10-2-24 Afternoon Rush - Why Taylor Swift Missed Two Chiefs Games & Lawyer Says Diddy Won't Be Only Celebrity Going Down & Golden Bachelorette Preview

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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. Hello everybody, happy hump day to you on this afternoon Rush Hour, October 2nd, 2024. I've got all of your entertainment and pop culture news in one place.

And as you know, I'm recording from my mobile studio set up in New York, New York, but I've never sounded so good on the road folks. And on the afternoon rush, we've got bombshell reporting regarding the Diddy case was a Diddy tape. The reason why J Lo and Ben Affleck got divorced. Some think so. There are also additional.

Famous accomplices that may go down. Plus why Taylor Swift missed the last two chiefs games. Plus a ring cam captures a home birth in California and also Lady Gaga's proposal story is out. We'll have to share what she has to say. And a preview of tonight's week three episode of the golden bachelorette.

I've also got some manifesting motivation for you and how to have faith that you will and are being rewarded for all the hard work you're putting into life. Plus what you should know about the port workers strike and how this may affect your day to day. We'll get all these stories and more coming up next on the rush.

As you guys know, fans are crazy. I mean, fan is short for fanatic and Taylor Swift fans are no less crazy than the rest of them. People are wondering, is there a reason why Taylor Swift missed the last two chiefs games? Well, here's a new story for you. Taylor Swift missed Travis Kelsey's games due to.

Busy schedule, security concerns, and not because of romance woes. I mean, you have to realize this with the election coming up and of course her endorsing Kamala Harris, uh, not to mention she had stadiums shut down in Europe for, for possible terrorist threats. You know, she's kind of a larger than life character.

She doesn't just get to sneak into the guest suites and enjoy the game, like maybe she used to. She's a pop star. She's a global pop star. With that said, you know. Travis Kelsey is also not having a great start to the season. So maybe she wants to keep a distance so he can go there and get his business done.

Because, you know, when the lady's in the crowd, you got to worry about what you're going to do for dinner afterwards. Are we, you know, is she happy? Is, you know, is there a draft? There's always a draft. There's you're either hot, you're cold, you know, you're always got to try to make sure you're taking care of your lady.

Well, in this case, he doesn't have to worry about that because she's missed the last few games. Taylor was a no show at her NFL star boyfriend's past two games were told her absence isn't a sign that she's on the outs with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelsey. Some eyebrows were raised after she was absent.

Okay. So the whole article is just, and look, it's like she's the Joe Rogan of pop culture. So whenever she, whenever they can find a way to make a story about her, they will. Now Travis says, yeah, my numbers suck, but they are winning games and that's all that matters. Here's what he had to say on his podcast, uh, which is called, what is it called?

The Heights, New Heights. Have a listen. And we did get something going this past week. Uh, and that is the big Yeti. The big Yeti obviously, uh, had notably been struggling a little bit through the first three weeks. Well, he finally gets going. I'm struggling in terms of stats. I was still playing winning football and that, that, that's all that fucking matters.

And I said it on here on the podcast last week, everything outside of, um, the building, Is it's just noise, big game. What is the 80? And it says, what is 89 yards? A big game is a solid game. Yeah. Like a big game is like I score a touchdown or something. If you don't go over the a hundred yard mark, it's not a big game for the beginning.

Just being honest. I'm not. Yeah. I mean, I w I was accountable this game. I didn't have any drops, which was. You know, what happened in Atlanta to make me feel like I had a bad game, but I, I, I still didn't have an outstanding game. There's a, there's a lot that goes into having a great game, but I did have a seven catches, which is a lot of times you get the rock and I got north with him.

So it is what it is. Help my team find a way to win. It is what it is. I mean, he's like, look, I didn't drop the ball. It not bad. Uh, but yeah, this shouldn't be newsworthy. It's only the beginning of a season for a team that will most likely be going to the Superbowl. Well, uh, love is blind is out. Have you guys seen this?

The new season of love is blind is out and star Hannah Giles is defending. Writing a list of fiance's flaws. She said it helped. Love is blind star. Hannah does not regret writing out a list of concerns she had about fiance Nick Dorca, which he later found. Boy, his last name's Dorca. That what a Dorca. I think I'm someone who I say things and it just comes out.

And so for me, if I write it down, it really helps me kind of like journaling. She said, I was just writing a list of likes things that may be like he needs to to work on or red flags. Maybe I'm seeing, I laid it down and he found it. You know what a red flag is writing your partner's red flags out. Like I, it's one of those things you're allowed to do it.

You're just not allowed to get cut. Now I've never written down any flaws of my wife's. Why? Because A, she's in the room with me and B, she has no flaws. She is a perfectly made person who's doing perfectly amazing in life and there's no flaws whatsoever. I could ever identify even if I was being paid to.

It wouldn't happen. You wouldn't catch me folks. Anyhow, let's move on to the next story. We've got Diddy in the news. Our daily Diddy update. Sean Diddy Combs is one of many powerful people who will go down for alleged sexual assault crimes that took place. According to this lawyer, who's representing about 120 individuals.

