'Apprentice' victor seems a bit bossy
October 24, 2005 (NY Daily News) Here's a soul-searching question for "The Apprentice 3" winner Kendra Todd: Might it be time to get over yourself?...
...The 27-year-old Florida real-estate agent - who had her 15 minutes of fame in May, when Donald Trump picked her to be his his third-season acolyte - seems to have an exaggerated sense of her place in the celebrity food chain.
Lowdown hears that since she was anointed, Todd has ordered her reps to pursue gigs that normally go to A-list celebs, including the MTV Video Music Awards hosting slot - which, incidentally, went to Sean (Diddy) Combs - and a spot on the Sept. 9 six-network Hurricane Katrina telethon alongside such celebs as Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston and Chris Rock.
Even more unusual are the diva-like demands that Todd's reps have been making for self-promotional appearances. According to an E-mail sent on Todd's behalf to party planners at San Francisco's Levende Lounge - where she hosted a "Success Party" this summer - Todd requested, among other things: a limo to and from the venue, a red carpet with barricades, "4 attractive people" to work the door, three bottles of alcohol and a "large, controlled, roped-off VIP section with Security (who will need to be briefed on potential exit strategies and worst-case scenarios beforehand)." Like what? Nobody showing up?
The E-mail continued: "Under no circumstances is anyone permitted to enter the roped-off section before Kendra's arrival to that section first."
Todd's grandiose demands apparently didn't sit well with Rubenstein Public Relations, which dropped her as a client after three months. Todd's former rep would say only: "Rubenstein Public Relations no longer represents Kendra Todd."
Todd, for her part, responded: "I don't know where you're getting that information from. I have a lot of capable people who have done a lot of amazing things for me. I had a great relationship with Rubenstein, and I'm sure they made many requests on my behalf, without my knowledge. I'm flattered if they went after those opportunities for me."
She went on: "I'm a very low-maintenance, down-to-earth person. I don't make those types of demands."
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