A few years after his infamously lewd chat with Donald Trump for Access Hollywood, Billy Bush was caught on tape making a sexual comment during a recent recording of Kendall Jenner.
The Daily Beast reported Friday that it had obtained audio from an Oct. 31 extra recording of Bush joking with staffers about Jenner’s Toy Story-inspired Halloween costume. After asking someone her character’s name, to whom he revealed that she was dressed as cowgirl Jessie, he says, “Kendall goes as Jessie and, believe me, there were a lot of Woodies.”
The comment didn’t make it into the segment that aired on Halloween. While commenting on Jenner’s costume in the final segment, the Extra host went so far as to say, “It’s going to be hard to ever watch Toy Story like that again.”
In a statement to Deadline, a spokesman for Telepictures, the division of Warner Bros. Television that produces Extra, said: “As with many forms of production in the entertainment industry, the show’s creative process allows for the flexibility to try different jokes and quips. In the end, some material ends up on the cutting room floor, including remarks that might be too edgy to be aired on TV.”
This isn’t the first time Bush has been caught on tape in a similar situation. Just weeks before the 2016 presidential election, when Bush was a host for NBC’s Today, audio surfaced from a 2005 conversation between Bush and Trump — who was the GOP presidential nominee at the time of the leak — about women’s groping.
In the recording, Trump says, “I’m not even waiting. And if you’re a star [women] let yourself do it You can do everything. Grab her by the pussy.” Bush, who worked for Access Hollywood at the time of the interview, replies, “Whatever you want.”
Bush was suspended from Today and eventually fired after the audio leak. In an apology shortly after the incident, he said: “Obviously I am embarrassed and ashamed. It’s not an excuse, but that happened 11 years ago – I was younger, less mature and acted stupid when I played along. I’m very sorry.” He joined Extra in 2019.