12-16-25 Morning Rush - Stassi Schroeder Calls Out Nick Viall & Trump Doubles Down On Reiner Hate & Candace Owens Gives Erika Kirk Update!
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
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🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Rush Hour Podcast — Morning Edition
• Candace Owens breaks her silence after a four-and-a-half-hour sit-down with Erika Kirk — what was said behind closed doors and what to expect next
• The latest updates on Owens vs. Kirk and where the conversation goes from here
• A new pop-culture beef erupts as Stassi Schroeder responds to Nick Viall's podcast comments about Whitney Leavitt
• Reports surrounding Rob Reiner's death and the political fallout following Donald Trump's reaction
• New details from the woman speaking out against her former family member, Karoline Leavitt, amid claims tied to an attempted deportation
Fast-moving news, cultural chaos, and the conversations everyone's arguing about — all before your commute ends.
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Transcript
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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. |
| 0:13.8 | Good morning, everybody. Happy Tuesday to you on this December 16th, 2025. |
| 0:19.6 | I got all of your stories for your rush hour right home. |
| 0:22.1 | And we have an update from Candace Owens after a very lengthy meeting with Erica Kirk. |
| 0:27.8 | This following, I guess, I don't know, is it a peace treaty? Is it a summit of minds regarding |
| 0:33.6 | the conspiracies that Candace has been unearthing. We'll discuss it and share what |
| 0:38.2 | Candace had to say. Then if you like petty grievances, we've got a Bachelor versus Bravo |
| 0:43.4 | Brawl. I was going to share this yesterday, but ran out of time. Nick Vile under fire as |
| 0:48.4 | Stasi Schroeder throws him under the bus. And then Caroline Levitt, speaking of throwing under the bus, |
| 0:54.6 | throws her cousin-in-law. Is that right? Her nephew's mother spent 26 days detained by ICE. |
| 1:02.6 | Now she's speaking out. She believes Caroline Levitt might have had something to do with that. |
| 1:07.4 | And then more on Rob Reiner's death as the world mourns and is enraged at our president's |
| 1:13.0 | comments regarding Rob. And I've only found one person so far backing up with the president and what |
| 1:18.2 | he had to say. We'll get into that. And then a little bit more on the terrible attack in Australia. |
| 1:22.6 | As the Australian Prime Minister has now met with the hero who helped stop or I should say slow down the attack. |
| 1:29.3 | All this and more starts right now on the rush. Let's dive into the Candace Owen stuff. Why not? |
| 1:34.7 | So as we know yesterday, Candice Owens tweeted, was it yesterday? Yeah, I guess no, Sunday evening |
| 1:41.1 | that she was going to be meeting with Erica Kirk. Erica Kirk said she was going to pause any live streams regarding their response to the |
| 1:49.2 | conspiracies until after this meeting. |
| 1:51.5 | Well, it happened later today or possibly tomorrow, we'll get updates from Candace regarding |
| 1:57.5 | the sort of contents of that conversation. |
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