--- 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: 2026-10-12T08:57:13.597Z 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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The White House has confirmed that Omarosa Manigault Newman — who appeared on The Apprentice with President Donald Trump before joining his administration — is set to leave her role next month_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 8, 2018 6:26 PM UTC The White House has confirmed that Omarosa Manigault Newman — who appeared on The Apprentice with President Donald Trump before joining his administration — is set to leave her role next month  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. ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] ```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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