"I did try and fuck her. She was married," Trump said. "I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn't get there."

Trump talked about his attraction to beautiful women. "I just start kissing them," he said.

"And when you're a star they let you do it," he said.

"Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything."

Trump, who has brought up former President Bill Clinton's infidelities as a criticism of Hillary Clinton, calling her a "total enabler," responded to the audio.

"Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course - not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended," Trump said.

"Access Hollywood" confirmed the video in its own report, saying it discovered the comments in its library.

Billy Bush, in a statement to Variety, said he was "embarrassed and ashamed" of his comments.

Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor who lost to Trump in the Republican presidential primaries - and who is a cousin to Billy Bush - tweeted that the comments were "reprehensible."

Mitt Romney, who was the Republican candidate in the 2012 election - and who has long opposed Trump, said his comments were "vile degradations" that "demean our wives and daughters and corrupt America's face to the world."