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On December 16, actor and attention-seeking publicity hound Tom Arnold went on Dori Morrison’s KIRO radio show with a bombshell claim – that he was actually in possession of a set of outtakes from Donald Trump’s “Apprentice” days showing the president-elect making racial slurs and other offensive remarks.
A couple of the reasons why these tapes supposedly haven’t been released yet is the threat of lawsuits and, according to Arnold, “Because when the people sent it to me, it was funny. Hundreds of people have seen these. It was sort of a Christmas video they put together. He wasn’t going to be president of the United States. It was him sitting in that chair saying the N-word, saying the C-word, calling his son a retard, just being so mean to his own children.”
Trump responds: ‘Obama said that he thinks he would have won against me, I say . . . ‘
This does not, of course, stand to reason for a variety of reasons. If hundreds of people have seen them, why aren’t those people coming out? And is “it was funny” a legitimate reason to withhold anything that could possibly make a difference in a tight campaign, especially if you’re against Donald Trump’s White House bid? Sure, Arnold claims now that it wouldn’t have made a difference, but it’s doubtful he himself even believes that. After all, the “Access Hollywood” tapes ended up hurting Trump in the polls and being a significant sore spot during the campaign.
Arnold even claims the Trump campaign has threatened a defamation suit, but the True Lies star isn’t afraid of that, apparently, because “it’s on.”
Wife told me there's house line VM from Trump Camp about defamation suit so it's on! Open Apprentice vaults 4 discovery! Miss Universe too!!
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 21, 2016
Vaults? Who needs vaults? I thought Arnold actually had the tapes in his possession?
No, reason actually points to the ever quirky Arnold being full of hot air, and naturally the comedian is being asked to essentially “put up or shut up.”
Tom,you talking sideways.
Where Dem Tapes At?@TomArnold https://t.co/gnXNudAUEA— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) December 25, 2016
In response to actor Michael Rapaport’s challenge, Arnold sent out a series of 14 tweets explaining what would need to take place for the tapes to be released, other than Arnold just releasing what he has already said he has in his possession.
1. I'm going 2 explain cause I know U rode Trump's butt for the 5 yrs it took him 2 confirm Obama's legitimacy. I received tape via program https://t.co/scvnHYpEuV
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
2. Used in our biz 2 prevent piracy. Had a limited time password. When I received no one thought Trump would be Pres. When it became real https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
3. People got scared. Can't blame them. Me & my fam get threatened by Alt Right nuts a lot plus only Billy Bush's career was hurt by "grab https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
4. Her by the pussy" tape. Normally I don't think a persons private life should affect job. Didn't say anything about Natl Enquirer paying https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
5. Off Trumps playmate girlfriends. Plus he'd always been nice to me but he became a bully. John McCain's POW heroism, Cruz's dad killing https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
6. JFK Etc. Not the guy I knew & he was stoking racism. Lying. Basically saying anything to get elected contradicting himself. Then the https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
7. Russian hack happened. That and him lying about releasing his taxes. I knew he'd spoken to Putin 2013 in Moscow during Miss Universe https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
8. Contest from NBC guy that was with him. I shot a movie "produced" by one of his bus partners & Putin pal. Very chatty. This was 2015 so https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
9. Of course he didn't think he was telling tales about what happened in 2013 to a US President. You have to see his taxes. These tapes https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
10. Are disgusting but not illegal. I'm not going to out the little guy but I personally confronted 7 powerful Hollywood people who have https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
11. Everything. They hate me now. Terrible career move but I believe if Russia has something they can blackmail our president with its worth https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
12. The risk to me. Plus I'm a 57 year old father of 1 & 3 yr olds. I want to do all I can so there's a safe America for them. Call me & I https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
13. Will give you the names of the 7 big shots and you can risk your livelihood and confront them too. All will be reviewed soon. Smart https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
14. Watergate level journalists are ontop of this. https://t.co/scvnHY836l
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 26, 2016
So, Arnold doesn’t have the tapes he originally said he had, but these “7 powerful Hollywood big shots,” which Arnold declines to name, do, but “Watergate level journalists” are seeing that they eventually come to light.
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Stay tuned!
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