Celebrity Apprentice 4 contestant and Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes has struck-up a friendship with the reality show’s former ‘firecracker contestant’ Omarosa Stallworth, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

And Omarosa – who became the woman America loved-to-hate after appearing on Donald Trump’s Apprentice in 2004 – has been schooling NeNe on how to get ahead on the show.

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Maybe that’s why reports have already surfaced that NeNe is displaying some diva-like behavior after the new series recently started taping - it includes other celebrities like Dionne Warwick, La Toya Jackson, and Star Jones.

A source told RadarOnline.com: “NeNe and Omarosa have become friends and NeNe is determined to assert herself among the other contestants and to do well on the show.