Billy Bush warned NBC about ‘animal’ Trump after ‘Access Hollywood’ chat

Years before Billy Bush was fired from NBC for cackling along as Donald Trump infamously boasted that he could grab women by the genitals in a recording the former Access Hollywood host mentioned he warned the arrangement that the future president was an animal because he had tried to hit on Bush s then-co-anchor Nancy O Dell Bush revealed his warning to NBC in two podcast interviews this week with Rob Lowe and Tucker Carlson respectively according to the Daily Beast He was dredging up the recording of Trump s misogynistic remarks about the privileges of being a star Trump blurted out his crude comments about women while he and Bush were casually chatting ahead of taping a segment for Access Hollywood to promote his popular reality TV show The Apprentice At the time The Apprentice aired on the NBC architecture while Access Hollywood was produced by NBC Studios and syndicated across NBC affiliates But Bush also explained his role in the decision to bury the problematic recording because the then-Manhattan real estate developer was a big star for NBC according to another Daily Beast overview Had that tape leaked out in when it happened heads would have rolled including mine because you just fully tarnished our major cash cow Bush advised Tucker Carlson for his podcast the Daily Beast announced Bush also stated Lowe on his Literally With Rob Lowe SiriusXM podcast that Trump was a protected revered source at NBC He was a million profit for NBC He was the king of the ratings But as Bush explained he agreed that the recording shouldn t be made constituents he declared he warned his producers about Trump s behavior especially comments he made about O Dell While riding a bus to film the segment for Access Hollywood Trump had recounted Bush he had pursued his co-host Nancy O Dell but failed I moved on her and I failed Trump noted I ll admit it I moved on her very heavily In fact I took her out furniture shopping During this exchange Bush also laughed along as Trump made his now-infamous remark When you re a star they let you do it You can do anything Grab em by the genitals Bush stated Lowe that he without delay advised his producer about Trump s comments after shooting wrapped The day of the filming in I called my producer and commented You re not gonna believe what Trump noted He is going after Nancy Bush commented according to the Daily Beast Definitely Bush reported he only related Trump s remarks about O Dell to his producer He did not mention the president s other remarks about grabbing women s genitals saying he had not processed the other stuff As is well known the footage sat in a desk forever as Bush reported It certainly leaked to the Washington Post in the final weeks before the referendum Trump s remarks on the recording almost derailed his first presidential campaign He still managed to squeeze out a accomplishment over Hilary Clinton Bush s career fared much less well In the fall of Bush was a sparse months into his new job as a co-host of the third hour of the In the present day show After the Washington Post published Trump s remarks the fallout for Bush was swift according to the Daily Beast He was fired from In the modern day a insufficient days later and couldn t find a job in the mainstream media for then several years Bush now has his own video podcast called Hot Mics His first guest next week is scheduled to be Megyn Kelly who also had a run-in with NBC with her failed gig as a daytime talk-show host for the system