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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amber Raiken

Billy Bush issues scathing take on 71-year-old former Today show co-host: ‘Territorial, vindictive, and chronically unprepared’

Billy Bush went off on a wild rant about longtime Today host Al Roker, calling his former colleague a “mean person.”

The 54-year-old journalist joined NBC in August 2016 to co-host Today’s third hour, alongside Roker, who has been on the program since 1996. Bush was fired two months later after the resurfacing of his 2005 outtake for Access Hollywood, where U.S. President Donald Trump boasted his ability to sexually harass women, and Bush appeared to laugh along.

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