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Billy Bush is finally addressing that leaked "Access Hollywood" tape_ by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra May 22, 2017 3:43 PM UTC Billy Bush is finally addressing that leaked "Access Hollywood" tape by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra May 22, 2017 3:43 PM UTC [Billy Bush](http://time.com/4545973/will-ferrell-george-w-bush-impression-billy-bush/) described the “roller coaster” since the now infamous _Access Hollywood_ tape with [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4783890/donald-trump-israel-visit-middle-east-jerusalem/) was leaked in his first interview since the video came out seven months ago. Speaking to [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/billy-bush-breaks-his-silence-trump-access-hollywood-tape-nbc-a-comeback-plan-1005744), Bush commented on Trump’s defending of his comments by saying it was [“locker room talk.”](http://time.com/4530118/donald-trump-locker-room-talk-college/) “I’m in a lot of locker rooms, I am an athlete, and no, that is not the type of conversation that goes on or that I’ve participated in,” Bush said. Bush said of getting fired from the _Today_ Show while Trump became President that the “irony is glaring,” though Bush said he’s tried to learn from the experience. “I’ve come out of this with a deeper understanding of how women can connect to the feeling of having to fight extra hard for an even playing field,” he said. Bush also said the leaked tape affected his relationships with his three daughters. He said one of his daughters called him crying from boarding school asking why he laughed along with what Trump said. Bush said that if a similar conversation came up now that he would change the subject. He said learning he would not return to the _Today_ Show “hurt a lot.” “I put together an apology right away, the one you saw,” Bush said.”I told people that I was ashamed and embarrassed. And I was.” ## Transcript [00:00] Billy Bush has broken his silence and is finally [00:03] addressing the leaked access Hollywood tape. In an [00:05] interview with a Hollywood reporter, Bush says [00:07] watching the video left him totally and completely [00:09] gutted. He claims that he's only seen the video three [00:12] times. Times, once three days before the news broke, [00:15] and twice more before his interview with the Hollywood [00:17] Reporter. Billy went on to say, " looking back upon [00:20] what was said on that bus, I wish I had changed the [00:22] topic. [ Trump ] liked TV and competition. I [00:44] And ka- boom! It all comes apart. 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