Were Arlene and Kevin O’Leary Faking It on Dragon’s Den?

People always ask if Arlene’s contempt for Kevin was real… Here’s the answer. Funny enough, that’s exactly why they picked her for the show!

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I also think on the show, your relationship with Kevin was a big positive. You guys had a sincere distaste for each other at times. People always ask me was Arlene faking that contempt for Kevin? I said, I don’t think so. Cause it existed in the lunchroom. It existed at the charity events. I think it was very much real. And I know you have respect for a lot of what he’s accomplished, but you guys really did have a combative relationship.

Yeah, I mean, I think that’s why they chose me for the show, because he was at my audition and, uh, in sitting beside me, and he did what he always does, which was kind of, had been very, um, disrespectful to somebody who was on the, you know, was taping that day when we were getting the auditions done. And, uh, and I just, my, my immediate, you know, like Justice Warrior Arlene came out and I kind of told him what I thought of him and I didn’t even know him. I had no idea who he was. And, and so, um, I remember thinking, well, there’s no hope in hell they’re going to ask me to be on this show because I just yelled at their guy.

Shot the star down.

But, but it turns out they liked that day. It turns out that they liked that part of it.

Now, you were great at that. You really were.