NBC HAS FORMERLY SUSPENDED BILLY BUSH ON THE TODAY SHOW AFTER
HIS COMMENTS AND PARTICIPATION IN THE TRUMP VIDEO.
TODAY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER NOAH SAID ñ LET'S ROLL THE TAPE
ON BILLY'S PURCHASE PATIENT IN THE TRUMP TAPE.
>> THAT IS THE PART THAT IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH.
EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT THE HORRIFIC THINGS HE SAID ON
THE BUS.
BUT ON THE DAY WE COVERED IT, I SAID THE THING THAT
ACTUALLY DISTURBED ME THE MOST WAS WHEN HE GOT OFF THE BUS.
THEN THEY MADE ALL THAT TALK REAL.
BEFORE HE COULD'VE SAID THEY ARE JOKING, BUT THEY GET OFF
THE BUS AND IMMEDIATELY BILLY BUSH IS LIKE, GO HUG HIM.
THEY WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY GRAB WOMEN.
IT IS LIKE OH YOU CREEPY PERV.
BUT ALSO MADE ME THINK THAT IS WHY SOME WOMEN ARE SKITTISH
ABOUT HUGGING GUYS BECAUSE GUYS LIKE THAT ARE OUT THERE.
LOOK, I THOUGHT BUSH LOOKED TERRIBLE.
>>HE HAS ISSUED AN APOLOGY.
I WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THIS.
BUSH HAS SAID HE IS EMBARRASSED.
JUST TO NOTE BILLY BUSH WAS 33
YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THIS VIDEO.
THAT IS BASICALLY YOUR AGE, BRETT.
I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE
ENCOURAGED BEHAVIOR LIKE THIS.
I DON'T BUY THIS APOLOGY.
SAYING THAT HE WAS LESS MATURE, TO ME IT IS JUST SUCH A COPOUT.
>>IT IS A MIXED BAG.
A LOT OF GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT OF STUPID THINGS WHEN THEY
WERE YOUNGER, I AM AMONG THEM.
PART OF ME IS LIKE HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO HOLD IT OVER
THE GUYS HAD?
WE HAVEN'T REALLY HUNG IT OVER HIS HEAD MUCH AT ALL.
WE JUST STARTED.
I THINK A MORE IMPORTANT POINT HERE IS IS THAT WHO HE IS
OR WAS HE JUST BEING A DUMB ASS ON THAT DATE?
ANOTHER PART THAT REALLY BOTHERED ME IS THEY ARE ON
THE BUS AND TRUMP IS SAYING ALL THESE OUTRAGEOUS THINGS AND
BILLY BUSH IS EGGING HIM ON.
AT ONE POINT TRUMP SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT ONE OF THE
WOMEN THEY SEE ON THE ROAD I THINK.
AND BILLY BUSH SAYS ," YES, THE DONALD HAS SCORED."
THE KIND OF SOLICITOUS ATTITUDE IS REVOLTING TO ME.
>> THAT IS A SCARY GOOD IMPRESSION OF BILLY BUSH.
>>THE
BEST COMPARISON I HAVE SEEN IS FROM MY FRIEND LINDSEY WEBER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, BUT
GASTON'S FRIEND, THAT IS WHAT IT IS.
THERE WAS THAT TIME WHEN BRITNEY SPEARS KISSED MADONNA AND
EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT IT.
THAT IS LIKE BUSH ñ
DONALD IS LIKE THE BRITNEY SPEARS TAKING THE BRUNT OF IT.
AND BILLY HAS REALLY WANTED TO BE CHRISTINA AGUILERA
BECAUSE CHRISTINA WAS ALSO THERE BUT PEOPLE JUST DON'T REMEMBER.
I THINK THIS HAS TO DO WITH BEHIND THE SCENES.
BILLY BUSH SHOWS UP AND PEOPLE DON'T LIKE HIM ON THAT
STAGE AT THE TODAY SHOW.
HE SEEMS LIKE HE IS THE KIND OF PERSON WHO WAS BEING VERY
OPPORTUNISTIC IN THE FACE OF A SHRINKING TODAY SHOW CROWD, AND
SEEMING LIKE THEY WERE ANGLING TOWARD WILLY GUIST, AND HE WAS
THE ONE FROM ACCESS HOLLYWOOD LIVE WHO WAS LIKE LET ME ON
THAT SHOW AND DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO GET IN THERE.
IS ON CAMERA PERSONALITY IS THAT STINKER WHO HAS NO FILTER
AND WILL SAY AND DO THE CRAZY THING.
THE QUESTION ON EVERYBODY'S MIND WHEN THEY WATCH IT, I
TALKED TO MY MOM AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO WATCH THE TODAY
SHOW, THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE IS LIKE BECAUSE
MAYBE HE IS JUST OFFPUTTING AND GENUINELY LIKE A REALLY
CREEPY PERSON.
WHEN YOU SEE THIS VIDEO COME OUT, THOSE PEOPLE WHO SEE
BILLY SHOW UP FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE TODAY SHOW, THEY
LOOK AT IT AND GO I CAN DO WITHOUT HIM.
