Allegations that producers on The Apprentice are sitting on tape of Trump using the N-word

But that’s not the only alarming thing for the Trump campaign, which now looks set to go from bad to worse.

Rumours are now circulating online that producers from Trump’s reality TV showThe Apprentice are sitting on footage where he uses the racial slur commonly referred to as the N-word.

The damning claim comes on top of the emergence of an 1993 interview in New Zealand where Trump admits he shouldn’t be allowed to run for office because of his views on women.

Emmy Award-winning producer Chris Nee made the N-word claim this morning on Twitter in response to a former producer on the show tweeting that Trump had been caught on camera saying “far worse” than the misogynistic comments he made onAccess Hollywood.

The footage, which was filmed in 2005, included Trump boasting about how his celebrity status allows him to grope women with impunity.

Remarkably, Trump’s uncouthness has been a weapon for him in his bid for the White House but it seems the archived comments were finally too much for some, leading to a string of Republicans withdrawing their support for the party’s nomination.

However it’s clear that footage is not the only video that Republicans should be alarmed about.

Nee, who specialises in making TV shows for children, said she heard from crew and producers on The Apprentice that the “far worse” reference was eluding to his use of the notorious racial slur.

Some fear the use of the N-word could prove to be the fatal blow for his campaign.

Trump has made incredibly disparaging remarks against Mexicans, called for a ban on Muslim immigration to the US and been tied to the Ku Klux Klan.

Executive producer on Trump’s reality TV show, Mark Burnett, has reportedly warned staff against leaking any material from the show to the media, and according to Nee the financial penalty for doing so would be huge.

She claimed (from personal experience) that a common feature of Mark Burnett’s contracts is a $US5 million penalty for leaking to the public.

Interestingly she tweeted the N-word allegation to billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, whose show Shark Tank is also produced by Burnett.

Some online interpreted it as a suggestion that the wealthy businessman could cover the cost of the fine for leaking the video.

Such an event would seem unlikely but Cuban pulled no punches in the wake of the Trump tape scandal, taking to Twitter to denounce the real estate mogul and his staff.

“Donald Trump’s actions have made any Trump (employee) who doesn’t quit immediately, toxic and unemployable by anyone else,” he wrote. “Expect a mass exodus.”

And if this rumoured tape does emerge, Trump’s support might also suffer a mass exodus.

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