Okay, I'm here to give the unpopular view, LOL. I still think Aubrey is a smart woman. She came up with the theme and the box. That said- I do understand Arsenio's view, but I think he was waaaaaay too harsh on her in the boardroom, esp considering the execs loved the box and the theme and I don't blame her for walking out. When everyone on your team except one person is talking about what a selfish, narcissistic b*tch you are, it can't be an easy thing. I thought it was interesting that Paul pretty much kept his thoughts to himself, yes, he's always quiet, but I think he felt bad for her. To me, it's one thing to say "well, you're not the best at*whatever*", and that person being able to not take it personally..something else entirely to be attacked the way she was last night. Do I always agree with how she is? No, not always, but if Arsenio was getting that worked up, he should have said something to her during the task. Arsenio is good friends with Diddy, prob knows the background, and I think he was gunning for her as soon as Donald put her on his team- hence his reaction. I don't think Arsenio is a bad person either, I just don't think he handled it well at all. Ohh..and I do think she'll be coming back, will be surprised if she doesn't. (Then again, I never would have pegged her for the one walking out!)
From Clay's blog
What you didn't see in the Boardroom scenes this week: The first thing Mr. Trump asked each of us was how we felt about Arsenio as project manager. I spoke highly of him (as televised). Teresa spoke highly of him, as did Paul. When Aubrey was asked, she gave a very lukewarm "eh... he was only okay." This shocked me and appeared to be posturing. I am pretty sure THAT is what set Arsenio off on Aubrey. After days of trying to guide the team to work together AND of allowing Aubrey to steamroll large parts of the task, Aubrey threw Arsenio under the bus... and so he started swinging. It was a contentious Boardroom to say the least.
I find this interesting bc if you read it Clay describes Arsenio as very patient with Aubrey's antics during the task, and then Aubrey throws his under the bus BEFORE the winner is announced. No wonder Aresenio lost it. Wonder why they didnt show Aubrey saying what she did about Arsenio.
http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/clays-take/
Every member of the team, (except Theresa, because of the edit,) had said how great Arsenio was at trying to manage and control Aubrey throughout the task and keep up the spirit and momentum of the team. That's why he DIDN'T say anything to Aubrey during the task. he didn't want their team to become like the women's team who can't get along during the task.
A few previous contestants have said they work together for like 16 hour days, in an incubator-like environment. So, by the time they had finally gotten to the Boardroom, Arsenio had had enough. He no longer had to keep it in.
One thing about Arsenio, for those who have seen his talk show, is that he is an astute observer of Life. He didn't need to hear about Aubrey from P Diddy to figure her out. If anything, her behavior in the boardroom when she was on the women's team just reinforced everything that P Diddy probably told him. Arsenio had her number before she joined his team.
What is wonderfully amazing is that EVERY single thing he pointed out about Aubrey in the Boardroom (that we saw)
happened in real time, in FRONT of Trump.

There was no he said/she said, of what happened during the task, that was unclear to any of the Trumps as to what really happened.
Arsenio pointed out her exact words in the moment. Each time, they were all about her. When she was asked who came up with the game show idea, she couldn't remember. Because that wasn't about her. When Arsenio was handed the box, he took it for a moment, then moved the box over to be in the center of the whole team so they ALL could look at it together.
Aubrey picked it up to look at
for herself. She didn't hold it up for the rest of the team to look at. Then when she was done, she pitched it away, without regard to Paul & Theresa.
Hard for any of the Trumps to refute Arsenio's argument when they are seeing it all in real time, right in front of them.
I also think Aubrey's crying, at first was a ploy. She thought she could manipulate Trump. Heck, it got her $10,000 last week. She thought it would work on him again. But, even he told her to stop crying.
