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FIRED Apprentice candidate Ryan-Mark Parsons has lashed out at his co-stars, calling Marianne Rawlins a "troll under a bridge".

The 19-year-old - the youngest person ever to try and win the show - also accused Jemelin Atigas of "trying to rekindle a modelling career that faded away many, many years ago".

Ryan-Mark Parsons was fired from The Apprentice tonight
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Ryan-Mark Parsons was fired from The Apprentice tonightCredit: BBC

He was sent packing by Lord Sugar after his team organised a disastrous corporate fun day on a steam train.

In the aftermath, Marianne refused to shake his hand, with the luxury womenswear consultant telling The Sun Online: "She reminds me of a troll under a bridge.

"She sits there and when someone’s walking along she just grabs their leg and pulls them into the river.

"I have a feeling - I actually have a conspiracy - that she was sabotaging my task. She wanted to get rid of me."

Despite the costumes, tonight's task ended in failure
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Despite the costumes, tonight's task ended in failureCredit: WARNING: Use of this image is subject to the terms of use of BBC Pictures' Digital Picture
The teenager compared US-born Marianne to a 'troll under a bridge'
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The teenager compared US-born Marianne to a 'troll under a bridge'Credit: BBC

He also had little nice to say about Jemelin, who had branded him an attention-seeker in the wake of their furious row - a charge he admits.

Ryan-Mark insisted: "Everyone on that programme knows they want to get something out of it. I want to get some work. Every week I’m trending number one, number two, number three on Twitter.

"They’re talking about me. And I’m having offers coming my way. I do like working on TV but I’m not just doing it for publicity.

"I did have a business plan - unlike Jemelin who is trying to rekindle a modelling career that faded away many many years ago."

He said Jemelin was trying to revive a modelling career after she called him an attention-seeker
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He said Jemelin was trying to revive a modelling career after she called him an attention-seekerCredit: BBC
Ryan-Mark testing out a hammock in Finland last week
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Ryan-Mark testing out a hammock in Finland last weekCredit: BBC
Ryan-Mark's team offered up a royalty themed journey, narrowly losing out to Lottie's silver service train on The Apprentice

And he put the blame for failing the task squarely at the door of his exciteable co-star Thomas Skinner.

He insisted: "Thomas bulldozing the decision to get entertainment was the reason we lost.

"You didn’t see all of it on the show, but he was very passionate about his decision to get entertainment. I was thinking at the time was that if we don’t provide good enough entertainment, perhaps the guests would want a refund."

However, he said: "To be honest, I knew I was going. It was supposed to be a luxury task but it was actually the opposite of luxury because of the clients.

Ryan-Mark insisted it was Thomas who doomed their task
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Ryan-Mark insisted it was Thomas who doomed their taskCredit: BBC
Lord Sugar's search for his next apprentice... continues
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Lord Sugar's search for his next apprentice... continuesCredit: BBC

"I'd already been in the boardroom five times, so it wasn’t looking good. Lewis wanted it to be like Ibiza on the Orient Express and it was the complete antithesis of what I wanted."

However, he had warmer words for Lottie Lion, explaining: "We speak about lots of things. We talk about horses. We want to go to Harrods one day when she’s out of the process."

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