‘Posh’ Apprentice star Ryan-Mark eats McDonald’s with a knife and fork – and fans are horrified
THE Apprentice's Ryan-Mark Parsons has horrified fans of the show after he was pictured eating a McDonald's burger with a knife and fork.
The 19-year-old was one of this series' biggest personalities with his posh accent and sassy remarks, but his dining methods have caused a stir online.
Sitting in a window seat at a branch of the fast food chain, Ryan-Mark tucked into his food with metal cutlery that he presumably brought along himself.
He looked as suave as ever in a suit with red tie and pocket square with a black trench coat draped over his shoulders.
After he'd polished off his grub, he smiled as he spoke on his phone.
The snaps didn't sit well with some though.
Apprentice winner Mark Wright wrote: "This is the most cringe thing I’ve ever seen in my whole life... could you scream 'I just went on the telly to be famous' any louder. Poor form.
"These people give the real Apprentice candidates a bad name. I mean the ones that actually run businesses!"
It was retweeted by Ryan-Mark's co-star Lottie Lion.
Another posted: "This is an example of why National Service should not have been abolished. More mixing of the classes!"
While another wrote: "Never do that again."
However, there were others who were amused by the whole thing, with one writing: "Honestly, an icon if I ever did see one!"
As others labelled it "brilliant".
Ryan-Mark was sent packing by Lord Sugar last month after his team organised a disastrous corporate fun day on a steam train.
In the aftermath, Marianne refused to shake his hand, with the luxury womenswear consultant telling The Sun Online: "She reminds me of a troll under a bridge.
"She sits there and when someone’s walking along she just grabs their leg and pulls them into the river.
"I have a feeling - I actually have a conspiracy - that she was sabotaging my task. She wanted to get rid of me."
He also had little nice to say about Jemelin, who had branded him an attention-seeker in the wake of their furious row - a charge he admits.
Ryan-Mark insisted: "Everyone on that programme knows they want to get something out of it. I want to get some work. Every week I’m trending number one, number two, number three on Twitter.
"They’re talking about me. And I’m having offers coming my way. I do like working on TV but I’m not just doing it for publicity.
"I did have a business plan - unlike Jemelin who is trying to rekindle a modelling career that faded away many many years ago."
And he put the blame for failing the task squarely at the door of his excitable co-star Thomas Skinner.
He insisted: "Thomas bulldozing the decision to get entertainment was the reason we lost.
"You didn’t see all of it on the show, but he was very passionate about his decision to get entertainment.
"I was thinking at the time was that if we don’t provide good enough entertainment, perhaps the guests would want a refund."
However, he said: "To be honest, I knew I was going. It was supposed to be a luxury task but it was actually the opposite of luxury because of the clients.
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"I'd already been in the boardroom five times, so it wasn’t looking good. Lewis wanted it to be like Ibiza on the Orient Express and it was the complete antithesis of what I wanted."
However, he had warmer words for Lottie Lion, explaining: "We speak about lots of things.
"We talk about horses. We want to go to Harrods one day when she’s out of the process."