Fire the cannon and enjoy these 22 memes about last night’s return of The Apprentice

If there’s one thing better than The Apprentice returning to our screens for 2023, it’s that the memes and laughs on Twitter will be as good as the episode itself – and week one was no exception. Live tweeting and roasting the candidates is all part of the fun – I know Lord Sugar fancies himself as Peter Kay with his boardroom one liners, but the real comedians in this game have a Twitter account. Here are the funniest memes from week one of The Apprentice 2023!

1. Too accurate

The love child of Sue Perkins and Michael McIntyre. #theapprentice pic.twitter.com/JwLq8l5Brm

— @tonypetersss (@thattonypeters) January 5, 2023

2. The sigh of relief the boys must have let out when they saw the cannons

Gregory's back after carrying the tour with his canon knowledge #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/Jz9cDDudAD

— Abi (@CraZyAbiM) January 5, 2023

3. They all blur into one, soz

#TheApprentice casting team be like pic.twitter.com/rnPjQbHiEQ

— Hannah (@prettypath3tic_) January 5, 2023

4. These tweets are like clockwork every year and I LOVE IT

He would have sold the boat back to the tour guide. #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/1w5NPsMnI3

— Gems🧡 (@gemmlarh) January 5, 2023

5. Feel like pure shit just want Bouji Cruises back

no first episode of the apprentice will ever compare to last years i fear! #TheApprentice https://t.co/e5URYi89ad

— hannah (@hannah__03x) January 5, 2023

6. Scripture tbh

Shakespeare has been very quiet since Gregory said this #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/Pa231mRIQg

— Zack (@Zack3O12) January 5, 2023

7. Gammons are shaking

Fed up of all this diversity and box ticking on the BBC #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/OffYm00xqM

— SHANE REACTION (@imshanereaction) January 5, 2023

8. IS SHE OKAY?

Did anyone check Shazia didn’t suffer a stroke at the end of this sentence? #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/HIaHLQYTe2

— jay (@jj44yyy) January 5, 2023

9. And that’s my prerogative

The way I slag off The Apprentice for being completely fake and having the most terrible contestants on the planet but I still tune in every year pic.twitter.com/v3X2tIBF8w

— chris🧼 (@bleachy_chris) January 5, 2023

10. Couldn’t think of a fresher hell

Sorry but if I was on holiday in Antigua and a bunch of men in skinny fit River Island suits turned up trying to sell me a tour I would sue #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/70b1tgzTp0

— chris🧼 (@bleachy_chris) January 5, 2023

11. This video is the gift that keeps on giving

The girls when they get the cafe #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/0g1E2fdvJM

— Bemused Claude (@BemusedClaude) January 5, 2023

12. Elizabeth our timeless queen

https://twitter.com/haenelswift/status/1611110526511095808?s=20&t=kO2I0AN6vSQHHnsmWUK-GA

13. No I’m dead hahaha

the girls running from an empty beach to harass a couple having dinner #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/FT5trzHNHo

— jay (@jay_coooper) January 5, 2023

14. Force a few laughs for an investment? OH go on

every single year being forced to listen to the same Alan Sugar routine #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/Zwh5WqX8W4

— C. (@cstsher) January 5, 2023

15. BBC have a lifetime supply

There's one every series.
Does #TheApprentice grow them in a lab? pic.twitter.com/o7QzV7lKDI

— Nick Calder Hall (@NickScottNolan) January 5, 2023

16. … Boaf!

Emma thought she was her #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/kL32hBhpJZ

— Harry (@nutterhtowse) January 5, 2023

17. She mothered with that line idc

“Kim K of the business world” #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/0U9VDfdgXe

— Tony (@AntMelia94) January 5, 2023

18. God tier

I am once again thinking about the cast of The Apprentice 2019 #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/M8Li2pCfEf

— Hayley✨ (@hayleysoen) January 5, 2023

19. Honestly I don’t think it ever will

It’s going to be hard for the new series to top this #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/zLeaHbau6f

— Tom (@tommtthw) January 3, 2023

20. There’s a Simpsons meme for everything

Sohail when they ask questions about the bakery #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/1YVygrhQnt

— Dan Egg (@dan_egg) January 5, 2023

21. Non-existent personal space

The girls trying to make a sale #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/6OtAD53NT7

— Gail Platt’s Stinkhole (@katecrimed) January 5, 2023

22. Worth every penny

Postcard from Antigua: "Had a bizarre time on a tour guided by a former cannon expert who highlighted the potential discomfort of hypothetical wool allergies for the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade. Paid £100." #TheApprentice pic.twitter.com/S8mg4r1dcV

— Nick Walker (@nickw84) January 5, 2023

The Apprentice 2023 starts at 9pm on Thursday 5th January, on BBC One and iPlayer – see if any of these predictions come true!

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