Karishma Vijay EXPOSES The Apprentice, BBC Edits, Lord Sugar & Making £500K from KISHKIN!

Karishma Vijay joins us for her FIRST ever long-form podcast interview after winning The Apprentice 2026. From growing up on a council estate and battling severe acne, to building Kishkin, going viral on TikTok, and winning Lord Sugar’s £250,000 investment — this is the full untold story. 🎙️ FOLLOW KARISHMA TikTok: @karishma.mua Instagram: @karishmavijay Kishkin: @kishkinbeauty Chapters: 0:00 intro / title sequence 1:16 Local Geeza Out now! Shizzio X Mc Creed X Big Narstie 1:49 welcome Karishma / vibes galore 5:03 Heat Magazine spread 7:14 born & bred / council estate living 9:02 divorce negative stigma 10:08 siblings / female council living 11:53 Southall move into dad 15:59 school / strict parents / career epiphany 19:04 Uni / Documenting severe Acne on TIKTOK 22:24 Huda Beauty blew up my account! 23:48 hate & low self esteem / faking confidence 26:17 chubby girls are funny / bullied / David Haye 30:18 Acne cause / underage clubbing 32:03 growing content creation / Miss Fatty 33:22 100K followers / charging brands 35:19 Uni & dance helped my confidence 38:28 covid job / thoughts on Covid 40:24 Huda beauty posting about Kishkin 45:02 Kishkin went viral but we had no stock 46:10 Social Media consulting / confidence sells 51:48 starting KISHKIN 56:02 Kishkin name / making Kishkin / money lost 1:01:46 Kishkin product overview 1:05:04 launching the product / fake gender reveal 1:08:03 launch sales / family staff 1:09:27 my stock sunk / I was broke! 1:11:16 The Apprentice application / 2nd place no good 1:15:12 production selection process 1:18:08 The Apprentice approval 1:20:01 My Apprentice exp / Hong Kong / fakery 1:26:28 business Vs TV entertainment 1:29:32 wrong firing / boardroom call back 1:33:14 Water task / bts exclusive info 1:34:41 Gaming task / Shizzio challenge 1:39:03 Dan / TV selling task 1:40:44 Buying pt 2 task / phone rules / edit tricks 1:42:48 Baroness Brady / Tim Campbell / Production 1:44:30 pet task / home phone call rules 1:46:36 unseen fights in the house 1:47:58 final interviews / tried to break us 1:51:50 business plans 1:52:29 The Final! 1:55:26 I still fake confidence 1:56:08 winning The Apprentice 2026 1:56:45 you find out 1 year later! 1:59:44 leaking the winner 2:00:42 preparing for the show to air 2:01:10 I made 500k once show aired / no shares 2:02:19 finding out who’s won The Apprentice 2026 2:03:42 do you need Lord Sugar? 2:05:30 % split / I can walk away if I want 2:06:44 Dragons Den Vs The Apprentice 2:08:56 working with Lord Sugar / End Goal 2:10:11 more products 2:11:04 Apprentice Q’s / No prizes for task win? 2:11:46 Bridge Street Cafe 2:12:04 ‘snitching’ on other candidates 2:12:35 4am phone calls? 2:13:05 tension in house after firing / empty cases 2:13:59 BBC edits 2:14:33 who else would be a worthy winner? 2:15:25 ideal top 5 2:15:55 who would you employ? 2:16:50 BBC edits to make you look bad 2:18:23 getting Lord Sugar on TIKTOK 2:20:56 changing how a business person should look 2:22:16 smart / Porsche purchase 2:24:22 wedding announcement 2:26:20 things are good / AI Q’s 2:26:36 wrong candidates / fake vs smart 2:27:56 Tan called me dumb / wrong blame 2:29:15 lie / WhatsApp group / flexing 2:30:42 wrong firing / no trust / risk 2:32:09 Lord Sugar / real / conversion 2:33:20 issues with producers 2:35:12 unaired argument / fight 2:35:46 tripple firing / struggle 2:36:59 quick fire Q’s 2:39:04 final msg / flowers