprentice is back on BBC One with a host of fresh-faced candidates hoping to walk away with a lucrative investment from Lord Alan Sugar. When the show started, the entrepreneurs were competing for a £100,000-a-year job in one of the tycoon’s many companies, but now, winning the show comes with a whopping £250,000 cash investment.

A handful of previous champions have used the opportunity to build money-making empires, but others have hit rock bottom. Here, we take a look at the previous champs and who is still in business with Lord Sugar….

Rachel Woolford – Series 18 (2024)

Rachel Woolford won last year’s series after beating off stiff competition. Her partnership with Lord Sugar will see her expand her stylish gym into a dedicated reformer pilates studio, with the big unveil expected to come later this month. She told the Yorkshire Evening Post: “The studio is the perfect next step for us and reformer pilates is a safe bet if you’re already in the industry – there’s a big client base here in Leeds.”

She went on: “I’ve just become a landlord with Lord Sugar, which is the strangest feeling ever. He brought the capital to the table by financing the building, so I can get on with the day-to-day running of the business. Being in front of the clients is important to me. I’m very independent; I like managing on my own terms and that doesn’t need to change. But we still have a monthly meeting and, if I wanted to speak to him more, I could.”

Marnie Swindells – Series 17 (2023)

London-born court advocate Marnie is a gold medal-winning boxer who snowballed her passion into an innovative business idea that she hoped would get Lord Sugar’s investment. After taking home the prize, she focused on investing the prize money into her passion. The star and businesswoman used the money to open her own boxing gym, Bronx, in south London.

Marnie got the keys to the site of her gym in 2019 but wasn’t able to start trading until February 2023 due to problems with the property lease and the council. The 6,000-square-foot gym is in the heart of Camberwell and includes a competition ring, punching bags, mirrored walls to “perfect shadowboxing”, and endless exercise equipment.

According to the financial accounts of Bronx Boxing Limited, Marnie has gained around £210,000 in net assets. As Marnie plans to further develop the gym, she’s set to earn even more money. She said her and Lord Sugar have a “great relationship”, adding: “He has a sharp sense for businesses he believes will do well and the people he wants to work with. I think once the glitz and glam of The Apprentice has subsided, he gets the true assessment of whether they are people he sees a long-term ­relationship with.”

Harpreet Kaur – Series 16 (2022)

Dessert parlour owner Harpreet Kaur was the winner of season 16 and secured the investment in her dessert shop Barni’s, which was rebranded to Oh So Yum! One year after her win, Kaur went solo, and Lord Sugar announced the news on Twitter. He said: “Harpreet Kaur, The Apprentice winner 2022, has bought back Lord Sugar’s shares in her desserts business, Oh So Yum! This move marks a significant achievement in the journey of the Yorkshire-based entrepreneur, who won Season 16 of the show and secured a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar.

“With the purchase of Lord Sugar’s shares, Harpreet and her sister, Gurvinder Kaur, are now in full control of the business and its future direction. The separation has been amicable and Lord Sugar and Harpreet Kaur mutually agreed it was the best decision for the business moving forward. Harpreet is an exceptionally bright and driven businesswoman. I’ve enjoyed our time working together, and whilst the time is right for us to now go our separate ways, I have no doubts she will continue to flourish. I look forward to seeing the Oh So Yum! brand go from strength to strength.”

Carina Lepore – Series 15 (2019)

Carina got a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar for her artisan bakery business in 2019. She had plans to rival Greggs with her Dough Bake House chain – and business was booming a year later. As well as her original bakery in Herne Hill, Carina opened a new branch in Beckenham in September 2020.

Lord Sugar himself opened the new family-run bakery and helped cut the ribbon to open the new store. “What attracted me to Carina as the winner is that this business has potential. Food will always be good,” said Lord Sugar on This Morning. “Greggs watch out, we’re going to have a lot of branches.”

But in 2023, they parted ways. A spokesperson said: “As part of an ongoing review of his business portfolio, Lord Sugar has decided to part ways with Carina Lepore, The Apprentice winner 2019 and founder of Dough Artisan Bakehouse. Both parties agreed it was the right decision for the business moving forward, and Carina will take back full control of her business with immediate effect.”

