A big part of your reintroduction to the public has been two TV shows that launched this year: The Apprentice: Martha Stewart and Martha. Which has been more satisfying to you?

It's unusual for me to take a job like The Apprentice, and it was just a job. I got paid a fee. I have no participation in the show. Generally, we're the originators. But I did it because I knew it would be a jump-start, and it would get attention.

You're getting close to the conclusion.

Yeah, we're getting close to which of those inappropriate contestants we are actually going to have to hire. I can't believe people behave like that. They're exhibitionists and opportunists, those kids. I did not choose them either, by the way. I just want you to know I had nothing to do really with the choice of the contestants. That's part of reality television.

Donald Trump's Apprentice ends this week as well, but he's got two decent candidates for his job. Martha has slowly been eliminating assclowns and still has assclowns left, but she's been perfectly polite to them, both on the show and on their follow-up Martha interviews. The winner of the contest will still have a lot to prove if he or she wants more than one year at MSLO.

(Via TV Squad.)