Interviews || By: || April 4, 2010 08:00 AM EST

Celebrity Apprentice's Summer Sanders on her Bizarre Cast and the Contents of Nickelodeon Slime

It seemed harmless. Donald wasn't going to fire Cyndi.

Yeah, no. I mean, he asked me a question. I actually listened to The Donald's questions.

He asked who on my team was the weakest player, and maybe they thought I should've said myself. But I really didn't think I was the weakest player. I felt as if we all sort of knew what kept getting us off track. As much as we love her, she was a bit of a distraction at times. You can only go so far in this game not telling someone the truth. I tried to say it as nicely as I could. You'll see in this next episode -- we all love Cyndi, but there are times when she tries our patience. And so, you have to talk to her about it. You'll see. Bret [Michaels] and Cyndi share that creative way of going about things, which I appreciate. But when you only have six hours to accomplish a task that should take you three or four months, you sometimes need them to just get to the point. You know, "I love, appreciate all this, but maybe come back to us when you have your point. And I know it'll be great." One of those deals.

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Unfortunately, it seems like Cyndi is always determined to answer her own questions and no one else's.

We need to go back to that old-school mentality of, like, second grade. If you have a question and everyone else is talking, raise your hand and we'll get to you. And that's sort of what I said to her post-boardroom. I said, "Listen, we've got to work through this. We're part of a team. How can we talk to you? How can we make this better?" And we did, we figured it out. And you'll see more of that as the show goes on.

I'm from Illinois, so you have to understand that Rod Blagojevich's presence sends me into hideous flashbacks. What did you make of him on the show? Does he really speechify every three seconds?

It's unbelievable, isn't it? It's almost like he's a caricature of himself. The funny thing is, people are like, "Is he really like that?" And of course I don't know the guy. I only know him from working with him on the show. But he's exactly that way. The way he comes across is the way he is on TV. I don't think he's a good representation of politicians, I hope. I think it was maybe ten seconds after meeting him that he told me he was innocent. And that the truth would be told. That he'd be exonerated. I remember just walking away going, "I don't know what just happened." I have no idea, that whole exchange. I mean, it's sad, because people are analyzing everything, from his eyes to his hair to his lip, or lack thereof. I have to say, he's smooth. He knows how to not answer the question. But you think he answered the question -- so much so that he even gets the Donald. The Donald will ask him a question, and he gets done, and you're like, "I don't even know if he answered it or not. It seemed like he did? Alright, let's move on." Yeah, but the state of Illinois must be absolutely livid or loving the fact that he's just laying it all out there.

His dialogue with Donald is fascinating.

A part of me was like, "Maybe I need to sit down with him, because I'm not really good in the boardroom. I need some tips." Then I thought twice about it and didn't do it.

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