"Celebrity Apprentice:" Who Was Fired?

Why are Chef Curtis Stone and wrestler Maria Kenellis still playing "Celebrity Apprentice," while singer Cyndi Lauper was fired by Donald Trump in Sunday night's episode?

It's all the more puzzling because the only thing the judges liked about Tenacity's project -- design an apartment for a corporate client -- was the room Lauper designed and decorated.

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The answer is talentless Holly Robbinson Peete, whose dictator-like management style resulted in overstuffed Balinese decor that the executives thought looked "cheap" and a seafoam paint choice that washed away any hope of winning the challenge.

She did a huge favor for Stone and Kenellis -- both on Sharon Osbourne's Rock Solid team -- which was spared a boardroom appearance. Then she took aim at Lauper, with whom she has been feuding all season, and tried to take credit for everything but the loss.

The singer's mistake was to let slip that Peete suggested using the color red for the room she designed. Suddenly, Peete's credit-grabbing attitude seemed to have some validity. Lauper kept explaining that she was only being truthful, but the Trumps -- both Jr. and Sr. -- kept pointing out that she volunteered the information and withholding it wasn't exactly lying.

Caught in the middle of the cat fight was rocker Bret Michaels, who threw Lauper under threw bus for diva-like behavior that wasn't too different from what Michaels himself exhibited earlier in the season.

Good for him that he's grown during the challenges but how sad he didn't recognize those familiar shortcomings that tend to come with creativity.

Next week, according to previews, three people are fired and the field is narrowed to the final two.

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