Report: Billy Bush Bragged About Lewd Trump Video

Billy Bush

Billy Bush brazenly bragged to NBC staff about the vulgar Donald Trump tape while covering the Olympics in Rio, multiple sources tell the NY Post's Page Six.

Proving the infamous Ryan Lochte interview wasn’t Bush’s only Rio recklessness, the shamed “Today” host boasted at a party in August that he had a “tape of Trump being a real dog,” prompting staffers at “Access Hollywood” to track it down.

Bush never told NBC News brass about the tape when he joined “Today,” and they’re not happy about it. “Billy was bragging about the tape to other NBC staff while in Rio. If he knew about the tape, and remembered the full extent of such an explosive conversation with a presidential candidate and didn’t disclose that to NBC News, that is a very, very serious problem,” the insider said, adding it could violate the “morality clause” in his contract.

Meanwhile, Bush could also be investigated by NBC for any signs of possible workplace sexual harassment because of the comments made during his vile video chat with Trump about his ex-“Access” co-host Nancy O’Dell.

Bush appears to be egging on Trump as he talks about how he unsuccessfully tried to “f - - k” O’Dell. An NBC insider said, “There is concern that Bush didn’t defend his female co-worker. Instead, he appears to encourage that type of talk about her.”

The Today Show briefly addressed Billy Bush's suspension Monday morning, three days after the leak of a vulgar conversation between he and Donald Trump from 2005.



After showing a portion of the exchange – which featured Trump saying that celebrities can "get away with anything [with women]. Grab them by the pus*y" – host Savannah Guthrie told viewers, "We do want to note one other thing: Pending further review of the matter, NBC News has suspended Billy Bush, the host of Today's third hour, for his role in that conversation with Donald Trump."

Sources say there are lots of “gossipy conversations” about Bush on set of the show, and that the prevailing attitude is that they don't want him to come back, especially the women.
According to the insider, Bush, “hasn’t really endeared himself to the rest of the cast and crew anyway, so they’re fine with him leaving, if that’s what the decision is.”