--- title: Arianne Zucker Releases Statement on Donald Trump's Comments description: Arianne Zucker, the actress featured in the leaked video of Donald Trump making lewd comments about women, has responded to the firestorm canonical: https://time.com/4524272/donald-trump-arianne-zucker-responds/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-09T20:32:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:33.236Z og:title: Arianna Zucker on Donald Trump’s Lewd Comments: ‘I Choose to Stand Tall’ og:description: 'Unfortunately, there are too many people in power who abuse their position and disregard these simple principles and are rewarded for it' og:url: https://time.com/4524272/donald-trump-arianne-zucker-responds/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11d99cb11e0058f8/6988a941e20a87c3f3a92b57/donald-trump-billy-bush-arianne-zucker-access-hollywood-sexual-assault-women1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1920 og:image:height: 1080 og:image:alt: VIDEO FRAME GRAB: In this 2005 frame from video, Donald Trump p og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Arianna Zucker on Donald Trump’s Lewd Comments: ‘I Choose to Stand Tall’ twitter:description: 'Unfortunately, there are too many people in power who abuse their position and disregard these simple principles and are rewarded for it' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11d99cb11e0058f8/6988a941e20a87c3f3a92b57/donald-trump-billy-bush-arianne-zucker-access-hollywood-sexual-assault-women1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Arianna Zucker on Donald Trump’s Lewd Comments: ‘I Choose to Stand Tall’ > Sponsored content. 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In this 2005 frame from video, Donald Trump prepares for an appearance on 'Days of Our Lives' with actress Arianne Zucker (center). He is accompanied to the set by Access Hollywood host Billy Bush. The Washington Post—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Oct 9, 2016 8:32 PM UTC Arianne Zucker, the actress featured in the [leaked video](http://time.com/4523526/donald-trump-women-leaked-audio/?iid=sr-link1) of Donald Trump making lewd comments about women, has responded to the firestorm around the Republican presidential candidate’s remarks this weekend. “I have grown to learn that the words of others cannot effect the value of my self worth or define the content of my character,” she said in a [statement shared on Twitter](https://twitter.com/Ari%5FZucker/status/785204569995227136). “How we treat one another, whether behind closed doors, locker rooms or face to face, should be done with kindness, dignity and respect,” she said in a statement posted Sunday on Twitter. “Unfortunately, there are too many people in power who abuse their position and disregard these simple principles and are rewarded for it,” the statement continued. “In understanding the magnitude of this situation, I choose to stand tall with self respect and use my voice to enrich, inspire and elevate the best of who we are as people”. > [](https://twitter.com/Ari%5FZucker/status/785204569995227136) In the video, Trump talks with Billy Bush, then-host of _Access Hollywood_, as the two arrived on the set of _Days of Our Lives_ to tape a segment that included Trump’s cameo. When Trump and Bush discuss Zucker, an actres_s_ on the soap opera, Trump says he needs a Tic Tac, “just in case I start kissing her.” He says he can touch and kiss women because he’s “a star.” Trump has received blowback from politicians and on both sides of the aisle, with many [Republicans saying](http://time.com/4524010/donald-trumps-lewd-comments-leave-the-gop-scrambling/?xid=homepage) they can no longer support him. The candidate initially called the comments “locker-room banter” and then did make a [rare apology](http://time.com/4523851/donald-trump-apology-access-hollywood/?xid=homepage) for his comments on Saturday, but called the situation “nothing more than a distraction from the important issues we’re facing today.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4524272/donald-trump-arianne-zucker-responds/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4524272/donald-trump-arianne-zucker-responds/"},"headline":"Arianna Zucker on Donald Trump’s Lewd Comments: ‘I Choose to Stand Tall’","datePublished":"2016-10-09T20:32:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:33.236Z","description":"'The words of others cannot effect the value of my self worth'","url":"https://time.com/4524272/donald-trump-arianne-zucker-responds/","keywords":["motto","Sexual Assault","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11d99cb11e0058f8/6988a941e20a87c3f3a92b57/donald-trump-billy-bush-arianne-zucker-access-hollywood-sexual-assault-women1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abigail Abrams","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11d99cb11e0058f8/6988a941e20a87c3f3a92b57/donald-trump-billy-bush-arianne-zucker-access-hollywood-sexual-assault-women1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"VIDEO FRAME GRAB: In this 2005 frame from video, Donald Trump p","caption":"VIDEO FRAME GRAB: In this 2005 frame from video, Donald Trump p","creditText":"The Washington Post—The Washington Post/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4524272/donald-trump-arianne-zucker-responds/","name":"Arianna Zucker on Donald Trump’s Lewd Comments: ‘I Choose to Stand Tall’"}}]}] ```