"The Apprentice" Microphone Guy Says Trump Repeatedly Called Him A "Fucking Monkey"

He also said Trump verbally harassed women on set.

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A sound engineer who put Donald Trump's microphone on him on The Apprentice told BuzzFeed News that Trump repeatedly referred to him as a "fucking monkey," and regularly sexually harassed the women on set — including pointing out their butts while on set.

Bruce B., who is white, was a sound mixer NBC's Apprentice for two seasons in 2004 and 2005. Sometimes it was Bruce’s job to mic up Trump, which involved intimate physical contact, including threading the wire up Trump’s shirt and around his collar.

“Micing him was honestly the most abusive, humiliating, experience of my fifteen years as a sound engineer,” Bruce told BuzzFeed News. “He treated me like I wasn’t a human being.”

Bruce asked to be referred to by his first name and last initial out of fear of retribution. He said the first time he was assigned to put a mic on Trump television personality refused to shake his hand, instead turning to one of his many assistants and saying, “’Woah, woah woah, who’s this fucking monkey?’” Bruce said, adding that the comment was not racially charged.

He said throughout their interactions Trump refused to address him directly, instead aiming all of his comments about Bruce to his assistants.

“’I’m not gonna let this fucking monkey touch me unless he washes his hands,” Trump said, according to Bruce. Trump then made one of his assistants escort Bruce to the bathroom and watch him wash his hands, before walking him back and telling Trump he washed up.

“Trump just kept calling me a ‘fucking monkey’ over and over,” Bruce said. “I’ve mic'd everyone from Ben Affleck to Renée Zellweger, and never, ever in my career have I run into something like that.”

Bruce said everyone on set was treated badly by Trump. He spoke of Trump pointing out a camera woman’s butt in front of everyone and saying other misogynistic things.

“Everyone was walking on eggshells,” Bruce said.

He eventually quit The Apprentice because “no amount of money was worth that toxic environment.”

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