The Apprentice viewers have shared their reactions to Shama Amin's exit from the show and questioned why she was forced to get up just to announce her departure.
During Thursday's show, the nursery owner, 41, told Lord Alan Sugar and her fellow contestants that she was unable to continue the process due to struggling with rheumatoid arthritis within moments of the show beginning.
Following the announcement during episode three, which saw Navid Sole being fired following a chaotic drinks challenge, fans questioned why Shama had to travel to location just to reveal she had decided to leave.
Reaction: The Apprentice viewers have shared their reactions to Shama Amin's exit from the show and questioned why she was forced to get up just to announce her departure
The Apprentice hopefuls were called to Mercato Metropolitano - an Italian food market - first thing to meet Lord Sugar for their latest briefing following a 4.30am wake-up call.
As the group gather in the food hall and Lord Sugar addresses his candidates, Shama spoke up and asked to say something to the group.
Speaking to the businessman, she says: 'I would just like to say something, Lord Sugar if that's OK. I suffer from a condition called rheumatoid arthritis...
'Because of medical reasons, due to this process being so physically demanding, despite the efforts the whole team has made to support me, I've had to make a difficult decision to leave the process.'
Goodbye: During Thursday's show, the nursery owner, 41, told Lord Alan Sugar and her fellow contestants that she was unable to continue the process due to struggling with rheumatoid arthritis within moments of the show beginning
She adds: 'I'd just like to thank you so much for the opportunity'.
Following her announcement, viewers took to Twitter to share their confusion that Shama had got ready and travelled in while suffering with her condition, just to announce that she intended to leave.
One person said: 'No bcs why did they make Shama get up at the crack of dawn to announce her leaving, should've let her rest and let Lord Sugar announce it for the show.'
While another agreed, and said: 'Not the producers making Shama go to location, stand up there and announce her exit and *then* go home.'
'She was my favourite!' Following her announcement, viewers took to Twitter to share their confusion that Shama had got ready and travelled in while suffering with her condition, just to announce that she intended to leave
A different person, said: 'Why did Shama announce her departure so dramatically like why get ready for the whole day and rock up to the task then peace out.'
One other, wrote: 'Shama left because she suddenly realised the entire lot are #lame and #useless. Shame I quite like her.'
One said: 'Why did they make Shama get up at 4.30 in the morning so she could go to the food hall to announce that getting up at 4.30 every morning is impacting her health?!
While another added: 'Sorry but did they actually make Shama travel to the location just so they got her on camera telling them she was leaving?'
Lord Alan responded saying: 'Well Shama, I'm really sad to hear that. I wish you and your family all the best for the future.'
Shock: The nursery-owner from Bradford is seen breaking the news to Lord Alan Sugar after he gives the teams the details for task three, as her teammates react in shock
Rheumatoid arthritis occurs when the immune system turns on the body and attacks cells that line the joints. The condition often hits in teens or 20s, can be linked to genetics and is more common in women than men.
Shama, who hails from Bradford and owns her own nursery, says on the episode: 'Mentally, I was strong enough to carry on. But my body wasn't allowing me to carry on. So I had no choice but to make a difficult decision like that'.
Following Shama's exit, Lord Sugar informs the remaining members of the group that there next task will be to create a new non-alcoholic drink.
Announcement: The Apprentice hopefuls were called to Mercato Metropolitano - an Italian food market - first thing to meet Lord Sugar for their latest briefing following a 4.30am wake-up call
The task involved creating and branding a drink before selling it to marketers. The team with the most hypothetical orders will win the challenge.
Finance manager Nick Showering was made project manager of one team, as they met to discuss how they would like to market their non-alcoholic beverage.
He threw out of the idea of mimicking vodka, lime, soda as a target to health conscious drinkers, who pick the drink due to its low calorie intake.
Big news: As the group gather in the food hall and Lord Sugar addresses his candidates, Shama spoke up and asked to say something to the group
Aaron challenged Nick on the subtlety of his idea, quizzing on him on whether he should add something else to the drink to make it more marketable.
Meanwhile, Sophie took control in the other group, as she insisted on wanting to brand a 'spicy' non-alcoholic drink.
In the branding room, Amy Anzel, 48, led the way creating an orange label with the name 'crafted and spiced' along with a fun logo.
Taking charge! Finance manager Nick Showering was made project manager of one team, as they met to discuss how they would like to market their non-alcoholic beverage
Elsewhere, the other team created a very simple branding for their 'vodifty' drink, which most of the team expressed their unhappiness with.
The teams are then tasked with mixing the flavours for their drink.
Stephanie, Navid and Sophie can be seen creating the beverages, but it's soon clear Navid is struggling to remember where the samples need to go.
As Steff notices he's mixing the wrong samples, Sophie asks: 'Which one was the original, which one was it Nav.'
