‘The Apprentice’ alum joins Women for Trump and speaks out against ‘sad’ contestants endorsing Harris

An “Apprentice” alum and attorney has joined the campaign for Donald Trump as some reality TV alums publicly endorsed Kamala Harris ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election.

Erin Elmore appeared on season three of NBC’s “The Apprentice” in 2006 and was “fired” after nine episodes, but says the experience was immeasurable in the impact it had on both her and Trump’s careers them.

Elmore is one of 11 “Apprentice” contestants who recently wrote a public letter in support of former President Trump’s re-election bid after another cohort publicly endorsed Vice President Harris.

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Their letter read: “It is disappointing and shameful that these competitors would use the platform which Donald Trump he gave them to attack him in this way. Is this the thanks he gets for literally changing the trajectory of our lives?”

A letter obtained by Politico from six people previously involved with “The Apprentice” claimed that former President Trump is a “divisive, self-interested and erratic leader with a fragile ego.”

Elmore wholeheartedly disagrees with the letter’s characterization, claiming in an interview with Fox News Digital that “every success I have in this life and everything I do is because of Donald Trump.”

She joined the show in 2006 as a 26-year-old fresh out of law school and almost made it to Season 3.

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“Yes, I heard the words, “you’re fired.” But I was rehired in the campaign many, many years later,” Elmore said in an interview with Fox News Digital. “But before we got into that, you know, Donald Trump was someone who saw a young man who was ambitious; he gave me all the opportunities in the world. After I left the show, he asked me, ‘What do you want to do?’ And I said, ‘I want to go into journalism.’ you do.”

“And he wrote me a letter of recommendation, handed me a folio of people I could contact. He said, “This is on you. That’s your job to do.”

— Erin Elmore

Elmore landed a job in the news media after his time on the Jacksonville, Florida-based show before working at QVC. She says that all changed when Donald Trump first stepped down the escalator in 2015 and threw his hat into the ring for commander in chief.

“I was there for about ten years and I was very comfortable,” Elmore told Fox News Digital. “I got married. I had a child. And by the way, in both monumental situations in my life, who did I get surprise phone calls from Donald Trump saying, “Congratulations on your wedding. I heard you had a beautiful son. Congratulations. So our paths have always been connected.”

“But when he came down the golden escalator and said he was running for president, I called his personal assistant who I’ve kept in touch with for ten years. I said, “Rona, I’m quitting my job. I have six… a month old baby at home, I will dedicate my life to choose this man”.

Erin Elmore was deputy press secretary in 2016 for the RNC and as Trump’s surrogate in the same cycle. She stepped up again in 2024 for re-election efforts as part of the Women for Trump bus tour, which visits swing states with the likes of Lara Trump.

She says she finds it “sad” that other “The Apprentice” alumni didn’t see the character she sees in former President Trump.

“Not only were you exposed to the American platform, but you had everyone in America watching you,” Elmore told Fox News Digital. “But Donald Trump gave us the opportunity to meet with titans of industry, business leaders, CEOs — the networking opportunities were absolutely world-class.”

“And I just don’t know how anyone could say they haven’t been given all the opportunities in the world. Yes, I approached Donald Trump after I was on the show and said, “Would you write me a letter of recommendation. Would you help me with some job opportunities? But you know what? That’s how the world works. We have to pick ourselves up and be successful and the fact that these people can’t really see what the show has done for them says more about them than us,” added Elmore.

As for what’s in store after next week presidential electionsElmore says she plans to focus on her family first, including her son’s student council campaign.

“We’re all scared. We’re all emotional. But for me, the most important thing is to be a good wife and mother,” Elmore said. “And I’ve been in this game for a long time, and I know that so many people want so many amazing things. I think what I’m going to do is manage my son’s student council campaign because I know exactly what to do in politics.”

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“And if I, as my husband says, ‘never say no to a job that hasn’t been offered to you yet,'” she added. “So if I’m offered a position, I’m going to pick up the phone again, like I did in 2016, and say, ‘President Trump, whatever you need. I’m there because I believe in you and support you.”