Billy Bush, the nephew of former president George H W Bush, was a television personality before a scandal ousted him from his job on the Today Show. He was the host on Access Hollywood and the other voice on the now infamous leaked tape featuring current President of the United States, Donald Trump.
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In an interview with Stephen Colbert, Billy told Stephen that Matt Lauer had made a move to protect Billy’s job, but it did not work with the upper management at NBC. Billy has also railed against Trump for trying to say that the voice in the Access Hollywood tape is not his. As of this writing, Billy Bush has not reentered the journalism field, although he is open to trying to make a comeback
What’s Billy Bush Doing Now in 2018? – Career Highlights
Billy was born William Hall Bush on October 13, 1971, in New York City. He grew up in Manhattan and attended elementary and middle school in the area. He ended up going to high school in Rhode Island. In 1994, Billy graduated from Colby College with a BA in international studies and government. After graduation, he got a job in radio in New Hampshire. From spring of 1997 to the beginning of 2001, Billy had his own morning show on a Washington DC station called WWZZ FM. The show was called Billy Bush and the Bush League Morning Show.
Billy ended up covering the Olympics in 2004 and 2006 as a reporter for NBC, and the host on Access Hollywood. He even dabbled in radio again with his own show which aired on weekdays. Billy hosted at the Donald Trump-owned Miss Universe pageant total of four times in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2009. Those same years he also co-hosted the competitor’s pageant, Miss USA. In the summer of 2005, he was named one of the Top 10 Men in Esq. magazine for his interview skills and investigative reporting.
In September 2010, Billy Bush served as the co-host for Access Hollywood Live, which is a sister show of the original. He did this until October 2016. Billy also appeared in the Stepford Wives movie as a fictional game show host. He was also a voice actor in the Disney movie Big Hero 6. Before he even left Access Hollywood Live, he became a co-host on the Today Show in May 2016. This role led to a string of controversies. After he interviewed Ryan Lochte, who was an Olympic swimmer from America falsely stated that he had been involved in a robbery during his time at the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Other reporters accused Billy of not doing his due diligence when he interviewed Ryan. This even caused an on-air argument with Al Roker during their coverage of the Olympics right after the swimmer had been exposed as a liar.