Billy Bush is gunning for a comeback - here are 7 more stunning career comebacks

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Bush, pictured, is trying hard to restore his public image.

• Former NBC host Billy Bush published a New York Times op-ed condemning Donald Trump for saying the "Access Hollywood" tape that surfaced last year was inauthentic.
• Bush also expressed guilt in egging Trump on. It appears that Bush is trying to make a comeback and restore his public image.
• Here are seven other public figures who have turned their careers around in surprising and impressive ways.

Former NBC host Billy Bush published an op-ed in The New York Times in which he expressed guilt for seemingly egging on Donald Trump in the 2005 "Access Hollywood" tape that surfaced just before the 2016 presidential election.

As Business Insider's Mark Abadi reported, in the video, Trump was heard bragging about kissing and groping women without their consent. Although Trump had previously apologized for the comments, The New York Times recently reported that Trump suggested the recording was inauthentic.

Bush wrote in The New York Times op-ed: "President Trump is currently indulging in some revisionist history, reportedly telling allies, including at least one United States senator, that the voice on the tape is not his. This has hit a raw nerve in me."

It would appear that Bush is trying to restore his positive public image. If he succeeds, it wouldn't be the first time a celebrity fell from grace, only to make an impressive comeback.

Below, we've highlighted seven other public figures - from actors to politicians - who turned around their careers in surprising ways.