5-21-26 Morning Rush - Blake Lively's Comeback Falls Flat & Trump Pardons Himself!
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
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🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni continues to spiral as new rumors, lawsuits, and Hollywood fallout keep everyone guessing. We break down the latest twists in the celebrity feud dominating headlines and what insiders are allegedly saying behind the scenes.
Plus, the new Baywatch reboot is officially making waves. From casting rumors to whether audiences are ready for another slow-motion beach comeback, we've got all the updates on the franchise revival.
And in politics, Donald Trump sparks outrage and debate once again as conversations heat up over presidential pardon powers and what it could mean moving forward. We unpack the legal chaos, the media reaction, and why the internet is melting down over it all.
Pop culture, politics, celebrity drama, and the chaos in between — welcome to your Morning Rush.
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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. |
| 0:13.6 | Good morning, everybody. Happy Thursday to you on this May 21st, 2026. I have all of your news for your rush hour ride to work. And we have Blake |
| 0:22.2 | Lively's comeback tour catching a flat tire. This says she gets snubbed by Fendi. You want to talk |
| 0:29.2 | about white women buying purses? This is the story for you. We'll share exactly what went down. |
| 0:34.9 | And then more on how they found out. She owed two million |
| 0:38.6 | dollars to contractors for her upstate mansion. After that, we'll be discussing Donald Trump |
| 0:44.0 | pardoning himself. That's right. I'll share exactly what the hell that means. And a |
| 0:49.4 | Tennesseean gets an $800,000 payout by the state after getting fired over a Charlie Kirk post. |
| 0:57.5 | We've also got blonde bombshells from Baywatch brawling. |
| 1:01.7 | That's right. This and more starts right now on the rush. |
| 1:04.3 | All right. Before we get into this Baywatch story, I know you're thinking, what is this, a throwback Thursday story? |
| 1:08.8 | Baywatch is from the 90s. It's back, baby, and it's |
| 1:12.3 | Botox and Beef, and I got it all for you. Speaking of Botox and Beef, let's start with a Blake |
| 1:17.4 | lively story. What, you haven't had enough of her? This is from TMZ. Welcome to my comeback tour. |
| 1:23.7 | And, you know, paparazzi are there at Fendi so a bunch of women can buy these $2 million |
| 1:28.8 | purses or whatever they cost. |
| 1:30.7 | Blake's getting back out into the world. |
| 1:32.6 | And now that she's agreed to a settlement in her case against Justin Baldoni, hitting a |
| 1:36.9 | big time fashion event in New York City. |
| 1:39.4 | By the way, how passive is this? |
| 1:42.3 | Blake agrees to a settlement. First of all, I mean, it's not wrong, |
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