Blago Reportedly Joins "Celebrity Apprentice"

By: Stephanie Condon
Topics: In The News

(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will have to face the law next summer -- but first he'll face the judgment of Donald Trump.

Blagojevich is reportedly set to appear on the NBC reality television show, "Celebrity Apprentice." On the program, hosted by Trump, 14 allegedly famous people compete in business-oriented tasks.

According to various reports, NBC has not yet officially confirmed the cast for the ninth season, slated to start in spring 2010.

The former governor is best known for alleged entrepreneurial schemes that have been deemed suspect in the eyes of the law: Blagojevich is scheduled to stand trial in June 2010 on federal corruption charges for allegedly planning to sell or trade President Obama's former U.S. Senate seat. He has pleaded not guilty.

A federal judge earlier this year refused to allow him to leave the country for another reality show, NBC's "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!", while awaiting trial. His wife Patti appeared on the program.

Blagojevich also hit the media circuit this year to promote his book, "The Governor."

Stephanie Condon
Stephanie Condon is a political reporter for CBSNews.com.
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by kansas1946 October 16, 2009 10:34 PM EDT: Could we just quit hearing about this lunatic. That "Celebrity Apprentice" show has got to have an audiance of morons. I can not imagine anyone with an IQ over 60 watching it. Blago....JUST GO AWAY; Reply to this comment


by jsd330 October 16, 2009 9:56 PM EDT: If you don't like who's on the show, don't watch it. That's why there is more then one television station.; Reply to this comment


by ianlou October 16, 2009 4:29 PM EDT: You've got to be brain dead to watch anything Donald Trump produces.
Blago is famous only because he was scandalously driven out of office.

And as far as Trump's choice of Rush to judge the Miss America Pagent:
I don't understand!
How can beautiful women be judged by their obsolute opposite!

Contestants = women
Rush = man
Contestants = trim and fit
Rush = fat and sweaty
Contestants = polite and demure
Rush = rude and loud
Contestants = clueless, self-absorbed, self-serving air heads.
Rush = ...

Oh, now I get it.; Reply to this comment