Brady charged with bullying

Karren Brady has come under attack for bullying!

The 53 year old Hammers deputy chairman has often been at the centre of various outbursts down the years but her attitude towards contestants on the TV programme BBC Apprentice has gone down very badly on social media.

The West Ham Tory Baroness

Two contestants who were reduced to tears and but Brady’s friends jumped to her defence claiming  they were ‘not up to the job’.

The Hammers chief executive was so irked at another contestant using her first name that she replied: ‘It’s Baroness Brady to you, my friends call me Karren.’

Maybe she was acting in the interests of dramatic or entertainment effect but has gone down very badly among many on the social media platforms.

The “my friends call me Karren” line from the Tory baroness is not the best way of winning friends and influencing people but that doesn’t appear to be a problem to the Hammers first lady.

Friends of Brady’s jumped to her defence in the Daily Mail saying: ‘This isn’t Karren’s fault, you have to be tough to be in business and not have the snowflake qualities that so many young people have these days.’ Another said: ‘They were simply not up to the job.’

A spokesman for the BBC also backed the 53-year-old saying: ‘The interviews round is more than just a normal interview.

‘Its purpose is to help determine whose business plan has the potential to secure the £250k investment from Lord Sugar.

‘As such, every detail must be thoroughly scrutinised and advisers will at times need to ask difficult questions. The stakes are high for candidates and emotions do run high as they want to secure a place in the final.’