Donald Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE's presidential campaign was plunged into an explosive new controversy on Friday as audio was released where the Republican nominee makes lewd comments about trying to have sex with women.

The audio, first obtained by The Washington Post, was apparently recorded in 2005, while Trump was on a bus with former "Access Hollywood" host Billy Bush. In it, Trump is heard talking about trying — and failing — to have sex with an unnamed woman. He had been married to his wife, Melania Trump, for a few months at the time.

“I did try and f--- her. She was married,” Trump says in the audio. “And I moved on her very heavily," he says. "In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, ‘I’ll show you where they have some nice furniture.’ ” “I moved on her like a b----, but I couldn’t get there. And she was married,” Trump says. “Then all of a sudden I see her, she’s now got the big phony tits and everything. She’s totally changed her look.” ADVERTISEMENT The interview was taped to promote Trump's cameo on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives." As the bus Trump is being interviewed on approaches Arianne Zucker, an actress on the show, Trump tells Bush he will "use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her."

"When you're a star," Trump says, women let you "do anything." "You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything. "Grab them by the p----,” Trump says. "You can do anything." Trump issued a half-apology for the remarks Friday, calling it "locker room banter."

“This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago," Trump said in a statement.