Billy Bush has found himself in hot water once again.
You may remember, weeks before the 2016 presidential election, when the 51-year-old anchored for Todaysurfaced audio of the famous conversation between people and Donald Trump in 2005 about groping women. Trump said at the time:
“I didn’t even wait. And when you’re a star, [women] let’s do it. You can do anything. Hold the pussy.”
Billy, who works at Access Hollywood when there is an interaction, then reply:
“Whatever you want.”
After the incident, the television host faced a lot of backlash and was later fired Today. He said in an apology shortly after:
“Obviously I’m embarrassed and ashamed. No excuses, but this was 11 years ago – I was younger, less mature, and acting stupid when I played. I’m sorry.”
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But it seems Billy learned nothing from his previous situation about objectifying women because three years after the incident, he was caught making a rude comment – this time about Kendall Jenner. On Friday, The Daily Beast It was revealed that the audio was taken from the October 31 taping of Extra where Billy made a sexual joke about his 27-year-old model Toy Story-Halloween costume inspiration. After a staff member told her she was Jessie the cowgirl, she said at the time:
“Kendall is Jessie and, trust me, there’s a lot of wood.”
WTF??!
Clearly, someone knew the comment wasn’t going to end well, because it was never released. However, the radio personality went on to say, “it will be hard to look at Toy Story the same way again.” wow Although a dirty joke, it seems like Extra stood by Billy. Spokesperson for Telepicturesdivision of Warner Bros. Television who produced the show, defended him in a statement, saying:
“Like many types of productions in the entertainment industry, the show’s creative process allows flexibility to try different jokes and banter. Ultimately, some material falls on the cutting room floor, including comments that might be too edgy to air on broadcast television.
A source also claimed Page Six that Billy obviously meant no harm with his comments about Kendall, explaining:
“There was no malice on Bush’s part because he was working with the material in the normal creative process of the show.”
Um… It’s a bit worrying that these types of jokes are made during the “normal creative process?!”
At this point, Kendall hasn’t responded to the leaked comments — but we can imagine she’s not too happy! What do you think of the controversy, Perezcious readers? Let us know in the comments below.
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