Billy Bush says he was 'due for some kind of reckoning' prior to the Access Hollywood scandal

Billy Bush
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Billy Bush has returned to television almost three years after the Access Hollywood tape scandal, a kind of "reckoning" he now says he needed.

Bush, who was fired from Today in 2016 after a 2005 tape emerged in which he laughs along as Donald Trump brags about groping women, on Monday night returned to TV as the host of Extra, addressing the scandal on his first show by saying he's now "going again" after having fallen "into a nasty rabbit hole for about a year in a half." On Tuesday, he spoke further about the situation in an interview with CBS This Morning.

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Brendan Morrow

Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.