12-11-25 Afternoon Rush - Rolling Stones Article Links Taylor Swift Hater Bots To Blake Lively Smear Campaign (Its Total BS)
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
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🗓️ 11 December 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Afternoon Rush Hour Podcast — Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni Heats Up Again
In today's afternoon episode, we dive into the latest twist in the Blake Lively versus Justin Baldoni saga as a bombshell new Rolling Stone exposé hits the internet. The report alleges a coordinated smear campaign against Baldoni—and shockingly links Taylor Swift to the operation through her close friendship with Lively. We break down what the article claims, who's pushing back, and what this means for the ongoing PR war.
Plus, we explore the ripple effect across Hollywood, the fan response, and why this story just won't quit.
All that and more on The Rush Hour Podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride. |
| 0:07.8 | Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. |
| 0:13.7 | Good afternoon, everybody, on this Thursday, December 11th, 2025. |
| 0:18.5 | I've got all of your stories for your rush hour ride home here in my mobile |
| 0:22.3 | studio setup in Brooklyn, New York, and boy, do we have a lot to talk about. It's going to center |
| 0:28.2 | around a Rolling Stone article that is linking Blake lively to Taylor Swift, even though |
| 0:35.2 | they'll never, ever, ever get back together. This being Taylor Swift and |
| 0:40.1 | Blake Lively's friendship seems to be over after Blake Lively tried to leverage Taylor Swift as |
| 0:46.9 | one of her dragons, a Game of Thrones reference. She was Calisi claiming Ryan Reynolds and Taylor Swift were her dragons that would |
| 0:56.4 | sort of help her get what she wants. Well, now this article that's come out in Rolling Stone |
| 1:02.4 | claims that the same bots that were used to make accusations against Taylor Swift were also |
| 1:08.7 | used with Blake lively. Is there any truth to the story? I don't see any |
| 1:14.5 | evidence of that, but it's very interesting to share the idea of grass, I should say of astro-turfing as |
| 1:22.1 | it goes down. So let's dive into this. Here it is, exclusive from Rolling Stone, Taylor Swift's last album sparked |
| 1:28.8 | bizarre accusations. It was a coordinated attack. Data analysts of social media posts painting |
| 1:35.0 | the singer as a Trump supporter or white supremacist revealed a network of inauthentic accounts. |
| 1:41.8 | And whenever I see astroturfing, I like to call it out. I like to educate |
| 1:45.3 | my audience on it because astro-turfing, again, is the opposite of a grassroots movement. It's fake |
| 1:51.6 | grass. It's fake bots. It's, uh, you know, this idea that, uh, you know, people online can think |
| 1:58.3 | a certain way if fake people push them in a direction. I think it's wrong. |
| 2:02.6 | I actually interviewed David Clayton. He's running as an independent in North Carolina for the House |
| 2:07.6 | of Representatives. They interviewed him a few days ago, if you haven't checked that out. And he wants to ban |
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