Alex Short: Last News

Viewers of The Apprentice were left gobsmacked on Thursday night after witnessing a huge blunder.

The Apprentice star Alex Short became the fourth casualty of the boardroom after he was fired by Lord Alan Sugar. The 27 year old, who lives in Hartford and owns a Commercial Cleaning Company, became the fourth male in a row to be fired on Thursday 29 January after he stepped up to the role of project manager for Team Infinity in a tense fish task.

The One Show this evening, the star, 59, who played Tony Smart in the sitcom, didn't hold back as he shared his thoughts on the behaviour of the remaining candidates who are vying to win the £250,000 prize and investment from Lord Alan Sugar.The star spoke to BBC presenters Jermaine Jenas and Lauren Laverne about the new series of The Good Karma Hospital.However, the duo first spoke to The Apprentice: You're Fired! host Tom Allen about the series so far this year.The funnyman gave an insight into this week's show, which sees the remaining contestants set out to create a non-alcoholic beverage.In the clip, some of the contestants could be heard arguing about the amount of salt to put in their beverage.Harpreet Kaur could be heard telling her team to use "five drops of salt, unless you put more and put something like 10".Wanting to try both, Alex Short said to her: "Give it to me once you've done this and we'll put 10 drops in and we'll make one more and we'll do five drops."However, Harpreet thought that they were pressed for time.She said: "We're not making another drink, we're just going with this."However, Alex didn't agree, replying: "Get another one going now."But she soon snatched the vial out of his hand claiming that they didn't have any more time."We're not making another one, please make this" she insisted as her fellow candidates looked on amused at the scene.Karren Brady watched the scene in silence before the entrepreneurs tasted the results of their non-boozy tipple.Following the preview, Lauren went on to ask the actor about his ale company."How easy is it to make your own drinks?" Lauren quizzed the actor."You nearly fell off the sofa after watching that!" Jermaine quipped, commenting on Neil's shocked