Things are hotting up in the boardroom on TV3's Apprentice.
The seventh episode of the series last night saw Bill Cullen fire entrepreneur Barry Caesar Hunt.
It seems an incident off camera saw relations between Barry and fellow contestant Michelle Massey break down completely.
After the encounter which left her in tears, Michelle claimed Barry had screamed at her and accused her of performing for the camera.
However Barry denied going over the top and said: "It was just a conversation you'd have with anybody about the task…I was completely taken aback by what she said…I was shocked," he said.