4-29-26 Morning Rush - Blake Lively v Baldoni, New Lies & Prep For Trial!
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
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🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni just took a dramatic turn as the final pretrial hearing leaves everyone asking the same question… did Blake lie?
With trial just weeks away, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni faced off in court over what evidence the jury will actually see—and what's being left out. After major portions of Lively's original claims were already dismissed, the focus now shifts to a high-stakes fight over retaliation, reputation, and massive financial damages.
Baldoni's legal team is pushing back aggressively, arguing that Lively's story doesn't add up, while her side claims a calculated smear campaign cost her hundreds of millions and severely damaged her career.
From tense courtroom exchanges to last-minute legal maneuvering, this final hearing may have revealed more cracks in the case than expected.
So what really happened behind the scenes of It Ends With Us… and why are more people starting to question Blake's version of events?
We break down the biggest moments from the hearing, what the judge's decisions actually mean, and what to expect as this explosive trial finally begins.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride. |
| 0:07.7 | Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. |
| 0:14.0 | Good morning, everybody. Happy Hump Day to you on this Wednesday, April 29th, 2026. |
| 0:20.2 | We have all of your news for your rush hour ride to work. |
| 0:23.2 | And we've got Blake Lively versus Justin Baldoni updates, pretty much guaranteeing that at least one of our episodes every day leading up to the trial will have updates on this, what is supposed to be a massive entertainment news trial, probably the biggest since Johnny |
| 0:38.9 | versus Amber, although very different in nature, no matter how much they want to make you think |
| 0:43.5 | it's the same. We'll be here to cover this live in New York, but now we have what appears to be |
| 0:48.6 | the final pretrial conference, unless any funny business comes up before this trial kicks off |
| 0:54.0 | in just under a month. |
| 0:55.9 | So here, let's get into it. As you guys know, yesterday, we covered this story that Blake |
| 1:01.2 | Lively's brand fell apart because she's bad at business. Baldoni doesn't want to take credit |
| 1:07.5 | for Betty Boo's falling apart, provides receipts as to why the business was not |
| 1:13.0 | successful long before he had anything to do with it. But what I'm going to share with you guys |
| 1:17.7 | is a new lie that Blake might be caught in. And also Blake trying to get the birthing video |
| 1:24.8 | sealed, Baldoni's side saying, no, air it all out. Which side wants |
| 1:29.6 | more sealed? Which side wants the truth to rise to the surface? We're about to find out. Katie and |
| 1:35.5 | Casey, who is now Katie and Casey in New York City, was able to get this video. This is Sigrid |
| 1:42.6 | McCauley, Blake Lively's attorney. |
| 1:45.1 | Doesn't New York look beautiful this time of year? Have a listen. |
| 1:49.7 | Sigrid, any comment for today? |
| 1:53.1 | Well, Blake's waited a long time to get to this moment, so she's ready for this to stand up for |
| 1:58.9 | herself and others and deal with the horrific weaponization of the internet that's happened. |
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