Billy Bush bashed his former Today Show co-star Al Roker, calling the 71-year-old veteran weatherman “mean” and “vindictive.” The former Access Hollywood host claimed that Roker displayed a hostile attitude toward him after he joined the NBC morning news program in August 2016.
Billy Bush alleges Al Roker made his time at NBC miserable with what he describes as toxic behind-the-scenes behavior
Bush looked back on his time with his former colleague when they appeared together on Today’s third hour. He claimed Roker was “territorial, vindictive, and chronically unprepared,” RadarOnline reports.
Bush also spoke about his personality. He explained, “People don’t know how mean he is. He’s mean, he’s mean, he’s a mean person. He doesn’t share the air. He sees somebody doing well on the Today show, and immediately it’s, ‘Take them down.'”
Stating further, he said, “There’s something about me in particular, forever, that was, [he] likes me but fears me, didn’t want me anywhere near. When I got there, a younger guy with a full head of hair, who the women on the staff genuinely liked a lot – that was infuriating to him.” He also added Roker was, in his view, “the worst interviewer on television.”
Bush, who is the first cousin of the 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush, joined NBC’s Today Show in August 2016 and worked with Roker for two months. Bush was fired in October 2016 after the infamous 2005 Access Hollywood tape leak, in which the then-future President Donald Trump said his fame allowed him to grab women’s private parts, reports the Daily Mail. On the other hand, Roker has remained on the Today Show since joining as a weekday weather anchor in January 1996. He recently marked his 30th anniversary with the NBC program and has said he has no immediate plans to retire, reports FOX Baltimore.
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