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4/22/2009 4:05 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
Billy Bush -- Mono-a-Womano at Miss USA

If you thought Billy Bush was infectious as the host of the Miss USA pageant, there's a reason -- he had mono.

Bush dropped the info on his Twitter page yesterday -- "Health has been off the last 2 wks. Tests are back. I have mono."

Billy Bush
On a related note -- Billy planted a kiss on Miss Universe's face during the show. Miss U then kissed his co-host Nadine Velazquez ... who then kissed Miss West Virgina.

TMZ spoke to a rep for Miss Universe just a few minutes ago, who told us Miss U "feels fine ... no mono-like symptoms." We're trying to get in touch with the rest of the exposed ...

Mono, known as the kissing disease, can be spread by saliva, sharing drinks, kissing or even just being close when the person coughs or sneezes.

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artie help:  1027 days ago

wow ,take care kid, togh break, we'll catch up soon.

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Michael Madsen:  1027 days ago

Arrogant son of a B*tch couldn't let a replacement take-over the show... precious bush-boy just had to do the show...
how freakin' selfish is that... possibly infecting large numbers of innocen t people with his disease...
by the way... who's he been hangin' with lately... Craigslist may hold the answers.

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kat b:  1027 days ago

artie, please go post your fake ass comments where someone believes you!!!!!

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Jake:  1027 days ago

Wow what a breaking story TMZ, I don't know how I could go on with my day without your news....but I will.

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allen antrim:  1027 days ago

Is that hetrophobe jack ass?

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ErinGoBragh:  1027 days ago

Doctors pretty much say that by the time you realize you have mono it isn't even contagious anymore so it's possible that everyone will be fine.

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db:  1027 days ago

Very easy to spread. My daughter was 4 years old when she had mono.

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Joanne:  1027 days ago

Is he related to the Bush family? Looks alot like them..

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justsaying:  1027 days ago

I really don't get it. We all bi*ch and moan, constantantly telling each other about our freedom of speech. Then the one time someone exercises it, you all go bonkers. My question is this. Why is it that homosexuals and people who approve of homosexuality can call us names, bigots, homophobes, e.t.c., and that's alright? But the one time someone has another opinion that is different than yours, you want to take away their freedom of speech. It's as if homosexuals and people who approve of homosexuality (the act) seem to think that all of us should be like-minded. That we should think and act like robots. It reminds me of a now defunct country that was called the USSR. People have different opinions and we should embrace them and listen to them. We might just learn something. In the case of the Beauty Pagent contestant, she believes that God loves all people, homosexuals and all. But that he detests homosexuality (the act). Homosexuals believe that God loves them no matter what they do in the bedroom. Let me tell you what is going to happen: One day, when we die, one of us.....and ONLY ONE of us.........will be proven right. So while you support gay marriage and think that your support is benign, you too might just be surprised when you meet God and his answer to you will be something like, "you would have thought that, huh?" And while you all are so vocal in your support of homosexual marriage you might want to keep this one thought in mind. When you meet God, not one homosexual or lesbian will be standing beside you singing your praises. They are going to be too busy covering their own backsides (no pun intended).

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Terena:  1027 days ago

Miss VIRGINA?

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deke:  1027 days ago

who gives a sh_t about this pretty boy "journalist?"

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Twinker:  1027 days ago

At what point does Donald Trump realize his 2 bit scuzzy little pageant is cursed by GOD?

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420 GIRL:  1027 days ago

Just not right!

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anonymous:  1027 days ago

BILLY IS ONE SICK FREAK FOR SPREADING HIS DISEASE.

TYPHOID BILLY SHOULD BE SUED FOR THIS.

WHAT A SICK BASTARD.

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Model Scan Cams:  1027 days ago

What the hell is that?

I hope it's not serious, sounds like some pathetic made up disease. :S

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