The Apprentice's Alan Sugar reveals worrying reason Claude Littner was replaced in latest series | The Sun
THE Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar has revealed the worrying health reason why Claude Littner was replaced on the current series.
Lord Alan Sugar's assistant, 73, only appeared on one episode and was forced to take a step back due to "medical issues".
He then recruited series one winner Tim Capmbell, whostepped into Claude's shoes for the previous outings.
“Unfortunately, Claude suffered some medical issues and so I was asked to think of someone else," Lord Sugar said at a press event for the show.
“Who better than somebody who’s actually been through the process?” Sugar said of his decision.
“It was a bit of a no-brainer really because when it comes to making the excuses that these candidates do, you’ve got Tim there, who’s seen it and heard it all.”
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Viewers saw the moment that Lord Sugar broke the news that Claude would not be returning for the rest of the series.
He gathered the candidates at Hutong at The Shard in London as he addressed the absence of Claude.
Pointing to Tim, the first-ever winner of The Apprentice, Lord Sugar told the candidates that he would be assisting for the rest of the series after Claude suffered medical issues.
In 2022, Claude returned to the BBC One business show for the interview stages, after suffering an injury on his bike back in April 2021.
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He was riding an electric bike in London when he fell off.
His right leg was so badly injured that doctors considered amputating it.
However, they managed to save it and he has now undergone ten surgeries.
Talking about his painful accident on GMB last month, Claude said: "I am doing wonderfully well, thank you.
"I am very grateful to the ambulance crew for looking after me and of course the surgeons at St Mary's who put me back together.
"It was a freak accident.
"I think someone was looking out for me but if someone was looking out for me better, I wouldn't have had the accident.
"I was lucky to have the ambulance driving behind me."
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Claude has been a chairman for many companies, including some of Lord Alan Sugar's companies in the likes of Amstrad International, Amstrad Spain and Dancall Telecom.
In 2015, he replaced Nick Hewer, Alan's aide, in The Apprentice.
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