More than two years after losing his morning show role because of his bantering with President Trump on the infamous "Access Hollywood” tape, Billy Bush will return to television in the fall, Warner Bros. announced on Wednesday. He will anchor an entertainment news show called “ExtraExtra,” which is distributed by Warner Bros. and will air on a number of local Fox stations beginning in September. In the final sprint of the 2016 presidential campaign, The Washington Post released a recording from 2005 in which Mr. Trump could be heard making vulgar comments about groping women while Mr. Bush laughed and goaded him on. Mr. Bush was recording an “Access Hollywood” segment with Mr. Trump on the set of “Days of Our Lives,” where Mr. Trump was making a cameo. Mr. Bush, 47, was widely criticized for his role in the tape and quickly lost his job as one of the 9 a.m. hosts of NBC’s “Today” just months after he joined the show.

Source: New York Times May 08, 2019 17:00 UTC