She’s the former Olympic swimmer who famously butted heads with PR guru Roxy Jacenko on the 2013 season of Celebrity Apprentice.
And Stephanie Rice has revealed she has moved on from the on-air stouch, despite Roxy continuing to bring up the fracas.
Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, Stephanie said she had moved on adding she bore Roxy no ill will.
Forgotten: Stephanie Rice has revealed she has moved on from the on-air stouch with Roxy Jacenko on the 2013 Celebrity Apprentice
‘It doesn’t impact my life in any way,’ she told the publication. ‘For me, and it doesn’t matter who the person is, if you hold on to grudges or negative experiences, you don’t allow yourself to move on.’
Stephanie added that while ;she assumed part responsibility for the ill will, she never considered it to be an issue.
‘I don’t have anything against her. I don’t see a problem, in my eyes anyway.’
Over it: ‘It doesn’t impact my life in any way,’ Stephanie told the Sydney Morning Herald. ‘For me, and it doesn’t matter who the person is, if you hold on to grudges or negative experiences, you don’t allow yourself to move on’
She continued: ‘It takes two to tango. I assume responsibility for being a 50 per cent contributor to what was potentially going on. I didn’t think it was a big problem, but maybe to her it was.’
The main reason for the falling out was Roxy appearing to have an issue with Stephanie’s perceived lack of effort when assisting her with tasks on the 2013 season of Celebrity Apprentice Australia.
In November 2014, Roxy insisted on the Kyle and Jackie O Show that she would not be repairing her relationship with Stephanie, following a series of spats on the program.
Ying and yang: The main reason for the falling out was Roxy appearing to have an issue with Stephanie’s perceived lack of effort when assisting her with tasks on the 2013 season of Celebrity Apprentice Australia.
‘I won’t be mending it,’ she stated, before adding that ‘without question Stephanie Rice was one of the rudest and laziest people I have ever met.’
It appears that water hasn’t traveled under the bridge for Roxy who recently took a dig at her former co star while speaking on the Gold Coast.
Speaking at an In Conversation With Roxy event, she quipped that her and Stephanie were ‘wonderful friends,’ before adding a cheeky ‘or not’ while discussing their relationship on the Apprentice.
Strong words: ‘I won’t be mending it,’ she said of her relationship with Stephanie on Kyle And Jackie O in 2014, before adding that ‘without question Stephanie Rice was one of the rudest and laziest people I have ever met.’
She told the audience: ‘I have always taken risks. I have had the opportunity to do Celebrity Apprentice and had wonderful friends with a resident of the Gold Coast Stephanie Rice… or not!’
Appearing on Nova’s Fitzy and Wippa in April last year, Roxy brought up the feud again when quizzed by the hosts if she would join the Real Housewives Of Sydney cast.
‘You’d be perfect on it!’ co-host Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald interjected, to which Roxy replied: ‘Yeah I’d probably be ruthless. Is Stephanie Rice available?’
However, when contacted by Daily Mail Australia, Roxy hinted that she too had moved on, saying succinctly: ‘it’s the past.’
Dig: Speaking at an In Conversation With Roxy event, she quipped that her and Stephanie were ‘wonderful friends,’ before adding a cheeky ‘or not’ while discussing their relationship on the Apprentice