Sian Gabbidon – Series 14 (2018)

Having come out on top in 2018, Sian ploughed the prize money straight back into her swimwear business, Sian Marie. After winning The Apprentice, she focused on building her team in Leeds and growing the company from small-scale to mass production. “It’s a big achievement and been such a thrill. But you know, that’s just the start for us. It’s the first step,” said Sian in October 2019.

“The platform of being on the Apprentice is amazing. There’s no doubt having somebody like Lord Sugar on board has opened doors for me. Having his knowledge and guidance on how to approach situations is a massive help.” Her SS19 Tropical Goddess collection was worn by actress Michelle Keegan and Love Island’s Hayley Hughes, and she also launched her own Apprentice-based podcast.

In 2019, Sian announced she was launching a swimwear collaboration with Asda, which amazingly is where she started her career working. In 2022, the duo parted ways. Sian said: “It was just a conversation… we kind of came to an agreement and now I’m just living my best life, I guess. Not in a negative way towards him but it’s just nice to have a bit more fun.” Then this year, she appeared in Forbes to promote her new e-commerce agency, Twenty Twenty Digital.

James White and Sarah Lynn – Series 13 (2017)

Lord Sugar couldn’t decide a winner in 2017, so in an unprecedented move he picked both James White and Sarah Lynn. Admitting he had always been a gambler in business, Lord Sugar said: “This particular year, I’m going to double my investment… I’m going to start a business with both of you.”

He invested a combined £500,000 that year, with half going to James’ IT recruitment firm and the other half into Sarah’s confectionary company. During the process, James broke show rules by having a romance with fellow candidate Jade English, with a source close to the show claiming the pair got up to some ‘saucy antics’.

Following the fling, which cooled off before the series aired on TV, Jade reportedly split from her male model boyfriend after three years, while James separated from his heartbroken fiancée. Sarah’s personalised sweet company, Sweets in the City, has gone from strength to strength – being stocked in Harrods, Harvey Nichols and Selfridges – but she still parted ways with Lord Sugar in 2022.

But it was a rockier road for self-proclaimed ‘Del Boy’ James who was said to have suffered a series of ‘unfortunate setbacks’ and lost £30,000 in the first six months in his IT recruitment company, Right Time Recruitment. In December 2020, it was revealed that James and Lord Sugar had parted ways but The Apprentice boss was reportedly letting him keep the money he invested.

“I wish James all the very best for the future and will follow his progress with interest,” said Lord Sugar in a statement. James added: “I am very grateful for everything Lord Sugar has done for me. The knowledge and advice gained from Lord Sugar and his team has been invaluable.”

Alana Spencer – Series 12 (2016)

Alana put the £250,000 into her baking business Ridiculously Rich, and set up an ambassador plan with Lord Sugar. She exclusively told Mirror TV her turnover went from £100,000 to an expected £450,000 in a year thanks to winning The Apprentice. The queen of cake bought back Lord Sugar’s shares and became the sole owner and director of the firm in 2019.

“A little while ago I had the amazing opportunity to buy out Lord Sugar from Ridiculously Rich and take full control back of my business,” she explained on social media. “It was an exciting, crazy, scary few months while the final details were being agreed and sorted, but something I am so grateful for.”

She added: “Working with Lord Sugar has been an incredible experience and I have learned such a lot in such a short space of time. I am so grateful for his time in Ridiculously Rich by Alana.” Wishing her luck, Lord Sugar said: “I will follow Alana’s progress with much affection.”

Joseph Valente – Series 11 (2015)

Joseph Valente split from Lord Sugar just two years after he invested £250,000 into his plumbing business and announced he would take full control of ImpraGas. But they parted on friendly terms, with Lord Sugar saying: “I’ll still be on hand to offer any help and advice required. I wish Joseph and ImpraGas all the very best for the future and will follow their progress with much affection.”

Joseph added: “I am so grateful for everything Lord Sugar has done for me and I could not have asked for a better partner in the early stages of my business career. I owe him a great deal. I am confident that with the winning business model we created together, I can continue to grow the business successfully.”

In the summer of 2020, he was forced to sell his boiler installation business amid reports it owed almost £2million to creditors. ImpraGas was sold for an undisclosed sum, safeguarding jobs, but shell company VBH Assets, co-owned by Joseph, entered into voluntary liquidation, owing £1.9million to creditors.

