Report: NBC To Pay Billy Bush To Go Away

Billy Bush (Reuters Photo)

Embattled “Today” anchor Billy Bush is likely to get a $10 million lump settlement from NBC after his abrupt ouster following the vulgar revelations on the Donald Trump tape, according to PageSix at The NYPost.

Bush and his legal team have been battling with NBC News chiefs to iron out a settlement — which, sources exclusively tell Page Six, will involve a large lump payment said to be the full value of his three-year contract, valued at around $10 million.

Bush’s attorney Marshall Grossman told Page Six on Friday, “Negotiations between Billy and NBC are progressing, and will continue to progress, and hopefully we will reach a conclusion in the near future. We were preparing for battle, but today we are preparing for settlement.”

High-powered Hollywood attorney Grossman declined to discuss what they were hoping for in the settlement, or the exact timing of the deal.

Bush was booted from “Today,” where he was a co-anchor of the 9 a.m. hour, following the leak of the tape to the Washington Post, where presidential can