{"id":12236,"date":"2017-06-15T07:48:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T07:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shows4.com\/mobile\/?p=12236"},"modified":"2017-06-15T07:48:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T07:48:21","slug":"billy-bush-signs-with-uta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=12236","title":{"rendered":"Billy Bush Signs With UTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog_hollywood\/article789_thumbnail.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog_hollywood\/article789_slide.jpg\" \/>The former &#8216;Today&#8217; show host is reportedly planning a return to TV.<\/p>\n<p>Billy Bush has signed with UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has learned, as he plans his return to television. He was previously with WME. <\/p>\n<p>The TV personality, formerly seen on NBC&#8217;s Today show, left the network last fall after the infamous Access Hollywood tape resurfaced with a lewd conversation between Bush and now-President Trump. <\/p>\n<p>Before Today, Bush was co-host of Access Hollywood, and has hosted several events over the years including Miss USA, Miss Universe and various red carpet specials. <\/p>\n<p>Bush recently told THR that he looks forward to staging a comeback. &#8220;I plan to return to the job that I love, which is television, communicating, interviewing people. I have changed in a way that I think will make me better at my job. I believe there will be more people like me in crisis. And with social media, a flame becomes a bonfire quickly. So I will be picking up my pen and writing them and calling them on the phone, and I will pursue these interviews and these moments with these people. And through what I&#8217;ve learned and where I&#8217;ve been, I will tell them, &#8216;You have empathetic ears in me.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_81584\"  width=\"1140\" height=\"641\"  data-origwidth=\"1140\" data-origheight=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OPBIzebzv-4?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<p>[instagram-feed id=&#8221;194185599&#8243; showheader=&#8221;false&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former &#8216;Today&#8217; show host is reportedly planning a return to TV. Billy Bush has signed with UTA, The Hollywood&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-hollywood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}