NBC’s the Apprentice Season 8 youngest contestant and the ‘Baby of the group,’ Poppy Carlig was recently fired from the show for failing to create a fragrance display station that best represents Kim Kardashian’s style.
“It’s like an arts and craft project…it lacks sophistication,” according to Kim Kardashian.
Poppy Carlig, 24 (Richmond, Calif.), a recent Stanford graduate, who has a Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology and Master’s in Sociology, hasn’t been able to secure a full time job in her chosen field. She was offered a job doing breast cancer research, but unfortunately due to the economic recession, the funding fell through. Carlig currently lives in Richmond, California with her parents and works as a part time caretaker for her grandmother. As a competitive synchronized swimmer, making the Olympic training squad and winning 4 NCAA championship titles in college, Carlig is ready to use her competition skills.
In a conversation with Poppy Carlig, she discussed her love affair with former competitor and NBC’s The Apprentice season 8 contestant, David Johnson and her rebuttal to Kim Kardashian’s statement on her project.
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Daedrian McNaughton: On the Apprentice, David had very little regard for you. Now , you are a couple. How did this romance start, and how is it going now?
Poppy Carlig: After I was fired all the contestants go to a place called the Ponderosa which is a hotel for all the fired contestants. And it was actually my birthday when I was fired. So we all as a group went out to dinner. The next day we went to Ellis Island and David took me aside and, deeply apologized to me. And I think he realized that I was more than just a well educated young person. So he apologized to me, and we had a long conversation, and just sort of got to know one another. And I definitely had a lot of reservations about him before entering the relationship. But we started hitting it off really well.
Daedrian McNaughton: In the Kim Kardashian task you said you had similar taste, yet she thought that your work lack sophistication. How did you feel when you found out what she said about your project?
Poppy Carlig: After seeing the other team’s product I agreed with the lack of sophistication. But at the same time if you look at her promo material she is wearing this huge gaudy beau and it has rhinestones earrings in her ears that are enormous. So, for her to say that she was – that we were entirely way off, I think she should look at her picture first.