Here's what he had to say. But the names that we're going to name, assuming that our investigators confirm and corroborate what we've been told are names that will shock you. These are individual cases. There are indeed other perpetrators involved. They will be revealed when that particular individual case is ready to be filed.

They already know who they are. And I'm talking here about not just the cowardly but complicit bystanders. That is, those people that we know watched this behavior occur and did nothing. And I'm talking about the people that participated, encouraged it, egged it on. They know who they are. Now, I don't know who this would be, but there are people that, you know, notoriously have been at these ditty parties.

I hope it's not Ashton Kutcher. I like Ashton Kutcher. He also, uh, is a big advocate for, like, trying to stop child sex slavery. You know what I mean? Uh, but again, to even speculate is pretty wild because a lot of celebrities went to these parties, you know? So, who the hell knows? Who may be a part of it? Uh, here's another page six story.

Sean Diddy Combs allegedly drugged victims with horse tranquilizer in their drinks, says the attorney. Now, whether or not, uh, They used the term horse tranquilizer. I think they're, I think it's ketamine. I think that's what they're talking about. But during this Tuesday press conference, the Texas based lawyer that I just talked about, uh, Tony Busby made the shocking allegations on behalf of 120 alleged victims.

Now you have to, uh, you know, you have to wonder, will there be people trying to jump on this as a money train? Well, he says, these are just the victims that have been vetted. So we have to assume that there have been vetted and that they'll have their day in court and so will Diddy. Several of the individuals I represent, the lawyer said, were drug tested and drugs were found in their system.

Weird drugs, drugs that you probably never heard of. Um, he then went on to say, one in particular that continues to pop up is a drug called xylazine, or Trank, which based on our research is known as a horse tranquilizer. Okay, well that's not ketamine, that's a legit, you know, cause some people, you know, people conflate things.

Oh, it's just a horse dewormer or whatever. No, this is a tranquilizer for horses. She, um Busby specifically spoke about a 20 year old who was allegedly invited to attend a hotel party with Diddy. She was flattered, went to the party, and was given one drink and doesn't remember anything else. Ultimately, she was so messed up that she went to the hospital, where they found cocaine and this horse tranquilizer in her blood system.

Yeah, it's really messed up, folks. And you know, a lot of people early on, and probably including my, my podcast, made fun of that thousand people You know, uh, things of baby oil, but some people are hypothesizing that they weren't containers of baby oil. They were containers of either GHB or ketamine or whatever.

And we don't know anything about that as far as the facts are concerned, other than it's truly turning out to be, uh, a horror story. Allegedly, if all, if, if even a fraction of this stuff comes out to be true. Now, Chris Cuomo on News Nation actually interviewed Suge Knight about the Diddy charges. Now, Suge Knight, co founder of Death Row Records, who knows if what he says has any merit, but I think it's at least very interesting to hear their conversation.

That's why JLo and Ben Affleck got divorced because of videos that he has of her that now they know about. Where is this coming from with you? What do you believe about the people around Diddy and what everybody knows? Boys, you gotta start with the top. You starting with the top. Clyde Davis. Russell Simmons.

I'm Jarell. Jimmy Iovine. So when you look at all these things and everybody wanna say Puffy, Puffy, Puffy, don't get me wrong, yeah, Puffy's fucked in this shit and even if he wiped the shit off his shoes, he still stinks. But he's not the only one. He got all the kicks. I don't like mentioning Usher, I don't like mentioning Chester Beeger, I don't like mentioning all these people that everybody know what time it is.

It's a kick of bollocks. Raw ball egg had those guys pull their pants down and bend over and they stick it up their ass. The eggs break. They said they not ready yet. They ain't put enough work in. This is Hollywood. They never been in those but naked parties. Even some of the preachers been in those parties and they wasn't on their knees praying for God.

See, they was praying for somebody to have come real quick or something. I wasn't there. This proof. What the hell was he even talking about? I have no idea. Hard boiled eggs. Was that a metaphor? You know what I mean? This is Suge Knight. And by the way, this is on the news. Now it's News Nation. This isn't exactly a bastion of like ethical, you know, news reporting, but still this is crazy stuff, you know?

And in one way we try to make this work. The show light and airy. It's pop culture news. It's entertainment news. But on the other, I mean, I'd be remiss. How could I not cover this Diddy story? So we'll continue to cover it. I'm just going to try to sanitize it as best as possible for you. Because to be quite honest, the more you dig into the different stories, the more tragic it seems.

All right. We got a lot of stories to get into. So stick around. We'll be back with more right after this. Well, you may know that I've got a healthy and beautiful five month old son, one who has won the Tennessee state fair baby pageant, which by the way, last night on my standup show, I discussed the baby pageant.

