For a moment in the fall of 2016, it seemed like bothBilly BushandDonald Trumpwould face consequences for the notorious 2005 tape of them on Access Hollywood.
Trump, Bush says, “has the No. 1 job in the world for the guy that did all the talking” on theAccess Hollywoodtape.
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Bush admits to grappling with a swirl of emotions in the wake of the tape’s release three years ago.
“Like anything major in people’s lives, you go through stages,” he says. “I’ve been through resentment, anger, inconsolable to ‘wait a minute, maybe I have an opportunity here to just put a foot in front of the other and get going.’ You realize nobody goes unscathed in life.”
“I own the moment,” Bush tells PEOPLE of his behavior around Trump in 2005. “It was a bad moment. I was in it. It’s not other people’s fault.”
In the fall, Bush will return to the genre that made him a household name as the managing editor and host ofExtra Extra, a revitalized entertainment news show that will replace the syndicated programExtra. (The version with host Mario Lopez will end after the current season.)
“I don’t come back as someone who just went on a surfing trip,” Bush says.
He continues: “I’m a completely changed person for the better. Evolved. And I think we need to be able to evolve, and not just through the path that I had to take. We all have to be able to evolve as we grow.”
Extra Extrapremieres Sept. 9 (check local listings).
source: people.com