THERE ARE SOURCES ON THE TODAY SHOW THAT THEY HE'S NEVER
GOING TO BE ON THAT SHOW AGAIN.
>> THE GUY DRIVES ME CRAZY.
BUT I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS.
BILLY BUSH IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF GUY I CAN'T STAND.
AN INSIDER BRO.
REMEMBER HE IS BUSH'S NEPHEW, GEORGE W.
BUSH'S NEPHEW.
WHY DOES HE HAVE THESE INCREDIBLY HIGH-PAYING JOBS?
REMEMBER CHELSEA CLINTON HAD A VERY HIGH-PAYING JOB AT NBC TWO.
SHE DID FOUR MINUTES IN ONE YEAR AND GOT PAID HALF $1 MILLION.
>> JENNA BUSH WAS A CORRESPONDENT.
>> IT IS GROSS TO ME.
THESE ARE THE ROYALTY OF AMERICA.
AND HERE IS THIS GUY.
I CAN'T STAND THAT GUY.
ANYTHING BAD THAT HAPPENS TO THEM, GOOD.
AND HIS CAREER, YADA YADA.
THE WORLD COULD USE LESS OF BILLY BUSH'S.
I FEEL AT THE SAME TIME HE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A SCAPEGOAT.
THE WHOLE INDUSTRY ñ
THAT IS ALL ACCESS HOLLYWOOD, IT IS IN THE NAME.
THEY SELL OUT FOR ACCESS.
THEY PUT IN THE TITLE OF THE SHOW.
DON'T PRETEND LIKE IT IS JUST A BILLY BUSH PROBLEM.
THAT IS HOW ALL OF THIS IS BUILT.
NOT JUST ENTERTAINMENT, BUT ALL OF MEDIA.
YOU ARE DYING FOR ACCESS SO YOU
ENCOURAGE THEIR WORST
BEHAVIOR AND THAT IS HOW YOU GET ACCESS TO THEM.
THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY IS A LITTLE BIT AT FAULT HERE, NOT JUST
BILLY BUSH.
>>I THINK WITH THESE KINDS OF THINGS, YOU HAVE TO SUSPEND
THEM IMMEDIATELY, ESPECIALLY ON THE TODAY SHOW THAT HAD SO
MUCH DRAMA AND FALLOUT WITH ANN CURRY.
IT WILL DIE DOWN, IT WILL GO AWAY.
HE WILL HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU SEE BRIAN WILLIAMS SHOW UP ON MSNBC LITERALLY AT MIDNIGHT.
THEN YOU WILL WORK YOUR WAY BACK INTO THE MAINSTREAM.
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS ANGRY WHEN THIS KIND OF STUFF
HAPPENS BUT THEY ARE ALSO VERY FORGIVING.
AND THERE IS SO MUCH THAT WE ARE INUNDATED WITH THAT WE
FORGET THE ISSUES AT STAKE.
>> I AGREE, BUT I HOPE THAT WE STILL CALL INTO QUESTION
THAT WE HAVE CREATED THIS MEDIA.
BILLY BUSH IS A PRODUCT OF WHAT WE HAVE SAID THAT WE LIKE.
HE HAS BEEN REWARDED FOR PUTTING SALT ON PEOPLE'S ASSES.
HE IS A PRODUCT OF EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE SAID WE WANT FROM
MEDIA TO FEED US IN THIS SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP.
I HOPE THAT WHILE IT IS OKAY TO BE FORGIVING, I DON'T THINK
BILLY BUSH IS A TERRIBLE GUY, I THINK WE STILL NEED TO CALL
IN QUESTION WHAT SORT OF BEHAVIOR WE ARE ENCOURAGING
BY PUTTING ON SUCH SHOWS LIKE THE TODAY SHOW AND GOOD
MORNING AMERICA.
>> I THINK THERE IS A FALSE IMPLICATION WHERE YOU HAVE
TO BLOW SMOKE UP DONALD ASKED TO THE POINT WHERE AFTER IT IS
ALL DONE YOU DON'T NEED TO DO ANYMORE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO LET'S GIVE THE DONALD A HUG.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THAT FAR.
HE CAN STILL FEED OUR NEED FOR THE STUFF WE TALK ABOUT ON
POP TRIGGER.
>> IT BECAME HIS ON-SCREEN PERSONA OF BEING A LITTLE
BIT EDGY THAT CAN BE CREEPY AND INAPPROPRIATE.
YOU CAN TELL AL ROCHER HATES HIM.
>>WELL, THEY HAD A BLOWUP OVER RYAN LOCHTE BECAUSE OF
COURSE BILLY BUSH DEFENDED LOCHTE.
WE FOUND SOME AUDIOTAPE OF BILLY BUSH AS HE GOT SUSPENDED
AND WAS LEAVING THE BUILDING.
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID.
>> THEY ARE KICKING ME OUT THE DOOR.
>>THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN ANOTHER BUSH, BUT YOU SEE MY POINT.