Owning Manhattan star Jonathan Nørmølle has claimed he orchestrated his firing by Ryan Serhant in a desperate bid to get out of his contract at the company, after learning the show had hired a group of fake agents.
The runner, 27, was sensationally fired on the rooftop of Manhattan skyscraper The Edge at Hudson Yards in the final episode of the new series.
In the Netflix show, Jonathan was fired after he was caught badmouthing a colleague on the company’s podcast and tarnishing the business’ reputation by showing off a $10 million property.
But, speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com ahead of the launch of the new reality show, Jonathan claimed he masterminded his brutal exit, claiming he had done so because he wanted to leave Serhant to set up his own business and no longer needed the brand.
“I had a plan because I had a contract with Ryan and all the endorsements,” he said.
Owning Manhattan star Jonathan Nørmølle claimed he masterminded his firing
He claimed to DailyMail.com that he planned his disappearance because he wanted to leave Serhant to create his own business.
‘The only way I could get out of those contracts was to piss Ryan off enough that he would fire me.
“And the only way I could do that was by saying things like: Ryan hadn’t done anything when he was my age, while I’ve been at Forbes before I was 30.
‘I made my first $100 million in my first year in real estate. I was on the cover of Downtown magazine, was voted Rookie of the Year, and won Most Influential Broker at the Broker of the Year Awards.
Jonathan alleged: ‘I told Ryan all this stuff and he got angry enough to fire me on TV, and instantly these contracts were completely void.’
Netflix spent an entire year casting agents for Owning Manhattan; the agents, according to Jonathan, are not genuine.
Jonathan, however, insisted that he never auditioned for the show and that Ryan instead begged him to join.
“Ryan contacted me twice,” she said. “I told him no, twice. Every time he called me there was a little more incentive.”
Explaining why he finally played ball after Ryan’s third phone call, Jonathan added: “I thought it was a great opportunity to get my foot in the door and open myself up to the world.”
Ryan Serhant said goodbye to Jonathan on the rooftop of The Edge in Manhattan
Since being fired, Jonathan alleges that Ryan has tried three times to get Serhant back.
However, after months of working on Serhant, Jonathan said he changed his mind.
“I realized that wasn’t really what I was looking for,” he said, adding that he made a deal with his team that he would only stay with the company for a year before leaving, but sped up this process during filming.
However, since his dramatic exit, Jonathan said Ryan has worked hard to get him back on board.
“Ryan has tried to hire me back three times at this point, so it really worked out perfectly for me,” she said.
Jonathan created his own real estate business after his time at Serhant and has a large number of agents working for him.
Speaking about his new venture, Jonathan said: “In my new company, Next Gen, we are not just in real estate. We are starting two developments, one of which will be on Billionaires’ Row and the other in the center of FiDi.” .
‘What we are trying to do is see how we can modernize the old office buildings. I want to take out the entire office floor, or 20,000 square feet, to make Soho lofts in FiDi.
“Soho wasn’t always cool. Artists went there and made it cool. The same thing can happen here.”
Ryan previously told DailyMail.com that there are ‘there are no bad apples’ working in his company of the same name Serhant as implements a “one-strike policy.”
“I have a one-strike policy for toxicity and negativity,” he said. ‘There are no bad apples.
‘What you see me do on the show is that while that term is easy to say, it’s hard to put into practice.
‘Selling real estate in New York City is a super competitive environment. There are 80,000 agents here for 6,000 homes being sold.
‘Most people who are in this business work for free, without benefits and with a lot of pressure. This year they won’t make any money…
‘Sometimes you’ll see some bad behavior, and my gut tells me it’s a one-time policy, you can’t work here anymore.
But sometimes I have a heart, too. I tell him, ‘I understand what you’re going through, I know, this year has been very, very hard, but we have to correct your behavior.’
He continued: ‘As CEO, I’ve had to really focus on the two Bs when it comes to managing people, which are business and behaviour.
“I’m working on creating something very, very big. This is different than other shows that follow people who only focus on themselves.”
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