Thomas Skinner broke down in tears as he was reunited with Lord Alan Sugar on the Celebrity Apprentice on Monday. 

The 34-year-old, who shot to fame on the regular version of the BBC show in 2019, is one of the famous faces taking part in the new two-part series.

The first instalment aired on BBC One and saw Lord Sugar introduce the latest candidates - Rob Rinder, AJ Odudu, Jake Wood, Kadeena Cox, Eddie Kadi, Charlie Hedges, Angela Scanlon, JB Gill, Matt Morsia, Sarah Hadland, Shazia Mirza and Thomas.

Lord Alan Sugar took a cheeky swipe at Thomas and said: 'Now Tom, since when did you get celebrity status?'

Thomas giggled back: 'I don't know. I don't know.'

Lord Sugar: 'And now he's in the Celebrity Apprentice. A bit of a wheeler dealer.

'He sells Christmas cards on New Year's Day.'

Thomas, who took part in this year's series of Strictly Come Dancing, then wiped away a tear from his eye.

A shocked Karren Brady brutally gasped: 'Are you crying?!'

Clearly getting very emotional about being back in the boardroom, Thomas confessed: 'I don't get upset, but I done this show six years ago, and this show changed my life.

'And I'm back here!'

Lord Sugar told him: 'It's exciting for me because you're the only candidate I might end up firing twice.'

Finding the funny side, Thomas said: 'I hope not. I hope not. Fingers crossed!'

The famous faces taking part in the series have travelled to Lapland, Finland, to design and create their very own festive biscuits.  

They have been separated into two teams - Jolly McTrouble and Gary the Penguin. 

Viewers saw them design their tasty treat, record their own radio jingle and also film a telly advert. 

But fans will have to watch Wednesday's episode to see who wins the challenge. 

It comes after Angela Scanlon  hit out at her Celebrity Apprentice teammate Thomas and claimed that his performance on the show was 'sub-standard'.  

In an interview with the Metro, TV presenter Angela, 42, said that her team was initially delighted to have Thomas as a member.

She said: 'We were plucky enough about that. We referred to him as our golden goose from the get-go.' 

However, his 'great' performance took a turn when he was tasked with directing a TV advert for the biscuits. She brutally admitted: 'I will say, it was sub-standard.'  

The swipe comes after Thomas admitted that being back on the show 'brought back such emotions'.

Speaking about his Apprentice return, Thomas told the Daily Mail: 'It was a real honour. I loved doing Apprentice the first time and it was such a great experience.' 

In the opening moments of the celebrity specials, Thomas became visibly emotional as he returned to Lord Sugar's famous boardroom, and after filming the episodes, he admitted he didn't expect to have such a reaction when he returned to the show.

He said: 'No, never in a million years, no. But when I was there, it just made me think back to when I was first sitting in that boardroom back in 2019... like I didn't really have anything back then, before I had kids and before I built my businesses up really properly.

'And I sort of sat and thought, "Wow, this experience all those years ago put me on the map really and made me successful I suppose, and opened so many doors for me," so to sit back and help to do it for such a great cause like Children In Need was a proper honour.'

Celebrity Apprentice continues Tuesday on BBC One and iPlayer.