9-22-25 Morning Rush - Trump Slams Kimmel At Charlie Kirk Memorial & Fireworks Coming In Blake Lively Case?! A Chat With Tiktok Lawyer Katie Pope!

The Rush Hour With Dave Neal

Dave Neal

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🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In today's episode:

🇺🇸 A look at the Charlie Kirk memorial and the messages pouring in from across the country.
🎯 Donald Trump takes a shot at Jimmy Kimmel — what he said and why it's trending.
🔥 Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni heats up, with fireworks just around the corner.
☕ The viral Starbucks cup story gets debunked — here's the truth behind the headlines.

All this and more, on your morning ride with 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. Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. Good morning, everybody. Happy Monday to you on this September 22nd, 2025. I've all of your stories for your rush hour ride to work.
0:22.5	I'm giving you my NPR voice this morning as I'm on the road and the baby is sleeping in the hotel
0:28.7	room with me. So thanks for appreciating the whisper. I got several stories to get to, followed
0:34.3	by an interview with Katie Pope, a lawyer who's been covering the Blake
0:38.5	Lively case. Going to give an update on Blake Lively as she loses emotion, but more importantly,
0:44.9	some new lawyers were added to the mix, which might lead to big fireworks. I'll share that
0:51.4	possibly interesting story. And we're going to dive into just a little bit of the Charlie Kirk Memorial. I'll share that possibly interesting story. And we're going to dive into just a little bit of the
0:56.6	Charlie Kirk Memorial. I'll have more on that this afternoon. Specifically, we're going to
1:02.1	cover what Donald Trump had to say about Jimmy Kimmel. That's right. Jimmy Kimmel brought up at the
1:06.6	memorial and then an update on the singer David as his European show dates seemingly canceled.
1:13.5	So all these stories and more starts right now on The Rush. How about this? Disney loses
1:18.7	$3.5 billion in market value since taking Jimmy Kimmel off the air. Now, whether this is due to
1:26.0	stock performance or people canceling their Hulu,
1:29.6	not really sure. We'll have to see how this plays out long term. Again, we'll have more on the
1:34.3	Kirk Memorial on the afternoon episode. But I did want to share what President Trump had to say
1:40.1	about Jimmy Kimmel at Kirk's Memorial. Of course, Jimmy Kimmel fired essentially because the FCC
1:48.1	was able to put pressure on ABC for these syndicate deals, these mergers that need the FCC's
1:55.4	approval. You'll have people left and right say, no, he was fired for bad ratings.
2:00.2	They're either lying to you or they're
2:02.1	wildly delusional. He was fired because Trump wanted him fired. Period. That's the story.
2:08.1	Here's what Trump had to say.
2:09.1	The beginning of our response to Charlie's murder, over the last 11 days, we have heard stories of commentators, influencers, and others in our society
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