There haven’t been many train wrecks on The Apprentice. Actually, there have, but they usually don’t involve chewing tobacco or alleged assault. Those were the calling cards of Christopher Shelton, the third-season contestant who one contestant called the first clown (as in, an actual clown with a nose and everything, not the class clown) she’d ever seen chew tobacco, and another contestant claimed was getting close to him in a physically threatening way. And now, according to E! Online, Shelton has distinguished himself in a new way:
Shelton, who has been labeled a “hothead” by the Donald for his Apprentice antics, was arrested Saturday night and charged with disorderly conduct after allegedly melting down at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa.
A 22-year-old tobacco-chewing Las Vegas real-estate investor on the “street-smarts” side, Shelton had joined several other contestants from the NBC reality show at the gambling resort to celebrate the birthday of another fellow Apprentice candidate, John Gafford. Authorities say Shelton became irate after the hotel’s nightclub wouldn’t let him in for free and tried to charge him a $20 cover.
Per the police report, Shelton began yelling and cursing in the lobby, and “there were several patrons in the area who were visibly shaken by his actions.”
A tribal police officer on the scene twice requested the college dropout turned millionaire rein in his temper. But the tantrum allegedly continued, and Shelton was taken into custody and ended up cooling his heels overnight in a Tampa jail before being released early Sunday morning on a $250 bond.
The Donald has referred to Chris as a “loose cannon” and a “hothead” and has said he doesn’t want to have to worry about someone with a temper in his organization. Shelton’s departure has seemed imminent for weeks now, though he always seems to escape the famous “You’re fired” line from Trump. The winner of the show will be announced during May sweeps.
As he was arrested for haggling over a $20 cover, it seems safe to guess that Shelton does not win the show.
Nathan Novak at 6:19 pm
