- Title: Trump, Schwarzenegger have Twitter feud
- Date: 6th January 2017
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - NOVEMBER 12, 2016) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SCHWARZENEGGER POSING FOR PHOTOS NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE - NOVEMBER 9, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TRUMP AT ELECTION RALLY
- Embargoed: 21st January 2017 19:29
- Keywords: Arnold Schwarzenegger Donald Trump Celebrity Apprentice Twitter president governor
- Location: INTERNET / NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- City: INTERNET / NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Television
- Reuters ID: LVA0045XY22PZ
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- Story Text: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday (January 6) mocked his "Apprentice" successor Arnold Schwarzenegger over ratings for the TV show, sparking a Twitter fight between America's two biggest celebrities-turned-politicians.
Former action movie star Schwarzenegger responded by suggesting that Trump turn his attention to his work as the nation's new president.
Trump, who became a household name as the tough host of "The Apprentice" and sister show "The Celebrity Apprentice" for 14 seasons, slammed a 43 percent fall in the 18-to-49-year-old audience for the new TV show hosted by Schwarzenegger, which premiered on NBC earlier this week.
"Wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got 'swamped' (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine, DJT," tweeted Trump, who controversially retains an executive producer credit on the reality show.
"So much for being a movie star - and that was season 1 compared to season 14. Now compare him to my season 1," he added.
Schwarzenegger, a Republican who served two terms as California governor but who has said he did not vote for Trump, responded swiftly.
"I wish you the best of luck and I hope you'll work for ALL of the American people as aggressively as you worked for your ratings," the "Terminator" actor tweeted.
Some 20 million Americans were regular watchers of "The Apprentice" in the show's first year, falling to around 6 million in 2015 for the last episode of "The Celebrity Apprentice" hosted by Trump.
The TV audience for Monday's revamped show with Schwarzenegger in the boardroom was 11 million, with a larger, 43 percent, drop-off in the 18-49-year-old demographic coveted by advertisers compared with the show's last premiere in 2015, Nielsen data showed. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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