{"id":860125,"date":"2021-10-08T14:44:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T18:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=860125"},"modified":"2021-10-08T14:44:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T18:44:08","slug":"billy-bush-blasts-nbc-for-firing-him-over-trump-access-hollywood-tape-claims-he-was-sacrificed-for-political-gain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billy-bush-blasts-nbc-for-firing-him-over-trump-access-hollywood-tape-claims-he-was-sacrificed-for-political-gain\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Bush Blasts NBC For Firing Him Over Trump \u2018Access Hollywood\u2019 Tape, Claims He Was \u2018Sacrificed\u2019 For \u2018Political Gain\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbilly-bush-blasts-nbc-for-firing-him-over-trump-access-hollywood-tape-claims-he-was-sacrificed-for-political-gain%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=860125&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/billybush.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former \u201cToday\u201d show contributor and \u201cAccess Hollywood\u201d host Billy Bush blasted NBC on Friday, the fifth anniversary of the day he was fired for a recorded private conversation he had with then-Presidential candidate Donald Trump when Trump was a guest on \u201cAccess Hollywood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The now-infamous tape features Bush responding with non-committal remarks as Trump, who was, at the time, the host of \u201cThe Apprentice\u201d on NBC, lectured on how he approached women, using graphic terms for the female anatomy. Bush did not appear, on the tape, to specifically object to Trump\u2019s explanation.<\/p>\n<p>Bush was fired shortly thereafter over the tape. Trump initially apologized, then explained the incident as \u201clocker room talk.\u201d&nbsp;He went on to win the 2016 election despite the crude conversation, which Democrats had likely hoped would award momentum to the Democrat\u2019s 2016 presidential contender, Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Bush took to his Instagram Friday to address the incident, five years later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cBilly Bush accused NBC on Thursday of having \u2018sacrificed\u2019 him in 2016 when he was fired over the infamous \u2018Access Hollywood\u2019 tape of Donald Trump making crude remarks about women,\u201d Fox News reported. \u201cCalling it the five-year anniversary of the \u2018worst day of my life,\u2019 Bush railed against his former network in an Instagram post. NBC dismissed him from a hosting gig on \u2018Today\u2019 shortly after the 2005 tape came to light, where Bush could be heard laughing as Trump boasted on a hot mic that he could kiss and grope women because he was famous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday is the 5 year anniversary of the worst day of my life,\u201d Bush said on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Bush then excoriated NBC for, he claims, deliberately putting him in a difficult position in order to take down Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]he family that raised me professionally sacrificed me in an instant for their own political gain,\u201d he said, referencing NBC. \u201cLet\u2019s be real. Ultimately, they lost because HE somehow won. I barely survived the cascade of anxiety and despair. It lasted years. I am stronger because of it today, a better more empathetic guy I hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI field calls from people in need of counsel still all the time,\u201d he added. \u201cI have a plan creatively to use this experience to help heal the culture. These are good things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bush then noted that his father, Jonathan, former President George W. Bush\u2019s cousin, was deeply affected by the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply grateful for the man who felt it as deeply as I did, my dad, I know the heart ache took an awful toll on him,\u201d Bush continued. &nbsp;\u201cHe is in heaven. I always stop on this day to feel it. But I end up thinking about the pain of others which means I\u2019m in a much better place. Thank you Sydney, kids, Bob, Jill, mom, John, Lisa G, Mike, Jack and of course my beloved Dad. Ok, back to the program in progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bush has spoken about the matter before, but infrequently. In 2017, he told Good Morning America that he \u201cwish I had stopped\u201d the firing process, \u201c[b]ut I didn\u2019t have the strength of character at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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