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Tom Arnold Claims He Has Video Of Trump Saying 'Every Offensive, Racist Thing Ever'
From a different offensive tape.
Actor Tom Arnold says he has footage of President-elect Donald Trump saying "every dirty, every offensive, racist thing ever." You don't say?
As a producer on seasons 1 & 2 of #theapprentice I assure you: when it comes to the #trumptapes there are far worse. #justthebegininng
— Bill Pruitt (@billpruitt) October 8, 2016
Arnold made the claim during an interview with Seattle radio show The Dori Monson Show, explaining the video (which features outtakes from The Apprentice) was sent around Christmas a few years ago. He also claims that, before the election, he was asked to release the tapes by a CAA agent and Hillary Clinton.
"When the people sent it to me, it was funny. Hundreds of people have seen these. It was sort of a Christmas video they put together. He wasn’t going to be president of the United States. It was him sitting in that chair using the N-word, using the C-word, calling his son a retard. I get a call from Arnold’s CAA agent, sitting next to Hillary Clinton. They said, ‘I need you to release him saying the N-word.’ I said, ‘Well, now these people—two editors and an associate producer—are scared to death. They’re scared of his people, they’re scared of they’ll never work again, there’s a $5 million confidentiality agreement.”
Agre F-ME. Complicated. just been my career or death threats FO would've in Oct. I've Heard $ ruin death threats 4, 30 yr. Norm folks scared https://t.co/Kgi9TWTrFz
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 20, 2016
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