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Article snippet: In an in-depth interview with “The Hollywood Reporter” published Sunday, NBC’s Billy Bush spoke out for the first time about the "Access Hollywood" tape of MORE bragging about sexually assaulting women while Bush laughed along with Trump's comments. In the aftermath of the tape’s release, Bush was suspended from NBC News and then ousted, getting a multimillion-dollar severance package and agreeing to a nondisclosure agreement that prevents him from talking in detail about his exit. Each time he was "totally and completely gutted," he told THR. “Looking back upon what was said on that bus, I wish I had changed the topic. [Trump] liked TV and competition. I could've said, 'Can you believe the ratings on whatever?' But I didn't have the strength of character to do it." He said his then-15-year-old daughter called him from school when the tape leaked and asked him, "... why were you laughing at the things that he was saying on that bus, Dad? They weren't funny." He said his family has been supportive of him in the aftermath, though the circumstances surrounding his exit at “Today” “hurt a lot, and I fell apart.” He did not get to address the tape publicly on the show, but told THR what he would have said if he had been able to appear that Monday. “I would have said, ‘I am deeply embarrassed. … I am ashamed. Going forward, you can be sure that I will not participate in anything like that. And I will keep my eyes out and do what I can to stop it from happening." “I w... Link to the full article to read more