Joseph opened up on his battle with depression and public shaming after the failure of his company but said it made him even more determined. “It hit me very hard, I was very depressed for a couple of months, and one day I woke up and thought, ‘There is no way I am going to let this destroy me'”, Joseph told Mirror Online. “I had my credibility and my reputation to rebuild.”

He started from scratch and his course to support new and existing businesses on how to grow, Trade Mastermind and Power2Succeed, are going from strength to strength.

Mark Wright – Series 10 (2014)

Australian-born Mark won a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar in 2014, despite getting confused for the TOWIE star with the same name. He started his digital marketing agency, Climb Online, which has become the most successful company to have gained investment through the BBC show, bringing in £5million in its second year.

Away from business, Mark started dating another winner, Leah Totton, back in 2015, but they decided to keep the relationship quiet as they were nervous about what Lord Sugar would think. They struggled to keep their romance going while having incredibly busy work schedules, which made it almost impossible to be together.

They announced their split in October 2016 – with Mark explaining the reasons why it didn’t work out. Mark said: “We are both incredibly driven people and, due to our busy schedules, the relationship just wasn’t working, so we decided to go our separate ways. Leah is a lovely girl, and we remain good friends.” In August 2020, Mark officially became a UK citizen.

Leah Totton – Series Nine (2013)

Leah managed to see off stiff competition from Celebrity Big Brother star Luisa Zissman in 2013. The Irish GP used her £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar to open several cosmetic surgery clinics. The launch was controversial, with critics claiming it would encourage women to have more treatments, but Leah batted off the comments and her clinics have been a huge success.

She’s had a load of famous clients, including The Only Way Is Essex stars, and Karren Brady attended her launch event. Leah also worked part-time as a locum doctor in NHS A&E centre. Lord Sugar has visited the clinic many times – and Leah has joked she has offered him Botox many times but he “politely declines”.

Ricky Martin – Series Eight (2012)

Ricky Martin (no, not that one) was Livin’ La Dida Loca back in 2012 when he went into business with Shuggs. “I’m like a shark, right at the top of the food chain. I take what I want, when I want. I truly am the reflection of perfection,” boasted the former pro wrestler Ricky Martin on the show. He went on to win over Lord Sugar with his business plan for a specialist science recruitment company.

He is now the managing director of Essex-based business Hyper Recruitment Solutions, set up with the £250,000 investment winners now get. Qualified biochemist Ricky, who changed his name from Richard to emulate the pop star, and Lord Sugar each own half the business. He’s gone on to win numerous business awards, is earning several million pounds each year and is also dad to two kids with wife Gemma.

Tom Pellereau – Series Seven (2011)

It seemed like Tom would be straight out the door after he was on the losing team five weeks in a row. Exasperated, Lord Sugar once barked at him: “If you nod your head any longer, I’m going to put you on the back seat of my bloody car.” But the inventor still triumphed and went into business with the tycoon developing Stylfile nail care products to be sold at Tesco and Asda supermarkets.

Their company made a turnover of £1.5million thanks to his winning S-shaped nail file. Since then, he’s also launched a new makeup brush-cleaning gadget, Stylpro and other time-saving beauty tech like gel nail polish remover clips and a baby-safe nail clipper. Tom, who admits he still gets “shouted at all the time” by Lord Sugar, also went on to develop a collapsible baby bottle and a bowel cancer screening device.

Stella English – Series Six (2010)

The highs of winning the BBC series were soon followed by deep lows for Stella English, who was hired by Lord Sugar in 2010 in the final episode of that year’s series. Her success turned sour when she quit her £100,000 per year job with Lord Sugar, arguing she was used like an “overpaid lackey” and unsuccessfully attempting to sue her former boss.

Stella moaned that her role with Lord Alan Sugar’s computer company, Viglen, was nothing like she thought it would be and an insider said she felt like a “glorified PA”. A company spokesman confirmed that Stella would be switching companies to join web-connected TV service YouView, of which Lord Sugar was non-executive chairman.

