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“I was the fish out of water when I did this documentary,” said Billy Bush at the Washington, D.C. screening of “Chasing Rhinos” at National Geographic’s Grosvenor Auditorium. “I did this, because I don’t do this.” The this, of course, refers to his trip to Nepal where he well, chased Rhinos – not your everyday pastime.
Billy Bush (L)
“Chasing Rhinos tracks entertainment reporter Billy Bush’s journey with WWF (World Wildlife Fund) in an awe-inspiring adventure as he takes time off from his day job to fight illegal poaching of greater one-horned rhinos in the jungles of Nepal. The special documents Bush as he accompanies poaching patrols, flies an unmanned aerial drone, and participates in a race-against-time effort to catch, collar, and release a wild adult rhino.” Nat Geo Blog
Guests enjoyed Rhino Chasers, a sumptuous buffet (sans Rhino meat) in a Rhino laden decor.
Some of those guests were former classmates of Bush at St. George’s boarding school in Rhode Island including Almus Thorp, adding a kind of frat boys touch to the night. “I haven’t seen him for ten years,” said Thorp. Almus is married to Elizabeth Thorp, newly appointed Editor-in-Chief of Capital File.
Billy Bush is a familiar personality on the Washington scene. He hosted the midday show on WARW-FM and WWZZ-FM prior to moving to LA to co-host Access Hollywood, a national daily entertainment talk show. Chasing Rhinos is an obvious deviation from his career path. Would he do it again? “I’ve been tweeting a lot about this cause,” he said. While he won’t be giving up his day job, we suspect the cause in his blood now. The documentary premieres on the Nat Geo Channel on Sunday, October 13th.
Hollywood on the Potomac sat down with Billy Bush to discuss his unusual “road trip” and of course, his family lineage:
