Billy Bush blasts former ‘Today’ show co-host Al Roker as ‘territorial’ and ‘mean’ in scathing rant

Billy Bush bashed his erstwhile “Today” co-host Al Roker connected nan June 12 section of “The Nerve pinch Maureen Callahan” successful a chaotic rant.

“The measurement I describe Al is 3 words: territorial, vindictive, and chronically unprepared,” Bush said astir nan 71-year-old weatherman.

The journalist claimed nan 3rd hr of nan NBC greeting news programme “will ne'er beryllium a successful hour” because Roker is “maybe nan worst interviewer connected television.”

Bush worked connected “Today” for 2 months successful 2016 earlier he was fired for nan leaked “Access Hollywood” interview wherever Donald Trump bragged to Bush astir grabbing women “by nan p—y.”

The 54-year-old said he was “prepared” and “well-researched” connected nan job, but Roker was “jealous” of him.

Bush further alleged Roker and Matt Lauer, who was fired from nan show successful 2017 for alleged inappropriate intersexual behavior, some “did not want him” connected nan 3rd hour.

Bush besides claimed Roker liked a tweet that called him a “white-splaining racist,” but Roker wasn’t punished by producers because of his long-standing occupation pinch nan show.

“Al had been location forever, truthful he benignant of, you know, he gets free tally of nan spot for his galore credentials and 1 of them being longevity,” Bush explained.

Bush continued of Roker, “People don’t cognize really mean he was. He’s mean. He’s a mean person. When you opportunity rageful and each that, it’s mean. There is rage successful there. There’s jealousy. And I talk astir vindictiveness, but he’s mean.” 

Roker, according to Bush, besides ne'er wanted to “share nan air” and didn’t for illustration his erstwhile workfellow because of nan attraction he sewage from women.

“When I sewage there, they said, you know, a younger feline pinch a afloat caput of hairsbreadth who nan women connected nan unit genuinely liked a lot. And that was infuriating to him,” Bush stated.

At nan extremity of nan interview, Bush blasted Roker’s upwind reporting.

“You’re ne'er going to perceive thing that’s genuinely insightful,” he said. “That’s not what he’s location for.”

Page Six has reached retired to reps for Roker and “Today” for comment.

Bush antecedently said he coped pinch his “Today” firing with dense drinking, loafing connected nan sofa and crying.

He sewage a 2nd chance astatine his TV profession erstwhile “Extra” hired him to switch Mario Lopez successful 2019.