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

Years before Billy Bush was fired from NBC for chortling along as Donald Trump infamously boasted that he could grab women by the genitals in a recording the former Access Hollywood host stated 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 system 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 summary 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 reported Tucker Carlson for his podcast the Daily Beast stated Bush also advised 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 reported he agreed that the recording shouldn t be made constituents he stated 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 notified Bush he had pursued his co-host Nancy O Dell but failed I moved on her and I failed Trump commented 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 described Lowe that he straightaway informed his producer about Trump s comments after shooting wrapped The day of the filming in I called my producer and revealed You re not gonna believe what Trump declared He is going after Nancy Bush noted according to the Daily Beast Authentically Bush declared 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 stated It in the end leaked to the Washington Post in the final weeks before the electoral contest Trump s remarks on the recording almost derailed his first presidential campaign He still managed to squeeze out a supremacy 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 modern 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 Currently a meager 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 framework