Billy Bush thought he was safe when that infamous āAccess Hollywoodā tape that featured then-presidential candidate Donald Trump using vulgar language toward women surfaced. After all, everyone at NBC knew about it, and he didnāt think it would be āweaponizedā against him.
As the new host of āExtraā explained to Gayle King, āI was told that, āYouāre good. Donāt worry about it. Itās not you. You didnāt say anything.āā But two days later, he was fired from the āTodayā show. And pretty unceremoniously, too. āIt was leaked on a Friday,ā Bush says. āAnd then Sunday morning, I walked out that door, right over there, with my bags to go back to work. And the driver said, āIām sorry, theyāve canceled the car.ā I said, āOh, that must be a mistake." It wasn't.
Several sources claimed that a staffer leaked the tape to get in Matt Lauerās good graces because he ādidnāt likeā Bush and to derail Trump. As we now know, while the tape did get Bush fired, Trump still ended up in the White House. And Matt later got fired over sexual misconduct allegations. You can see Billyās full chat with King on todayās edition of āCBS This Morning.ā
Source: Page Six