Episode Details

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.

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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