--- title: Omarosa Talks Time in White House on Celebrity Big Brother description: Omarosa definitely didn't hold back about her time working in President Trump's White House during her debut on Celebrity Big Brother. canonical: https://time.com/5139787/omarosa-white-house-celebrity-big-brother/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-08T18:26:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:06:14.456Z og:title: Omarosa Talked About the White House on Celebrity Big Brother og:description: "It's not going to be OK" og:url: https://time.com/5139787/omarosa-white-house-celebrity-big-brother/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7347aab554980b9b/698926c4cf40a85b2ac4b416/omarosa-celebrity-big-brother.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Omarosa-Manigault-Celebrity-Big-Brother og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Omarosa Talked About the White House on Celebrity Big Brother twitter:description: "It's not going to be OK" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7347aab554980b9b/698926c4cf40a85b2ac4b416/omarosa-celebrity-big-brother.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'It's Not Going to Be OK.' 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 8, 2018 6:26 PM UTC  Former Director of Communications for the White House Public Liaison Office Omarosa Manigault listens during the daily press briefing at the White House, October 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. Former Director of Communications for the White House Public Liaison Office Omarosa Manigault listens during the daily press briefing at the White House, October 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 8, 2018 6:26 PM UTC [Omarosa Manigault-Newman](http://time.com/money/5065178/omarosa-manigault-newman-out-at-white-house/) definitely didn’t hold back about her time working in [President Donald Trump’s](http://time.com/5139527/jimmy-kimmel-stylists-on-trump-viral-hair/) White House during her debut on [_Celebrity Big Brother_](http://time.com/5122492/omarosa-manigault-cbs-big-brother/)_._ While speaking to TV personality Ross Mathews in the season premiere of the CBS reality competition show, the former director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison gave her take on why she took the job. “I felt like it was like a call of duty. I felt like I was serving my country, not serving him,” Omarosa said. “It was always about the country. I was haunted by tweets every single day, like what is he going to tweet next?” She went on to share her bleak outlook on the state of the Trump administration. “It’s not my circus, not my monkeys. You know, I’d like to say not my problem but I can’t say that because it’s bad,” she said. “It’s not going to be OK.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5139787/omarosa-white-house-celebrity-big-brother/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5139787/omarosa-white-house-celebrity-big-brother/"},"headline":"'It's Not Going to Be OK.' 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