Trace Adkins Wanted to “Slap” Piers Morgan When They Were On “The Celebrity Apprentice”!

Reality shows are way more fun when the contestants hate each other.  And let's be honest, that's exactly what the producers want.  I'm convinced they'd probably be happy to see someone get clocked in every episode.

Well, it almost happened when TRACE ADKINS was on "The Celebrity Apprentice".  He seriously considered smacking PIERS MORGAN.  (Yes, I would have paid good money to see it too.)

Trace explains, quote, "I've often said, in describing what that experience was like, it was an exercise in restraint every day.  Just to keep from slapping somebody.

"I told Piers one night, 'You know, if this was the real thing, I'd... you know.'  And he said, 'I know.'  He had heard that so many times.  It was water off a duck's back."  (Piers won the 2007 "Celebrity Apprentice".  Trace was the runner-up.)

(COMMENT STARTER:  Would you have more or less respect for Trace Adkins if he had slapped Piers Morgan?)

(Also, what reality show contestant do you think deserved to get roughed up a little?  Not assaulted in any way, just maybe tweaked in the cheek or tapped forcefully on the bottom.  Yes, these are things I think about sometimes.)