12-23-25 Afternoon Rush - Baldoni's Lawyers Give Statement & Trump Claims Epstein Files Fake?!
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
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🗓️ 23 December 2025
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Rush Hour Podcast — Afternoon Update
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It's the afternoon Rush Hour, and we're breaking down the latest developments in the Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni legal battle as lawyers on both sides issue new statements marking the one-year anniversary of the lawsuit. What's changed, what hasn't, and why the case is still heating up.
We also dive into Donald Trump's latest claims, now insisting the Epstein files controversy is "fake news," as critics accuse the government of pushing fresh propaganda to muddy the waters. What's being said, what's being ignored, and why the public remains skeptical.
Plus, major sports news as the Kansas City Chiefs prepare to leave Missouri for Kansas. We cover reactions from the mayor and governor, the political fallout, and what this move means for fans and taxpayers.
And finally, updates from the Winter Olympics, including changes that could reshape upcoming games and spark international debate.
All that and more on the afternoon Rush Hour.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rush hour. Your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride. Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. |
| 0:14.0 | Good afternoon, everybody, on this Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025. I got all your news for your rush hour ride home. Lots to get into. |
| 0:24.2 | It's the one-year anniversary this week of Blake lively and Justin Baldoni's lawsuit. The |
| 0:30.1 | contentious battle between what happened on the set of it ends with us has celebrated one whole |
| 0:35.6 | year of wasting each other's money. I'm going to share with you guys |
| 0:40.2 | what her attorney and Baldoni's attorney has to say. Then we have some updates on the Kansas City |
| 0:45.9 | Chiefs. Will they now become the Kansas Chiefs? I'll share what the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri |
| 0:51.4 | has to say, and then the governor of Missouri. They're very upset that |
| 0:55.2 | they've been left for Kansas. After that, we've got updates on your Christmas traveling and the |
| 1:01.3 | Olympics, the Winter Olympics around the corner, and great skier Lindsey Vaughn has qualified. She came out |
| 1:08.9 | of retirement. We'll share news on that, what to look forward to |
| 1:12.8 | this February. And then the big bombshell conspiracy is the Epstein files. We'll cover the new batch |
| 1:19.3 | of documents that was released that essentially prove Donald Trump was on Epstein's plane, |
| 1:26.2 | even if he denied it. Now the Trump administration is claiming |
| 1:30.0 | it's artificial intelligence. Don't believe your lying eyes. I got all these stories and more |
| 1:35.7 | starts right now on the rush. So before we get into your travel plans for Christmas, |
| 1:41.1 | let's just peruse a little baldoni Blakeively. You know, we've been covering this |
| 1:46.0 | case. It's got another five months until it goes to trial, although possibly in several weeks |
| 1:52.7 | baldoni and Blake Lively might meet face-to-face for a settlement conversation. We'll have to see how |
| 1:58.9 | that pans out. So how are they doing after their |
| 2:01.8 | one years? I'm going to share the statement they both have. Attorneys Ezra Hudson and Mike Gottlieb, |
| 2:07.2 | who represent Blake Lively, 38 years young, offered their views of the past year in a joint |
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