We start with Star and NeNe returning from the boardroom to the suite. La Toya hugged NeNe. Star admitted to the camera that she only told NeNe she would discuss her outburst only to get herself out of that situation. “I had no intention of talking.”

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NeNe on the other hand tells everyone “I actually told Star I need to have a conversation with her.” She later told the camera that Star is nowhere to be found, which “means she can’t stand the heat. I get it, you’re scared. We’ll be fighting ’till the end. Game on. I thought you were strong Ms. Jones. Come back and play with the big girls honey.”

At the task assignment, Trump said he had really hoped NeNe and Star could have worked things out. Trump asked Star if things can be worked out between the two and Star said no. So, Trump made Meat Loaf and NeNe switch teams. Trump then asked Star “Do you feel better now?” When Star said she did, NeNe was surprised. She told the camera, “I am not in a good place right now. And I just need to be alone and that’s all I know to do right now. As I walk out of the comedy club, I am not sure what I need to do, I just know that I need some time.” 

We then cut to Team Backbone, NeNe’s new team, and they have no idea where NeNe is. “Where the hell is NeNe at, man, for real,” asked Lil Jon. They frantically try to call her but no one can get a hold of her, so, they started the task without her.

John Rich made a cute little ditty called, “Where the Hell is NeNe” In the hopes that the song would conjure her up and the team would then get an extra person making calls for donations. It went something like this, “NeNe, NeNe, where the hell did you go? Guess you don’t wanna work today with your new team Backbone!”

Team Backbone eventually told Ivanka that NeNe had disappeared who must have alerted her father. The Donald called NeNe on her cell phone and told her he has never called anyone before but called her because she has “great ability.” He also warned her, “You should not quit. If you quit, it’s gonna follow you for the rest of your life.” NeNe shot back. “You accommodated Star. You have seven talents that are still left. You can’t just accommodate her, that’s not fair.” NeNe then told the camera that Trump bought Star’s “Bullshit” and that she did not have to stay and put up with BS to raise money for her charity. “Best thing to do is for me to walk away.” 

Trump told her, “You got this far, for you to quit at the end is stupid. It’s stupid.” Meanwhile, Team Backbone kept calling NeNe and they only got her voice mail until NeNe texted La Toya to say she quit for good because Star brings out the worst in her. John Rich said, “Star beat her, Star ran her off. That is so amateur, I can’t say I have a healthy amount of respect for that…NeNe is so disappointing to me. You can’t just leave your team and abandon us. She didn’t even say good bye. We didn’t do anything to her.”  Lil Jon added, “She was on a losing team,” John Rich interrupted, “Now she is now on a winning team and didn’t show up.”

So, there you have it…just like that, we last see NeNe in a New York cab to …only NeNe knows where…But that did not stop Donald from ‘firing’ NeNe. In the boardroom, without NeNe present, Donald said let’s talk about NeNe. “The fact is, she left. She quit. She gave up…We’ve had this happen before and those people have always called me and said it was the worst decision they’ve ever made because everyone calls them a ‘loser, a quitter.’ So, to you NeNe I say, ‘You’re fired. You’re a quitter and Star Jones kicked your ass whether you like it or not.'” Ah, well said Donald, but, you realize NeNe was NOT in the room, right? And that you can’t fire someone who’s quit, you know that right?…just FYI…


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