Barbara Corcoran says she was fired from 'Shark Tank,' got job back with email – CNBC

Barbara Corcoran experienced every professional’s worst nightmare: She landed her dream job, only to have the offer rescinded.Before the first season of ABC’s “Shark Tank” aired in 2009, a producer’s secretary reached out to Corcoran and asked the real estate tycoon to be an investor on the show. She “signed the contract without looking at it [and] mailed it right back overnight,” Corcoran said on a recent episode of Barstool’s “Chicks in the Office” podcast.The euphoria didn’t last long. Two weeks after she landed the gig, and a week before the show was set to film, Corcoran said she got a call informing her the producers decided to go with a different female investor.But Corcoran didn’t take the rejection without protest.”I was embarrassed. I told all my friends, ‘I’m going to Hollywood,'” Corcoran, 74, said. “So I sat down and wrote an email right to them and said, ‘You’ve made a mistake.'”Corcoran said she kept the email short, demanding that the producers “invite both women out to compete for the seat.” The producers agreed, and she landed the job, she said. She has been an investor on “Shark Tank” for 14 seasons now.It’s unusual for job offers to get rescinded
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