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“My how times change," former NBC host says
“Extra” host Billy Bush said that NBC essentially turned Donald Trump into a big enough celebrity to win the presidency but now “despises” him, since “targeting a villain” is important for ratings.
“Ironically the network that despises him most is the one that built him in their laboratory back in 2002 with the launch of ‘The Apprentice.’ The persona people voted for to fix America in a no-nonsense, tough-guy way was made and marketed by NBC,” Bush told Fourth Watch editor Steve Krakauer in his latest BCC email interview.
“My how times change,” Bush added.
Bush was famously fired from NBC’s “Today” for his role in a 2005 tape that featured him on a bus with then-reality TV star Trump as he bragged about groping women while both were unaware that their words were being recorded on a hot mic.
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Billy Bush: NBC made Trump 'in their laboratory,' and now despises him most
“My how times change," former NBC host says
“Extra” host Billy Bush said that NBC essentially turned Donald Trump into a big enough celebrity to win the presidency but now “despises” him, since “targeting a villain” is important for ratings.
“Ironically the network that despises him most is the one that built him in their laboratory back in 2002 with the launch of ‘The Apprentice.’ The persona people voted for to fix America in a no-nonsense, tough-guy way was made and marketed by NBC,” Bush told Fourth Watch editor Steve Krakauer in his latest BCC email interview.
“My how times change,” Bush added.
Bush was famously fired from NBC’s “Today” for his role in a 2005 tape that featured him on a bus with then-reality TV star Trump as he bragged about groping women while both were unaware that their words were being recorded on a hot mic.
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Billy Bush: NBC made Trump 'in their laboratory,' and now despises him most
