Ivanka Trump on Working for Her Dad and ‘Celebrity Apprentice’

I just saw I don't think I could hold a candle to that. Oh, I know I mean amazing dancers that come to this show amazing dance incredible, but do you dance do you like to dance? I I dance Ballet when I was younger, I didn't know but I was an angel and a party girl So quite the duality there in the Nutcracker. Oh, so you were a party girl and is there an angel? Yeah, was it wasn't a very popular before there's a party girl in the Nutcracker enough of us Well, the the children that run around the trees, oh, I see diving for gifts I thought you were just describing yourself as a person. You're an angel and a party girl Because we've never actually I saw you at a party once I saw you at Adam Levine's party Oh, yeah, and but we've never met and he's a great guy. Okay, but I've never right. That's right. Yes You didn't come over and say hi. So I didn't say hi to you Cuz I was like, oh she didn't like me so I won't say hi But your dad's a great guy he's been here a few times and I think that's what's what's amazing I think people look at this your dad's, you know This very successful wealthy guy and you work for him and I think people have this misconception that you just you know We're just handed this job, but you've worked hard and gone to college and you're a smart girl. Well, thank you I do work hard and I did go to college and I put you know I'm very high premium on on Academia and educating myself and whatever it was and my parents always did from when I was young But I think after all of that ended I got out into the real world And I had to prove myself and you know a lot of the people that work within our company and maybe it would be different If it wasn't like this, but I've known them since I was literally 1 2 3 years old Mm-hmm So in a lot of ways it's as important for me and not only to impress my father and to sort of have my own Worth and merit being at the company But also I have such respect for the other people I work with they've really built the company with them But I would hate for them to perceive in any way that I come in and I'm really not pulling my own weight, right? Well, I would think that it's almost more pressure to try to earn their respect to say I am NOT just dad It's interesting because at the age of 26, I have a tremendous amount of responsibility and that's very good Like how many interests like I will make mistakes. What are you overseeing? How many projects over 70 70 projects the day-to-day? Yeah. Okay, so from Dubai to Panama to Toronto to New York, Soho We have construction projects all over the world. Some of them are hotels. Some are hotel condominium So it's it's exciting because I figure by the time I'm 40 the amount of experience I'll have working in different environments with different people Within the context of different cultures will be will be really great. Yeah. No, that's but that's an enormous I mean I I get up in the morning and I'll feed the animals and clean the litter box And dance so I have yeah and I have to dance every day so I have my responsibilities too, but Now and and how is it that I said I saw you at that party, but you're not out you said you're 26 I'm sorry, so but you're not out in clubs all the time or well, or are you I mean, no, I'm not I'm not but I do it. You said you were a party girl. I think I In the Nutcracker, I was in fact a pretty good I you know, I try and keep a healthy balance I think when I first started working for my father, I did feel that enormous pressure To prove myself and you know, I still have that but in some ways it was limiting from a personal side the amount I travel the amount I'm working and I was not really doing all that much myself on a personal level and now I've realized, you know, I'm 26 years old I have to have a little bit of fun. I have such amazing look. I'm sitting here right now I mean, I've these incredible opportunities that I'm afforded So I try to to actively do things they're more fun, but I don't go out to nightclubs So no six o'clock in the morning, but but you go out to the clubs like that didn't happen It was really my idea of fun. I prefer to go out with a group and you know to other people They love that but I would prefer to go out with a group of eight people and have a fun dinner But at the end of the day, I love what I do during the days So, you know if I only lived for the evening Maybe I would love staying out till six o'clock in the morning on a Wednesday But I have to be in the office at seven o'clock in the morning on a Thursday, right? So what would happen to you if you would get in trouble like say someone in the press now, it's you know gets in trouble You know drugs or drinking or whatever. What would your dad do to you? Honestly, I think I get my ass kicked. I don't know if I'm allowed to say that On television, but I really don't know. I have an Eastern European mother. I think I'm more scared of her. Really? Yeah, just a little bit more scared of her. It was you know, I think in some ways They've never had to be crazy disciplinarians because I've never my brothers and I have never totally rebelled. We've had our moment But we've never really been that rebellious. It's just not you know, the way I like to live Well, there's a big inheritance involved. Don't get them in trouble, you know Get your parents off you No better way to crack the whip. Yeah, right And so tell us about the show this season It's now celebrities and I think it's really interesting because they heard you watch Yeah, I did and I watch every season. So so tell me tell people that if they haven't seen it what it's about this season Well, this season's a little bit more fun I get to work with a lot of celebrities that I admire. It's a little bit of a different situation in past seasons It's young people sort of in the same position as myself on a path and wanting to accomplish great things Whereas this time people who have accomplished great things to everyone from Lennox Lewis to Mary Lou Henner to Gene Simmons I mean we just have this great cast of people who are independently successful across So many feels and still like a little bit more money and and yeah, thank you for charity. Okay, they don't need any more money It's for charity. Yeah but But it's it's a lot of fun, but it was also a different experience for me because I respect these people, you know And who am I at 26 to go and be like, oh you sold a hot dog, you know, like yeah Sort of cracking down on them So it was an interesting balance in that my role as an advisor often put me head-to-head with people I greatly admire and respect. Yeah flip you just showed Yeah which is cool that you can do that because you have to do that and I think you have to learn early to stand up to Yourself and do that. So a lot of people don't yeah No, I know and I think that's it's a good example for people out there to go Just because someone is older or more experienced if they're treating you badly stand up to yourself. That's right. So, all right Well, you're fantastic. Thank you for being here. And next time we see each other at a party. We'll say hi I have to tell you I was watching this clip with the the kids skateboarding who are amazing and I admire them It looks terribly frightening Yeah There's remember when I was younger and my father tried to do one of those ramps Borrowing my skateboard and I had forgotten this memory until until I saw this the Donald did that? Yes He well, no, no, no, he attempted to do that. He made it all of three feet before crashing and burning It was one of he's you know Eight nine and I was playing around in the backyard in Connecticut and he thought it looked easy So the loafers the business suit the red tie The works he gets on and he starts going and he goes down a little bit of a hill and that was that that's Larry So it's not what you may be amused by that Yeah, I have to bring him back here and give him a skateboard. I would love to do that The next time he's on On NBC Tristan and Nick Puzo are gonna skateboard for us and you'll probably have a story about that someday It airs next don't go away