4-8-26 Morning Rush - Blake Lively & Baldoni Settlement Talks Fail AGAIN & Bachelorette Taylor Frankie Paul UPDATES & Kanye Banned From UK
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
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🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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The drama is heating up in today's Morning Rush.
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We kick things off with major updates in the Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni trial, as Lively pushes the court to force Baldoni's team to reveal exactly which witnesses they plan to call. Is this a strategic move to get ahead of damaging testimony, or a sign that things are starting to slip behind the scenes? We break down what this demand could mean for both sides as the legal battle intensifies.
Then, a major development in the ongoing saga of former Bachelorette star Taylor Frankie Paul. A judge has ruled she will receive just eight hours per week to see her child—for now—while tensions continue to rise. On top of that, Taylor has filed for a temporary restraining order against her ex, adding another layer of complexity to an already emotional and highly public situation.
It's a packed episode with courtroom drama, custody battles, and the latest twists you need to know.
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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. |
| 0:13.5 | Good morning, everybody. On this hump day, Wednesday, April 8th, 2026, I have all of your news for your rush hour ride to work. And we have updates |
| 0:22.0 | regarding settlement talks with Blake Lively versus Justice Justin Baldoni. And those updates are |
| 0:28.1 | that the settlement is falling flat. All signs point to this heading towards trial. You know, |
| 0:33.9 | anything can happen, but I'll share what happened in court just the other day. |
| 0:44.9 | Plus, we have updates as Blake Lively is trying to find out who the hell will be testifying for Justin Baldoni. |
| 0:51.9 | So we'll have those updates, plus a big Bachelorette update as Taylor Frankie Paul gets a temporary restraining order on her ex-baby daddy. |
| 0:56.8 | And also, the judge announces how many days she'll actually be allowed to see her kids. So this is a very big update to that tragic story after Bachelorette was |
| 1:02.5 | canceled. So we got all of this. Plus, Kanye West, that and more comes up next on the rush. Yeah, |
| 1:07.5 | that's right. Kanye West kicked out of the United Kingdom. We'll share that story. |
| 1:11.6 | But first, let's dive into Baldoni. And by the way, if you have been keeping up with my coverage |
| 1:16.5 | on the sort of international scene after our president has threatened nuclear war, a threat |
| 1:23.4 | a threat to wipe out a whole civilization in Iran, We will have more of those updates on the lunch |
| 1:28.7 | episode, pre-recorded this episode. So again, I'm not avoiding that conversation, but just so |
| 1:34.7 | you guys know, we're going to separate this pop culture news from hopefully what doesn't become |
| 1:40.2 | the escalation into World War III. Can't believe I'm saying that out loud. All right, so let's dive into it. Here it is exclusively reported by Daily Mail and all of their pop-up ads. And people have said, Dave, why don't you just get the pop-up free version? It's like, no, I can't get rid of art. This is art right here. Banner ads, pop-up ads. It's like having a mariachi just playing in your pocket. Blake lively and Justin Baldoni in legal stalemate as settlement talks fall apart. |
| 2:05.2 | That's right. |
| 2:05.6 | They have both rejected the latest effort to settle their legal war after meeting with a judge in New York on Monday. |
| 2:12.1 | Both sides declined to end the bitter case, which is about alleged sexual harassment and retaliation by Baldoni |
| 2:19.2 | on the set of It Ends with Us, the film he co-starred in with Lively. Now, the harassment claims have |
| 2:24.0 | been all dismissed by the judge, so it really is just about retaliation. And I'm going to share |
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