"Entertainment Tonight" host Nancy O'Dell said that she is was "saddened" that Donald Trump's comments about her in a leaked audio recording "exist in our society at all."
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"Politics aside, I'm saddened that these comments still exist in our society at all. When I heard the comments yesterday, it was disappointing to hear such objectification of women," she said in a statement released by "Entertainment Tonight." "The conversation needs to change because no female, no person, should be the subject of such crass comments, whether or not cameras are rolling. Everyone deserves respect no matter the setting or gender. As a woman who has worked very hard to establish her career, and as a mom, I feel I must speak out with the hope that as a society we will always strive to be better."
O'Dell was co-anchor on "Access Hollywood" in 2005 when Trump made the comments. In the leaked recording, Trump is heard talking to "Access Hollywood" co-anchor Billy Bush about his attempts to seduce O'Dell, but being spurned because she was married.
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