But Stella didn’t enjoy her new role either and later claimed she felt pressured into taking the new position at Sugar’s internet set-top box company. Speaking on ITV’s Daybreak in September 2013, she explained: “Despite [the high salary] I couldn’t actually physically stay there, because it was unbearable. I had no future there, I knew that’s why I resigned.”

After resigning, Stella landed a £200,000-a-year consultant job with Citigroup, but things got ugly when Stella tried to sue Lord Sugar for constructive dismissal. In the March 2013 tribunal showdown, Stella claimed Lord Sugar told her that he “didn’t give a s***” if she left his company, but the panel decided her case “should never have been brought” and was “ill-advised”.

Following the case, the tycoon counter-sued his old employee, demanding that Stella pay for lawyers he employed during her failed constructive dismissal case against him – costs amounting to £50,000. “I do not know how I am going to feed my kids, never mind the mortgages,” she told the panel during the hearing.

Lord Sugar’s counterclaim failed as an East London Tribunal Service panel ruled that the mother-of-two should not have to repay any of the legal fees. Lord Sugar later accused her of aiming for a “tidy” out-of-court settlement, adding: “I’m afraid she underestimated me and her reputation is now in tatters.”

What happened next for Stella was an astonishing fall from grace as she went from the boardroom to the job centre, her marriage collapsed, and she had just £90 in the bank. “I wish I had never gone on The Apprentice. I’m broke and on my knees. I just don’t know how I’m going to carry on,” she told The Mirror in September 2013.

Stella struggled to find work at first but then appeared as a host for Crowd Box – a TV channel that helps entrepreneurs raise money through crowd-funding – and found work as a management consultant. Her love life also turned around as Stella found happiness with snooker player boyfriend Ali Carter in 2016, and they had a baby together in 2013 before splitting in 2019.

Yasmina Siadatan – Series Five (2009)

After becoming Lord Sugar’s Apprentice, Yasmina said: “I feel very lucky. Life is brilliant.” The steely brunette was tipped for greatness and immediately began working for Lord Sugar in a £100,000 a year deal. The restaurant owner worked at his Amscreen Healthcare company, which supplies advertising and information screens to hospitals and GPs.

The following year, she announced she was pregnant following a whirlwind romance with colleague Andrew Hepburn, going on maternity leave at Christmas 2010 and her first child was­ born the following month. She was due to return in January 2012, but told bosses she was expecting another baby.

After two years spent starting her family, Yasmina was “itching” to get back to work and was headhunted by Dragons’ Den star James Caan to be Head of Operations role in a Private Equity firm. “Once I had met various people in the organisation I was sold on the company as a whole, especially James himself, so it was just a case of them finding a role that would suit me,” said Yasmina.

“It wasn’t an advertised role but something that James matched my skills to, which is how a lot of people are brought into the company.” Yasmina then worked as creative director of Start Up Loans and as Head of Marketing at a fintech firm and also ran as a Conservative candidate for council for a by-election in Henley in March 2017.

Lee McQueen – Series Four (2008)

Charming Lee was renowned for his “That’s what I’m talking about!” catchphrase. The milkman’s son, who became owner of a million-pound company, rang in sick with food poisoning on what should have been his first day at Lord Sugar’s company. But he went on to work there for two and a half years, setting up a successful digital media business with his boss’ son Simon.

Lee worked for Alan Sugar’s Amshold company as a development director, developing Amscreen-branded digital display advertising products for the outdoor market. After deciding to leave, he said: “Having gained a huge amount of experience in my role at Amscreen, I felt now was the right time to start up on my own.”

Next, he founded a company, Raw Talent Academy, to help young people get recruitment and sales jobs. In 2010, Lee had 18 employees, and the firm was expected to make nearly £1.5million. He launched a technology platform, Phoenix51. He regularly appears as a co-host on Love Sport Radio’s Tottenham Fans Show.

Simon Ambrose – Series Three (2007)

Simon memorably caused Sir Alan to explode with frustration as he struggled to put together trampolines he was trying to flog on a television shopping channel. “Well, I’d like to think I’ve shown that a nice guy from a nice background sometimes can win,” he told Digital Spy.

