--- title: Billy Bush Criticizes Donald Trump on Stephen Colbert's Show description: Billy Bush made an appearance on 'The Late Show' with Stephen Colbert Monday night, telling President Donald Trump that "enough's enough" canonical: https://time.com/5049126/billy-bush-stephen-colbert-donald-trump/ author: Eli Meixler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-05T09:04:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:26.059Z og:title: Watch Billy Bush Take on President Trump on 'The Late Show' og:description: "Enough's enough" og:url: https://time.com/5049126/billy-bush-stephen-colbert-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Billy Bush Take on President Trump on 'The Late Show' twitter:description: "Enough's enough" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 'Enough's Enough.' 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The bombshell dropped on the Washington Post’s website : a video of Donald Trump, in 2005, using extremely vulgar language to describe women, detailing his attempt to bed a married woman and bragging that he can grope women because he is a celebrity._ by [Eli Meixler](https://time.com/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Dec 5, 2017 9:04 AM UTC by [Eli Meixler](https://time.com/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Dec 5, 2017 9:04 AM UTC Billy Bush appeared on _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_ Monday night, calling out President Donald Trump after he denied his voice was captured on [an audio recording](http://time.com/5038934/donald-trump-access-hollywood-authentic-tape/) making crude remarks about women. “That is your voice,” Bush said on _The Late Show_. “I was there, you were there, that’s your voice on the tape.” The appearance followed a rousing op-ed published in the New York _Times_ Sunday in which the former NBC host expressed solidarity with women who have come forward to [accuse the president of sexual misconduct](http://time.com/5030698/sexual-harassment-trump/). Bush had largely disappeared from the public eye after [The Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4%5Fstory.html?tid=sm%5Ftw&utm%5Fterm=.f3c6df9ac7e5) reported in October 2016 on the now-[infamous _Access Hollywood_ tape](http://time.com/4523526/donald-trump-women-leaked-audio/), in which Donald Trump boasts about sexually assaulting women. “Enough’s enough,” Bush added, “stop playing around with people’s lives.” In a column in the New York _Times_ titled [“Yes, Donald Trump, You Said That”](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/03/opinion/billy-bush-trump-access-hollywood-tape.html), Bush wrote that he was compelled to speak out after Trump’s recent efforts to [discount the authenticity of the recording](http://time.com/5038934/donald-trump-access-hollywood-authentic-tape/), which was originally taped in 2005. “I can only imagine how it has reopened the wounds of the women who came forward with their stories about him, and did not receive enough attention,” Bush wrote. “This country is currently trying to reconcile itself to years of power abuse and sexual misconduct.” The sit-down with Colbert was Bush’s first late-night show interview since being [fired from NBC](http://time.com/money/4422137/billy-bush-severance-packages-mayer-ailes/). Bush also [spoke with _The Hollywood Reporter_](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/billy-bush-breaks-his-silence-trump-access-hollywood-tape-nbc-a-comeback-plan-1005744) in May, saying that he now wishes he “had changed the topic” when Trump began joking about sexually assaulting women. “But I didn’t have the strength of character to do it,” Bush said. ## Transcript I've never said I'm a perfect person nor pretended to be someone that I'm not. I've said and done things I regret and the words released today, on this more than a decade old video, are one of them. Anyone who knows me knows these words don't reflect who I am. I said it. I was wrong and I apologize. I've traveled the country talking about change for America but my travels have also changed me. I've spent time with grieving mothers who've lost their children, laid off workers whose jobs have gone to other countries, and people from all walks of life who just want a better future. I have gotten to know the great people of our country and I've been humbled by the faith they placed in me. I pledge to be a better man tomorrow and will never ever let you down. Let's be honest we're living in the real world. This is nothing more than a distraction from the important issues we are facing today. We are losing our jobs. We are less safe than we were eight years ago and Washington is totally broken. Hillary Clinton and her kind have run our country into the ground. I've said some foolish things but there is a big difference between the words and actions of other people. Bill Clinton has actually abused women and Hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed and intimidated his victims. We will discuss this more in the coming days. See you at the debate on Sunday. 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