Billy Bush, returning to television, states that George W. Bush called him after recording on "Access Hollywood"

Billy Bush confirmed in a new interview that his cousin, former President George W. Bush, had telephoned him after the October 2016 release of the blockbuster show featuring the infamous exchange between former Access Hollywood and Donald Trump in 2005

"He called me and said, 'You're not lying in bed, is not it?' "Bush told CBS News." Gayle King aired on Tuesday. "I was like I was getting out of bed" No, why would I be lying in my bed?

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Bush said that he had asked his cousin, "Should I do that? Should I do that? I am so angry that I should retaliate, "but the former president replied," Nope. Just, you know, take what they give you, go away and work for you. "

Bush was suspended and sacked from his role as co-presenter of the NBC channel's "Today" show after fleeing his conversation with Trump, who upset the 2016 presidential race and introduced the future president. boast of having sexually assaulted women with impunity.

But he returned to television after three years on Monday as a new "Extra" host, declaring to viewers during his first appearance at the bar of the show that he had "learned some things during my free time or time off ".

Bush had already disapproved of Trump's description of his obscene words on the "Access Hollywood" tape as "a speech on the locker room" and explained in a New York Times editorial that "of course," Trump had made the controversial comments. after the Times reported that the president suggested in private conversations that the recording was not authentic.

In his interview with CBS on Tuesday, however, Bush insisted that he was not angry with Trump for his role in the episode that had caused the television presenter to leave while the real estate mogul and the former star of "The Apprentice" rode to the White. House.

"Not for that," Bush said. "No. I mean, he – he was in the process of being, I think that part of his personality and his character is the reason he was successful in a hall. advice in forcing people to fight for lemonade stands. "