Last week’s explosive episode of The Apprentice saw Lord Sugar refusing to name a winning team, so we were doubtful that the newest episode could be just as dramatic.
But oh how wrong we were, thanks to this week’s candy-themed challenge. The two teams were tasked with creating their own line of sweets and then selling them in Brighton.
Seems simple, right? Well, luckily for us, but perhaps unluckily for the contestants, this didn’t quite prove to be the case.
When you decide to sell rock but realise how hard it is to make #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/L0IbCChCHh
— dee👻 (@CarefulDear) October 20, 2016
The best thing about this week’s episode was the incredible innuendos in it. Seriously, it was enough to rival The Great British Bake Off.
The Nebula team decided to call their brand of sweets Suck It And Sea. A slightly, ahem, suggestive name, and people on Twitter just couldn’t handle it. That’s right: the team managed to make something as innocent as sweets seem rude.
…ya never knowwww #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/750b8tEwid
— fern (@fernmorrisx) October 20, 2016
Suck it and sea. Surely they won't call it that 😳😳😳 #TheApprentice
— Daniel Tonks (@Daniel_Tonks) October 20, 2016
They've made a salty flavoured product and called it 'Suck it & See'.
Interesting strategy. #TheApprentice
— Ryan Garcia (@RyanGarcia_1994) October 20, 2016
Yelling the name up and down the streets of Brighton really didn’t help.
Most Inappropriate. Sales Pitch. Ever. #theapprentice pic.twitter.com/9aHOUjogbB
— The Apprentice (@bbcapprentice) October 20, 2016
Standing in the street yelling "Suck it"?! FFS! #TheApprentice
— Airion (@TheAirion) October 20, 2016
What made things even worse was the fact that some of the shots in the show accidentally had phallic images in the background.
Gratuitous nudity rating for this week: 3. Saw flashes of things I didn't quite want to see. #theapprentice
— Anthony J Myers (@ajmy) October 20, 2016
This wasn’t the only problem that Suck It And Sea encountered. For some strange reason, they decided to opt for a salt and vinegar flavoured fudge. Which, as we’re sure you can agree, sounds just plain disgusting.
Salt and vinegar fudge?? #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/jdYvO7R1Gt
— John Isherwood (@johnisherwood) October 20, 2016
Why would you inflict salt and vinegar flavour on an innocent piece of fudge? :( #theapprentice
— Gwilym J. James (@gwilymjjames) October 20, 2016
Seriously, who would want to eat that flavour?
"Salt and Vinegar Fudge" #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/biFZWQz34m
— Apprentice Reactions (@ApprenticeNOT) October 20, 2016
Whoever came up with the salt and vinegar fudge should qualify for automatic firing #TheApprentice
— Bethan Smith (@BethSaysThings) October 20, 2016
Phew. So all in all, it wasn’t a good day for candy. But it was Oliver who had an even worse day, as the latest contestant to be fired.
Willy Wonka must be face palming #theapprentice
— Hey Sailor (@heysailortweets) October 20, 2016
We’re just a bit gutted that there just weren’t any puns on Lord Sugar’s name – c’mon guys, it was handed to you on a plate!
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