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PEOPLE & ARTS Tuesday 5 december 2017
Billy Bush says Trump ‘Access Hollywood’ tape is real

NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Bush sumed we were listening
said it was indeed Donald to a crass standup act. He
Trump’s voice captured on was performing. Surely, we
a 2005 “Access Hollywood” thought, none of this was
tape talking about fame real. We now know better,”
enabling him to grope and Bush said in the op-ed.
try to have sex with women. The recording of the lewd
“Of course he said it,” the conversation between
former “Access Hollywood” Bush and Trump emerged
and “Today” show person- during the 2016 presiden-
ality said in an op-ed pub- tial campaign. Trump later
lished Sunday in The New said he never did any of
York Times. the actions described on
The video shows Trump, the tape, and dismissed his
who was the star of “The words as locker room talk.
Apprentice,” riding on an In the waning days of the
“Access Hollywood” bus presidential election, more
with then-host Bush. At one than a dozen women
point, Trump describes try- came forward to say that
ing to have sex with a mar- Trump had sexually assault-
ried woman. He also brags ed or harassed them over
about women letting him the years. He denied it. In this Sept. 19, 2014 file photo, Billy Bush arrives at the Operation Smile’s 2014 Smile Gala in Beverly
kiss and grab them be- But Bush said he believes Hills, Calif.
cause he is famous. the women, and he felt the Associated Press
“When you’re a star, they need to write the piece fol- of the women who came duct. Its leader is wantonly through a lot of soul search-
let you do it,” Trump says. lowing reports that Trump forward with their stories poking the bear.” ing.
“You can do anything.” had privately suggested about him, and did not re- Bush, who had recently “None of us were guilty of
“Along with Donald Trump that the “Access Holly- ceive enough attention,” been hired as co-host of knowingly enabling our fu-
and me, there were sev- wood” tape was not au- Bush said. “This country is the “Today” show, lost his ture president,” he said.
en other guys present on thentic. currently trying to recon- job following the release of “But all of us were guilty of
the bus at the time, and “I can only imagine how it cile itself to years of power the tape. sacrificing a bit of ourselves
every single one of us as- has reopened the wounds abuse and sexual miscon- He said he has since gone in the name of success.”q