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Billy Bush Suspended From ‘Today’ After Lewd Trump Tape Scandal
 [THEDAILYBEAST] The days of Billy Bush’s life are rapidly going from bad to worse. Bush, the first cousin of President George W. Bush and former Florida governor Jeb Bush, has been indefinitely suspended from the third hour of the Today show, NBC’s venerable morning franchise that he officially joined as a co-anchor a mere two months ago--disciplinary action for his role in a crude and sexist conversation he had with Donald Trump 11 years ago when he was hosting Access Hollywood.Bush’s suspension was announced Sunday night by Noah Oppenheim, senior vice president in charge of Today, in a "Dear TODAY family" memo to the staff. "I know we’ve all been deeply troubled ...meaning it might require more than two 'tuts'. If the other side responds at all it's known as a 'tut for tat' and it's worth 20 diplomatic points.. by the revelations of the past 48 hours," Oppenheim wrote. "Let me be clear--there is simply no excuse for Billy’s language and behavior on that tape. NBC has decided to suspend Billy, pending further review of this matter. Posted by: Fred 2016-10-10 |
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