{"id":46411,"date":"2023-01-08T11:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T11:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/08\/extra-defends-billy-bush-after-sexualized-kendall-jenner-joke\/"},"modified":"2023-01-08T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T11:24:16","slug":"extra-defends-billy-bush-after-sexualized-kendall-jenner-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/08\/extra-defends-billy-bush-after-sexualized-kendall-jenner-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Extra&#8217; Defends Billy Bush After Sexualized Kendall Jenner Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Another hot-mic second has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/billy-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy Bush<\/a> below scrutiny, nevertheless it appears the leaked audio received\u2019t price the TV host a job this time.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, January 6, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/billy-bush-caught-making-crude-joke-about-kendall-jenner-on-hot-mic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Beast<\/a><\/em> revealed audio of Bush making a sexualized joke about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/kendall-jenner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kendall Jenner<\/a> on the set of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/extra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Extra<\/a><\/em> on October 31, 2022. As he checked out a photograph of Jenner dressed up as Jessie from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/toy-story-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toy Story 2<\/a><\/em>, Bush made a wisecrack referencing the <em>Toy Story<\/em> character Woody. \u201cKendall goes as Jessie and, believe me, there were a lot of woodies,\u201d Bush stated within the audio, with manufacturing staffers laughing in response.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"DwO5lnB6_DI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2018Extra\u2019 host Billy Bush makes lewd joke about Kendall Jenner in hot mic | Page Six Celebrity News\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DwO5lnB6_DI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"\/><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the phase that made it to air, nonetheless, Bush gave a toned-down touch upon Jenner\u2019s Jessie get-up, saying that it might \u201cbe hard to see <em>Toy Story<\/em> ever the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the <em>Extra<\/em> group is supporting Bush, who has hosted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/network\/syndicated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">syndicated<\/a> newsmagazine since 2019. \u201cAs with many forms of production in the entertainment industry, the show\u2019s creative process allows the flexibility to try different jokes and banter,\u201d a consultant for Telepictures, <em>Extra<\/em>\u2019s manufacturing firm, stated in an announcement to <em>The Daily Beast<\/em>. \u201cIn the end, some material lands on the cutting room floor, including remarks that may be too edgy to air on broadcast television.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Bush was fired from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/today-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Today<\/em> <\/a>after <em>The Washington Post<\/em> revealed audio of a 2005 dialog between Bush and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> through which Bush, then with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/access-hollywood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Access Hollywood<\/a><\/em>, laughed as Trump bragged about grabbing ladies by their genitals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking back upon what was said on that bus, I wish I had changed the topic. [Trump] liked TV and competition. I could\u2019ve said, \u2018Can you believe the ratings on whatever?\u2019 But I didn\u2019t have the strength of character to do it,\u201d Bush later advised <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/billy-bush-says-trump-access-hollywood-video-was-weaponized-1238226\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em>. \u201cI was shocked and alarmed [by the leaked video] and totally and completely gutted. It was awful. And my participation was awful, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Another hot-mic second has Billy Bush below scrutiny, nevertheless it appears the leaked audio received\u2019t price the TV host a job this time. On Friday, January 6, The Daily Beast revealed audio of Bush making a sexualized joke about Kendall Jenner on the set of Extra on October 31, 2022. 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