But the Cambridge graduate won the series and went on to work for Lord Sugar’s property company Amsprop for three years, as well as studying to be a chartered surveyor. After leaving in 2010, Simon became a property developer, started running an events company and invested in a string of bars and restaurants in London.

Michelle Dewberry – Series Two (2006)

After landing a £100,000 job with Lord Sugar, Michelle worked on the launch of Xenon Green, which specialised in computer equipment disposal. She left the company before the end of her 12-month contract and set up her own consultancy firm to support aspiring young entrepreneurs.

Michelle also became a Sky News TV pundit and runs a shopping website, dailychic.co.uk. In July 2020, Michelle gave birth to a little boy nine weeks early with former Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan. Since 2021, she has hosted her own prime-time GB News show called Dewbs & Co.

Tim Campbell – Series One (2005)

The first ever winner of The Apprentice, Tim stormed to victory in 2005 after the most gruelling job interview of his life. The former London Underground transport manager joined Lord Sugar’s company Amstrad and launched the Integra anti-wrinkle device at Argos and Harrods.

He left in March 2007 after two years working with the big boss and set up social enterprise Bright Ideas Trust to support young entrepreneurs from disadvantaged backgrounds. “I never saw the Apprentice, Lord Alan’s position, as a job for life,” he told The Guardian. “It was on a plate for me but that wasn’t what it was about. I never saw him as a blank cheque.”

Tim became head of client services for recruitment firm Alexander Mann Solutions and then London Mayor Boris Johnson’s ambassador for training and enterprise. In December 2013, Tim was diagnosed with testicular cancer but fought back with the support of his wife Jasmine and was given the all-clear.

Tim received an MBE for Services to Enterprise Culture in 2012 and co-founded bespoke digital marketing agency Marketing Runners Ltd in 2016. In 2022, he had a full-circle moment as he took on the role of Alan’s sidekick, taking over from Claude Littner as he dealt with medical issues.

The Apprentice airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer tonight at 9pm.

News has just broken that Kanye West and Bianca Censori are heading for divorce, after getting married in January 2023.

The couple most recently courted controversy at the Grammy Awards on February 2 – and the night may have also been the beginning of the end of their relationship, after a fellow red carpet attendee claimed they seemed to be “arguing” between posing for photos.

At the event, Bianca, 30, wore a nude mesh dress made with such thin material that it could barely be seen, and appeared to be completely naked as she posed on the red carpet before she and Kanye, 47, were reportedly encouraged to leave.

Social media influencer Riley Mae Lewis, 21, got close to the couple on the red carpet, and claimed that Kanye and Bianca seemed at odds even while delivering their major scandal.

“I thought they might’ve been arguing or something,” she told The Sun, adding: “She didn’t look like was fully on board with the scandal he wanted to create on the carpet.”

Riley also said that the “energy” between Kanye and Bianca “seemed off,” and that she wasn’t the only person on the red carpet to think so – suggesting their behaviour at the Grammys raised alarm bells enough to become a topic of discussion for the stars in attendance. “It makes me concerned for what their relationship is like behind the scenes,” Riley added.

The actress also claimed that Kanye sent her a “flirty look” even as he stood next to his nude wife, and summarised: “The whole situation was weird.”

Riley shared: “Bianca did not look like she wanted to be there, and Kanye looked like he was loving the attention, knowing the publicity it would later bring him.”

As a closing point, Riley theorised that Kanye and Bianca’s dynamics at the Grammys – and potentially their major fallout there – was what led to “the downfall of Kanye on Twitter,” after the rapper went on a vile rampage on X on February 7.

While Riley and many fans suggested that Bianca looked very uncomfortable on the red carpet and may have been coerced into stripping down for the cameras, Kanye addressed the moment during his Twitter rant and made it clear that he was very pleased with Bianca’s nude look. “I keep staring at this photo like I was staring in admiration that night Thinking wow I am so lucky to have a wife that is so smart talented brave and hot,” he wrote.

“She took a break from shooting her first film to make a movie in real life. We Tailored that invisible dress 6 times And just like magic poof we disappeared. Thank you to all the outlets who recognized us and gave us back the energy we put in But I have to give a shout out to the American Vogue team for writing an article that places my wife in a strong positive light and also recognizes rightful strength. People asked how would your mother feel. You don’t know my mama b***h.”

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