Trump couldn’t believe a gay ‘Apprentice’ contestant wasn’t attracted to Ivanka

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A former Apprentice contestant has revealed that Donald Trump could hardly believe another contestant was gay ā€“ because that meant he wasnā€™t attracted to Trumpā€™s daughter.

Season six contestant Jean Hoffman wrote recently about the exchange, revealing that Trump was incredulous that daughter Ivanka ā€œdid nothingā€ for the gay competitor.

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Hoffman was at a dinner early on during the taping of the season, along with Trump and her gay teammate Derek Arteta.

Trump was apparently ā€œshockedā€ to find out that Arteta was gay.

ā€œSo youā€™re not attracted to my daughter?ā€ he asked disbelievingly.

ā€œSo Ivanka does nothing for you?ā€

Making the moment even stranger, Hoffman noted that Ivanka wasnā€™t even at the dinner ā€“ but Trumpā€™s wife, Melania, was ā€“ and yet he still chose his daughter ā€œas the standard bearer of hotness to test for gayness in men.ā€

Not that itā€™s the first time Trumpā€™s made us all feel a bit uncomfortable about his relationship with Ivanka.

In 2004 he called her a ā€œpiece of assā€ while talking to Howard Stern, and in 2006 he suggested that if she werenā€™t his daughter, the two of them would probably be dating.

Ivanka popped up in headlines again recently when the BuzzFeed CEO claimed that sheā€™d once said she wanted to see ā€œa mulatto c*ck,ā€ which she strenuously denied.

Trumpā€™s reaction to the gay contestant is all too plausible given that heā€™s been hit by a lawsuit from a former employee alleging homophobic discrimination.

Meanwhile Trump posed on stage with a Pride flag, despite his continuing support of anti-LGBT policies.

A report on his charitable giving also revealed that he once gatecrashed a fundraising event for a nursery for kids with HIV and AIDS, despite not donating a single penny.

The report found that of 420 charities Trump has claimed a connection to, he had only given just one personal gift, of less than $10,000, since 2008.