- Arianne Zucker says it is ‘puzzling’ how Donald Trump can now doubt the infamous Access Hollywood tape’s authenticity
- She was the actress to greet Trump just after he made the ‘grab them by the p****’ remarks back in 2005
- Trump had acknowledged it was him on the tape and apologized for his actions in the hours after it surfaced in October 2016
- Trump had suggested to a senator earlier this year the tape was not authentic and repeated the claim to an adviser more recently
The actress who greeted Donald Trump after he made the now infamous ‘grab them by the p****’ remarks on the Access Hollywood tape says it is ‘puzzling’ how he can now doubt the recording’s authenticity.
Arianne Zucker told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday that she couldn’t see how the 2005 tape could be fake after Trump reportedly told aides that is not an authentic recording.
‘I don’t know how else that could be fake unless someone’s planting words in your mouth,’ she said.
‘How do you apologize for something and renege on it? It’s puzzling to me.’
Actress Arianne Zucker said she couldn’t see how the infamous Access Hollywood tape could be fake after Donald Trump told aides that was not an authentic recording
Zucker had been filming the Access Hollywood segment in 2005 with Trump and Billy Bush. The pair had left their mics on when Trump started boasting about boasting about women’s genitalia.
‘When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything … Grab them by the p****. You can do anything,’ Trump was recorded saying.
Trump had acknowledged it was him on the tape and apologized for his actions in the hours after it surfaced in October 2016 during the election campaign. He described the comments as ‘locker-room talk’ between men.
The New York Times reported over the weekend that Trump had suggested to a senator earlier this year the tape was not authentic and repeated the claim to an adviser more recently.
Access Hollywood hosts Natalie Morales and Kit Hoover also spoke out on Monday to insist the Donald Trump tape is real
Zucker greeted Donald Trump and Billy Bush after he made the now infamous ‘grab them by the p****’ remarks on the Access Hollywood tape in 2005
It prompted Access Hollywood to speak out on Monday to insist the tape is real.
‘We wanted to clear something up that has been reported across the media landscape,’ host Natalie Morales said on air.
‘Let us make this perfectly clear -the tape is very real,’ she said.
‘Remember his excuse at the time was ‘locker-room talk.’ He said every one of those words.’
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to confirm if Trump thought the tape was fake during a press briefing on Monday.
‘The president addressed this, this was litigated and certainly answered during the election by the overwhelming support for the president and the fact he’s sitting here in the Oval Office today,’ Sanders told reporters.
The New York Times reported over the weekend that Trump had suggested to a senator earlier this year the tape was not authentic and repeated the claim to an adviser more recently