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Miles Archer

(20,313 posts)
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 08:48 AM 12 hrs ago

Billy Bush still gets worked up over his role in Trump's Access Hollywood tape..."GOOD FOR YOU!"

'Give me a break!' Billy Bush erupts over question on infamous Trump Access Hollywood tape

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-billy-bush-access-hollywood-break/

“When you think about that day and the stuff that is said on this video and, and, you know, you seem to be laughing along with what he's saying and so on. … Obviously you regret that. Um, what goes through your mind?”

“If you want to say that I failed in that regard, you have every right,” Bush said, but he lost his temper after further grilling from Acosta. “... If people want to say that I’m a terrible person for being in that room and not doing more in this situation then good for you, you high and mighty person, you self-righteous warrior. Good for you.”

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“I mean, but, you know, that you’re gonna have the folks who say, you had your shot in that moment to tell him, stop acting like a piece of s——,” Acosta persisted. “You’re acting like piece of s——. I guess you would have been fired. You would have been thrown out? I don’t know.”

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“I love you. Jim, and I know you’re doing your job because I can see the comments rolling in there and they’re like, ‘Jim you gotta hold him account. You gotta do it.’ But Jim, if you and I were offline right now, I don’t think you’d be going too hard at me because I think you know it was a s—— situation to be in. A very s—— situation to be in.”

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Billy Bush still gets worked up over his role in Trump's Access Hollywood tape..."GOOD FOR YOU!" (Original Post) Miles Archer 12 hrs ago OP
I'm more angry about Republicans in Congress refusing to stand up to him. tanyev 12 hrs ago #1
"And Jim, I am not really a journalist displacedvermoter 12 hrs ago #2
For real Orrex 11 hrs ago #3
The whole media and world failed to hold him accountable his whole life newdeal2 11 hrs ago #4

tanyev

(47,894 posts)
1. I'm more angry about Republicans in Congress refusing to stand up to him.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 08:56 AM
12 hrs ago

That is literally what the Constitution says they are supposed to do.


displacedvermoter

(3,929 posts)
2. "And Jim, I am not really a journalist
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 08:58 AM
12 hrs ago

and Access Hollywood wasn't really a news program, so what to fuck else would you expect of me when the person I am interviewing tells me he is a serial sexual abuser?"

Orrex

(66,090 posts)
3. For real
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 09:07 AM
11 hrs ago

Acosta and the entire US news media have failed to hold Trump to account for 10+ years. I couldn't care less about ol' Billy, but Acosta's using him as a scapegoat.

newdeal2

(4,219 posts)
4. The whole media and world failed to hold him accountable his whole life
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 09:08 AM
11 hrs ago

Why the hell does Billy get the blame? I think he suffered more for that tape than Trump.

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