Celebs Hit Streets for Trump's New Apprentice
Jenna Jameson by Denise Truscello/WireImage.com
Celebrities are now vying for the position of
Donald Trump's "top dog" by taking their business to the streets. Literally.
Seven of 14 celebs on
The Apprentice's first celebrity edition were behind two Sabrett hot-dog carts in midtown Manhattan Friday afternoon to tape a challenge for the NBC show. Led by
America's Got Talent judge
Piers Morgan on the megaphone, the celebrities stopped curious passersby for a donation to charity and an authentic New York street hot dog. At another location, some of the female contestants (including
Omarosa,
Marilu Henner and Playmate Tiffany Fallon) were manning their own cart.
While Morgan was the moneyman for his team, country-music star
Trace Adkins, actor
Stephen Baldwin and UFC fighter Tito Ortiz served up the franks. Heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis,
Sopranos star
Vinnie Pastore and Kiss frontman
Gene Simmons handled the crowd, gladly posing for pictures as long as a donation was made and a hot dog was sold.
A few celebrity friends stopped by for a quick bite, including fellow
Sopranos actor Bobby Funaro and actress
Jenna Jameson. The Donald himself even showed up, along with New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, to check on the progress of the task.
The largest donations of the day came when $5,000 and $10,000 checks were presented to the gracious celebrities by passing businessmen.
"Donald is going to be very proud of us," said Morgan, as he kissed a $5,000 check.
- Reporting by Rob Moynihan
