You could call it one of those pivotal moments in Ivanka Trump's life.
Before Donald Trump left his successful TV show 'The Apprentice' to run for president in 2015, he tried to convince NBC to hire Ivanka as his replacement. This information comes from a new report by Variety..
According to a new book called 'Apprentice in Wonderland,' Donald Trump expressed that Ivanka would be the best choice to take over. He said that nobody else would be as good as her.
The book, written by Ramin Setoodeh, explores Donald Trump's time on the show and Ivanka's role as one of his advisers. Trump pushed for NBC to make Ivanka the new star of the show.
If Ivanka had become the new star of 'The Apprentice' as her father suggested, it's possible she would wonder how her life would have turned out differently. Instead, she chose to join her father's campaign trail in 2015 and 2016.
It's widely known that Ivanka faced backlash for supporting her father's campaign. When Trump made controversial remarks and policies, Ivanka faced criticism for not speaking out against them.
Ivanka's reputation suffered further when she joined her father's administration and didn't publicly challenge his controversial statements and policies. She was accused of being entitled and self-serving. After Trump lost the 2020 election, Ivanka and her husband realized they would be shunned if they returned to New York, so they moved to Miami. This information is from Vanity Fair.Variety also reported that Ivanka's older brothers, Don Jr. and Eric, were in discussions to co-star in a version of 'The Apprentice' led by Ivanka.
In an interview for “Apprentice in Wonderland,” Eric Trump mentioned that there were talks about the three of them co-starring in the show for a while.
However, NBC reportedly didn't like the idea of the show becoming a family affair. It's unclear if NBC would have agreed to let Ivanka take over the show on her own.
In the end, Ivanka missed out on the opportunity to have her own TV show. NBC ended its relationship with the Trump family after Donald Trump's controversial remarks about Mexican immigrants.
In 2017, NBC brought back “The Apprentice” series with “The New Celebrity Apprentice,” featuring action star and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The program first aired in January 2017, before Trump’s inauguration, but was stopped after one season because not many people watched it.
