Omarosa Manigault-Newman is pivoting from the White House back to reality television, and she’s doing it by throwing daggers at President Donald Trump and her old West Wing colleagues.
In an episode of ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ airing Thursday night, the former communications director for the administration’s Office of Public Liaison says America is in trouble with Trump at the helm.
‘No, it’s going to not be okay. It’s not. It’s so bad,’ she warns in a video preview.
‘I was haunted by tweets every single day,’ she recalled of her time at the White House, ‘like, “What is he going to tweet next?”‘
‘It’s bad,’ a choked-up Omarosa claimed.
Omarosa Manigault-Newman entered the Celebrity Big Brother house on Wednesday and is already complaining about her time working in the White House
Manigault-Newman told fellow contestant Ross Matthews that America is ‘going to not be okay’ under Trump: ‘It’s so bad’
Omarosa complained about being paralyzed with fear about what Donald Trump would tweet next and said she tried to be the voice of reason but was attacked for it
The former White House aide resigned in January but questions remain about whether she was forced out
Speaking to fellow contestant Ross Matthews in hushed tones, she said that she did her best to be a voice of reason, advising Trump that his take-no-prisoners social media style wasn’t helping him.
‘I tried to be that person,’ and then all of the people around him attacked me,’ she said, singling out Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner for blame.
‘It was like, “Keep her away. Don’t give her access. Don’t let her talk to him.” And it’s like, Ivanka’s there, Jared’s there.’
Asked if there’s anyone left at the White House who has the power to intervene, she shrugged.
‘I don’t know. I’m not there. It’s not my circus, not my monkeys,’ Omarosa said.
‘I’d like to say “not my problem,” but I can’t say that.’
Omarosa blamed Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner for cutting off her access to the president
The ontime ‘Apprentice’ bad-girl star who met Donald Trump while taping the popular reality series insisted that she had honorable intentions when she accepted a role in the Trump White House.
‘I felt like it was, like, a call to duty. I felt that I was serving my country, not serving him,’ she said.
‘When ever was it accepting a political appointment? It was always about the country.’
When the ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ hosts introduced her as a contestant, Omarosa predicted a tough battle ahead.
‘Here in the Big Brother house there’s people who want to stab you in the back, kind of similar to the White House, so it’s “game on”,’ she said.
In happier times, Omarosa and Donald Trump chummed it up during last year’s Halloween trick-or-treat event at the White House
The Celebrity Big Brother cast includes (L-R): Metta World Peace, Brandi Glanville, Keshia Knight Pullman, Ross Matthews, Shannon Elizabeth, Mark McGrath, Omarosa Manigault, James Maslow, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Ariadna Gutierrez and Chuck Liddell
Prior to her White House resignation, Omarosa became increasingly unpopular with senior Trump aides including Chief of Staff John Kelly.
One of Kelly’s first orders of business was to take away Omarosa’s Oval Office ‘walk-in’ privileges in order to isolate her from the president.
She was reportedly escorted off the White House grounds after her resignation came into effect on January 20.