Donald Trump Axed From 'The Apprentice' After 14 Seasons

Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has been axed from 'The Apprentice' following his racist comments on Mexican immigrants in which he referred to them as 'rapists'.

NBC Universal pulled his contract for the reality show and in a statement to the press said, ''Due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants, NBC Universal is ending its business relationship with Mr. Trump.''

On hearing the news, the 69 year old business tycoon has suggested that he might pursue legal action against the company. Now that they have pulled the contract, Trump's other joint ventures like the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants will no longer be broadcast on the network as well.

Trump said, ''If NBC is so weak and foolish to not understand the serious illegal immigration problem in the United States, coupled with the horrendous and unfair trade deals we are making with Mexico, then their contract violating closure of Miss Universe/Miss USA will be determined in court.''

NBC decided to distance itself from the controversial comments following an online petition on Change.org, in which more than 200,000 campaigners demanded to have Trump fired.

While speaking to reporters, Trump said that the channel did not want him to run for presidency in the first place.

He said: ''[NBC] did not want me to run. They wanted me to do 'The Apprentice'.

''And now with my statements on immigration which happen to be correct, they are going to take a different stance and that's OK.

''As far as ending the relationship, I have to do that because my view on immigration is much different than the people at NBC.''