Reflecting on the Trump tape, Bush says, 'I became a very different guy. So the guy that got fired, no question, was a very different guy.'
"I got taken out, but I wasn't the target," the new 'Extra' host told Gayle King of his role in the 2016 scandal involving then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in a clip from their interview for 'CBS This Morning.', Billy Bush is once again speaking about the infamoushost Donald Trump in which the man who would be president is heard bragging about grabbing women "by the pussy.
"I was comfortable that it wasn't going to be weaponized," he said, before saying that he feels like that's how the tape was used. "I got taken out, but I wasn't the target." The television host revealed that he wasn't concerned about how the tape would impact his career after its initial release. "I was told, 'You're good. Don't worry about it. It's not you. You didn't say anything,'" he said. "It was leaked on a Friday and then Sunday morning I walked out of that door right over there with my bags to go back to work and the driver said, 'I'm sorry. They've canceled the car.
Bush added that he didn't feel comfortable disagreeing with Trump's lewd comments. "Trump's the kind of guy who would say, 'Forget Billy Bush' and then I might have gotten, 'Hey, why did you lose Trump? He's the biggest guest we have,'" he said. "You're a little anxious around him because you just want it to end well and get out."
He then said that he feels like the tape was a "tipping point" in the #MeToo movement. "It was a very hot, emotional time and maybe that helped trigger it. I think that's a good thing," he said., he doesn't feel like he's starting over, though he said he has "picked up some missing elements in the last few years, like a deeper empathy, patience."about the tape, just seven months after the controversy.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Trump GOP primary challenger Mark Sanford says growing field of Republican candidates strengthens anti-Trump messageFormer South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who announced this weekend that he will launch a longshot primary bid for the 2020 Republican nomination, argued Monday that the growing field of Republicans challenging President Donald Trump strengthens their anti-Trump message.
Read more »
MSNBC host says Trump put 'far more planning into his beauty pageants' than Taliban peace talks'It reveals that there is no process in this administration, there is no serious policymaking process,' former CIA Director John Brennan said.
Read more »
Top GOP senator says Trump needs to 'step up' in gun debateSen. Roy Blunt, a member of the Senate's Republican leadership, called on President Donald Trump Sunday to make clear what he would support on gun control legislation.
Read more »
‘The Serpent’: Jenna Coleman, Billy Howle & Ellie Bamber Join BBC/Netflix DramaVictoria’s Jenna Coleman, Dunkirk’s Billy Howle and Nocturnal Animals’ Ellie Bamber are to lead BBC/Netflix drama The Serpent. The trio join Tahar Rahim, who plays Charles Sobrhaj, one of the most …
Read more »
'Absolutely impeachable' for Trump to direct 'hundreds of thousands' of dollars to his business, congressman saysRepresentative Jamie Raskin explained that the emoluments clause forbids the president from receiving any additional money from the government beyond his personal salary.
Read more »