--- title: Presidential Debate: Donald Trump Explains Lewd Video description: Trump denied having done any of the actions implied in the video that leaked Friday. canonical: https://time.com/4524406/presidential-debate-donald-trump-locker-room-talk-video/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-10T01:55:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:05:36.751Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Trump Explain the Lewd Video at the Second Debate og:description: "I was embarrassed by it, but I have tremendous respect for women" og:url: https://time.com/4524406/presidential-debate-donald-trump-locker-room-talk-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8ff26c83f06a19b/6988a949ab6d770aff6ab81a/donald-trump-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Trump Explain the Lewd Video at the Second Debate twitter:description: "I was embarrassed by it, but I have tremendous respect for women" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8ff26c83f06a19b/6988a949ab6d770aff6ab81a/donald-trump-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Donald Trump Explain the Lewd Video at the Second Debate by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 10, 2016 1:55 AM UTC  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump sits on stage during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis on Oct. 9, 2016. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump sits on stage during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis on Oct. 9, 2016.Win McNamee—Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 10, 2016 1:55 AM UTC Donald Trump tried to downplay a leaked video of sexually-charged comments he made towards women as “locker room talk” Sunday at the [second presidential debate](http://time.com/4523324/second-presidential-debate-donald-trump-town-hall/). “This was locker room talk. I’m not proud of it, I apologize to my family, I apologize to the American people,” Trump said before turning the conversation from [footage of him saying lewd comments](http://time.com/money/4524382/billy-bush-suspended-from-today-over-trump-tape/) that leaked Friday to rhetoric about combating ISIS. “This is like medieval times, we haven’t seen anything like this, the carnage all over the world,” the Republican nominee said. The billionaire denied having done any of the actions he implied in the leaked footage, when asked by moderator Anderson Cooper. “I was embarrassed by it, but I have tremendous respect for women and women have respect for me,” Trump said. 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