Billy Bush: Of Course Access Hollywood Tape Is Real, He Said It
Former “Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush over the weekend put to rest any doubts that the audio in the famous tape, in which President Donald Trump is heard bragging about sexually assaulting women, is fake.
“He said it. ‘Grab ‘em by the pussy,’ Bush wrote in an editorial published in The New York Times on Sunday.
“Of course he said it,” he continued. “And we laughed along, without a single doubt that this was hypothetical hot air from America’s highest-rated bloviator. Along with Donald Trump and me, there were seven other guys present on the bus at the time, and every single one of us assumed we were listening to a crass standup act. He was performing. Surely, we thought, none of this was real. We now know better.”
Bush’s decision to set the record straight comes as the President has reportedly been questioning the authenticity of the “Access Hollywood” tape in recent weeks, floating the idea to aides and at least one U.S. Senator that the voice on the tape is not his. That’s hit “a raw nerve” for Bush who expressed sympathy for the women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct.
“I can only imagine how it has reopened the wounds of the women who came forward with their stories about him, and did not receive enough attention,” he wrote. “This country is currently trying to reconcile itself to years of power abuse and sexual misconduct. Its leader is wantonly poking the bear.”
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