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Omarosa says White House exit like being 'freed'

Omarosa Manigault-Newman's time in the “Celebrity Big Brother” house may be just about up, but she still has plenty of tea to spill on her time in the White House.

Omarosa, who served as the Office of Public Liaison's director of communications, compared the freedom she felt leaving President Trump's administration to being freed from a plantation on Saturday's episode.

“I'm emancipated. I feel like I just got freed off a plantation. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus,” she said in a clip that aired Saturday but was filmed on her sixth day in the house.

“I'm thinking of writing a tell-all sometime. He's going to come after me with everything he has. Like, I'm going up against a kazillionaire. but I have to tell my truth. I'm tired of being muted.”

Omarosa continued to reflect on the prejudices she faced in the White House to fellow houseguest Shannon Elizabeth, who asked why she left in January.

“I was literally the only African American woman in the senior staff,” she said. “I'm going to meetings with people who are ignoring me, or because I was black, people wouldn't even talk to me. And it wasn't just the black thing — it was the woman thing.”

The polarizing star added many of her male colleagues disliked her because of the amount of trust Trump had in her.

“These men felt like, 'We don't need any woman telling us what to do.' And then here's the president going, 'Did you ask Omarosa what she thinks?' So then they hated me more,” she said. “So I'm trying to figure out. Why didn't you tell me about the welfare reform meeting? I'm the one that was on welfare.”

The television personality — who formed a bond with Trump as an early standout on “The Apprentice” — also offered insight into Trump's tweeting.

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