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Why did Reece leave The Apprentice?
THE Apprentice season 17 was certainly filled with plenty of high drama.
One candidate who shocked viewers was , who left the show midway through the series.
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Who was Reece Donnelly on The Apprentice?
Reece Donnelly is a director of the Theatre School of Scotland.
The Glasgow-native took time out of this role to be on The Apprentice 2023
Upon joining season 17, he said: "I hope you all enjoy the show as much as we laughed making it.
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"As the first Scottish candidate in over 8 years, let’s do this Scotland."
Why did Reece Donnelly leave The Apprentice?
During season 17, episode six (February 9, 2023) it was revealed by the BBC that Ryan had left The Apprentice for "health reasons".
But The Sun exclusively revealed he was actually fired from the show.
The incident happened when the contestants jetted to Dubai for a task.
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It was reported that he was "drunk by the time" he landed that it was "deemed unsafe" for him to take part and he was sent home again.
A TV insider said: “The Apprentice has never had anything quite like this happen before.
“It’s the first one someone has been shown the door in the contest by someone other than Lord Sugar.
“But producers take health and safety extremely seriously and have a duty of care to all the candidates.
“Having him take part in a task when he was unfit to do so was something they simply couldn’t contemplate.”
What has Reece Donnelly said?
After leaving the show, Reece spoke to The Sun, and said: "I don’t have any comment to make on that.
“I left the show due to health reasons and I’ve said this.
“In life, you need to make a choice and listen to your body and that’s exactly what I did.
"It’s a choice that I’ll probably think about for a long time but I made the choice to put my body first and to put your health first and that’s something I’ll always stand by.
“Health over wealth always.”
Reece stepped down from the flagship Beeb show after a six-week stint.
He added to The Sun: “I was unable to complete the task in Dubai for health reasons and therefore I could not continue on The Apprentice.
"I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time on the show and I’m looking forward to watching my fellow candidates in the rest of the series.
"My goal of being on The Apprentice was to showcase that Scotland has amazing businesses and entrepreneurs, I really hope I’ve done that.
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"I’m so grateful for my time with Lord Sugar and the team.”
A spokesperson for The Apprentice said: “Reece was unable to continue in the process, this was discussed and agreed between Reece and programme-makers.”
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