Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman offered a dire outlook of the U.S. under President Donald Trump while taping "Celebrity Big Brother," tearfully cautioning that the country is "going to not be OK."

Manigault Newman, who left her post as White House director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison in December, was shown in a clip set to air Thursday as co-star and TV personality Ross Mathews asked if she was concerned for the country under Trump's leadership.


Manigault Newman nodded, then remarked: “I’d like to say it’s not my problem, but I can’t say that because it’s bad.”

Asked if the U.S. would be "OK" going forward, Manigault Newman replied: “No, it’s going to not be OK.”

The former White House aide and reality star, who appeared alongside Trump on "The Apprentice," added that she had fretted about the president's social media use while in the administration.

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“I was haunted by tweets every single day," Manigault Newman said. "Like what is he going to tweet next?”


Manigault Newman, whose White House stint was marked by combative exchanges with members of the media, said she urged Trump to tone down his rhetoric on Twitter but was overruled by other White House staffers.

Principal deputy press secretary Raj Shah said Thursday that the White House does not take her concerns very seriously.

"Omarosa was fired three times on 'The Apprentice,' and this was the fourth time we let her go," he said. "She had limited contact with the president while here. She has no contact now."

After moving into the "Big Brother" house last week, Manigault Newman said on Wednesday's debut episode that the feuding in her new setting was not unlike the West Wing.

"There's a lot of people that want to stab me in the back, kind of similar to the White House," she said. "The one thing that I learned from politics is you have to watch your back, and sometimes you have to watch your front, too."


CBS announced in January that Manigault Newman would join the cast for the inaugural season of "Celebrity Big Brother" in the U.S., marking what is possibly the quickest-ever move from the West Wing to reality television.

Elizabeth Castillo contributed to this report.