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The Rush Hour With Dave Neal

5-28-26 Morning Rush - More Bad PR For Blake Lively & All Eyes On James Talarico's Rise To Fame In Texas

The Rush Hour With Dave Neal

Dave Neal

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

James Talarico is making moves in Texas politics, and we break down what his latest run for office could mean for the future of the Democratic Party in one of the country's biggest battleground states. Plus, Blake Lively is facing fresh headlines and new fallout following her settlement with Justin Baldoni, as more questions swirl around the behind-the-scenes drama. We cover the latest developments, media reactions, political chaos, celebrity controversies, and everything shaping today's news cycle on this morning episode of Rush Hour.

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0:00.0

It's becoming one of the biggest botched jobs in Hollywood. The Blake Lively Backlash continues.

0:06.7

She's got a $100 million hair care brand and we're going to discuss the financial issues.

0:11.8

Not here to run victory laps around the Baldoni movement, but she did file some pretty wild

0:17.8

claims against him. Ten of the 13 were thrown out by a judge, and then she

0:22.4

settled, got nothing in return, and just keeps losing and losing and losing. I'm going to share

0:27.9

some Blake lively supporters, what they're saying, the callouts of them. But first, here's

0:34.3

Blake's beauty brand. This is by Raider Online. By the way, it's hard to say Blake's beauty brand.

0:39.9

Try it out loud.

0:40.7

A little tongue twister for you right there.

0:43.4

Radar Online is not known to be the most credible,

0:46.8

but it doesn't mean that this story is not accurate.

0:49.1

They're discussing her beauty empire

0:51.0

and how it's kind of fallen on hard times.

0:53.6

Have a listen.

0:54.9

Blake Lively's $100 million hair care empire takes brutal hit amid hair loss claims and high

1:01.0

return concerns as actress's business partners want out. Blake Lively's Blake Brown Beauty

1:07.2

is facing mounting scrutiny after bombshell. Federal court exhibits reveal alleged

1:12.2

customer backlash, elevated return rates, and growing internal concern. All right. So again, this is

1:18.2

just slop, AI, whatever. But the point is that, yeah, there's return rates. You know, people

1:24.0

have returned her product. People are, you know, she's arguing that her product's being

1:28.6

returned because of the PR campaign against her. I would argue it's because she was exposed as kind of

1:34.1

being a rotten human and people just don't want to associate with her. There's also this idea that

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