12-4-25 Morning Rush - Viall Files Mom Shames Whitney Leavitt & Justin Baldoni's Wife Defends Him In BOLD Text Message
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode, TikTok is fired up at The Viall Files after the show's heavy-handed take on Whitney Leavitt sparks a wave of backlash and accusations of mom-shaming. We break down what was said, why creators are pushing back, and how this story spiraled overnight.
We also dive into the latest chapter of Justin Baldoni versus Blake Lively, as newly surfaced court documents reveal Baldoni's wife stepping in and going to bat for him, adding a dramatic new layer to an already tense public feud.
All that plus your morning breakdown, context, and commentary — only 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. |
| 0:07.0 | Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. |
| 0:13.0 | Good morning, everybody. Happy Thursday to you on this December 4th, 2025. |
| 0:18.0 | I got all of your stories for your rush hour ride to work, and we are just |
| 0:21.7 | quickly getting to the end of 2025. Can you believe it? Several weeks left. But boy, do we have a lot |
| 0:27.7 | of stories this whole year we've been following Justin Baldoni versus Blake lively. But how about |
| 0:32.2 | this? Justin Baldoni's wife has entered the chat. We have what she said in text messages, which is the whole Baldoni |
| 0:41.0 | fan base is now saying justice for Emily. She absolutely roast Blake lively, which is everything |
| 0:47.7 | you want to partner. You want someone who's going to go to battle with you. So we'll get into that |
| 0:51.1 | story. And then we're going to have this spat. Speaking about going to battles, |
| 0:54.9 | we've got Nick Vile from the Vile Files and his wife, Natalie, on their show, |
| 1:00.1 | mom-shaming Whitney Levitt from Dancing with the Stars and the Mormon show, right? Who, you know, |
| 1:06.9 | Whitney from Dancing with the Stars has got a lot of stuff on her plate here, not just the reality TV world, but she's going to be starring in Chicago. |
| 1:14.2 | And fans online, I'm telling you, my TikTok, everybody commenting on this is pissed off at |
| 1:19.3 | what Nick and Natalie had to say. |
| 1:21.1 | So we'll share that. |
| 1:22.4 | All these stories and more starts right now on The Rush. |
| 1:25.1 | So we're going to dive right into this Blake lively Justin Baldoni's story. |
| 1:28.9 | You know, they're kind of like dripping out content as things are getting unsealed as they get |
| 1:33.8 | ready for this March trial. Will it actually happen in March? I have no idea. Make sure you're |
| 1:39.0 | subscribed to the channel. I told you if we got to 100,000 subscribers. I would be in New York City to report on it. |
| 1:45.2 | I plan on holding my word with that if that's when the trial happens. We'll have to see. |
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