Oh, you can hear him even chiming in in the background. He's a co host now. Well, I'll have the video of my New York comedy club set. Uploaded to Patreon as soon as I get the footage patreon. com slash Dave Neal So if you want to be a part of the private membership community That's where you can go to listen to that clip that I have talking about the baby pageant How apropos of baby August to be chiming in in the background you might say Dave the production value you've added babies Crying in the background.

No, that is actually live and in the moment. And speaking of babies being live and in the moment, a California mom had her baby on the front porch and the doorbell cam recorded the birth. Can we get them a Ring Cam sponsorship? That is the most California influencer mom thing I've ever heard. So this mom is being applauded for her resilience after her water broke on her front porch forcing her to give birth right then and there.

Natasha Downing's doorbell cam documented the whole incredible scene and has rightfully taken the internet by storm. Check it out. Natasha who was 39 weeks along at the time is seen heading out of her home when her water breaks right in front of her door. The labor escalates quickly with Natasha squatting down and pushing out a baby girl named Lily Bella right on the stoop.

Thankfully, Natasha wasn't alone during the unexpected birth. Her husband Tom was seen supporting her during the entire scenario. I got to tell you as a husband who, um, helped give birth. And by helped, I mean, panic, eight suites for seven hours while I waited for the head to come out. Uh, I gotta tell you, there is nothing more useless than being a man trying to help your lady give birth.

You know, she's in the moment, she's doing her thing. You're just like, I'll catch it. I went, you got your catcher's mitt, you know, you've got a, uh, like you're in, you know, blowing up an inflatable pool. And then what does she do? You pay all this money for a hospital bills and she just has that baby right in the stoop.

And if I can speak, uh, on behalf of my wife here, I think you would, I think you would have been okay. Delivering birth on the stoop, you know, sure. You don't have to pay for the epidural. All you gotta do is pay for a power washer to, uh, blast, pull a placentia. Did I pronounce that right? Placenta? Blast Placenta!

That sounds like a punk band. Come on, it's it's the power washing placentas. You could blast placenta right off of the stone and you're good to go. You might not even lose your security deposit. So good for her. I'm glad they've got a new and fresh baby. What a fun story to share. And they didn't have to pay for the birthing photographer.

They just got it all in the ring cam. Well, Lady Gaga is talking about how she was proposed to by Michael Polanski. I guess they went rock, climbing. I don't know if that's a good way to do it, but I tell you, hopefully he was able to afford a big diamond for her and then she can climb up that rock. Um, you know, good carrot joke.

Here's what she had to say on Jimmy Kimmel. Like it was fun. And so, and he has proposed and done the whole thing, right? I mean, like, yeah,

you're so creative. You're so particular that it will be like, I would become paralyzed if I had to figure out a way to propose to you. No, he, you know, he was, he proposed to me right after my birthday. And so my birthday passed and I was like, well, I thought he was going to propose to them, maybe. I'm glad he didn't do it on your birthday, because sometimes guys will do that as an excuse to only get you one gift.

He didn't do that. He actually threw me like a beautiful birthday dinner and then, um, we went on, uh, Like a trip together and we went rock climbing and we'd been rock climbing before which was super fun and for real Yeah, for real you climb rocks. I mean I I do now I would do anything for love

So this crowd's very excited. They applauded the fact that he proposed. Wow What a great guy the bar is set low gentlemen. The bar is set low Uh, well, Donald Trump, uh, was tweeting during the debate last night, the VP debate. No, he wasn't tweeting about the debate. He was demanding that baseball hall of fame put Pete Rose in.

Donald Trump sent a message loud and clear to the baseball hall of fame on the day after Pete Rose died, urging the organization to put the ex red star in now before his funeral. Look, Hey, this might be the one thing that Donald Trump and I agree on. He said the great. Pete Rose just died. He was one of the most magnificent baseball players ever to play the game.

He paid the price. Major League Baseball should have allowed him into the Hall of Fame many years ago. Yeah. You know, the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame system, it's very flawed. I mean, they're going to have to come to terms with this steroid era. You know, which was very commonplace in all of the other eras.

Like what's, you know, you know, uh, here we have Pete Rose banned for gambling and now DraftKings is probably one of the biggest sponsors of the league, you know, so get it right folks. What's it going to be? Yes, that's right. Last night was the VP debate. And a photo of Tim Walls shows that he's making a Swift debate fashion statement.

That's right. He was spreading the love at the VP debate, according to TMZ. com rocking a friendship bracelet. They gave a massive nod to Taylor Swift's Kamala Harris endorsement. So either way, did anyone learn anything at the debate last night? I have no idea. The Harris Walls friendship bracelet though is for sale on their official store.

And um, I guess it's a, I guess it's a way to do campaign finance. donations. Uh, so unlike the hundred thousand dollar Trump, uh, watch that he's selling, this is just a cheap 20 bucks. That's, that's really the difference there. A gold plated, hundred diamonds Trump watch or 20 bracelet. That's the, those are your options there folks.

Okay. Well tonight is week three of the golden bachelorette. And of course we have a nice preview for you. Have a listen to the trailer for tonight's episode. I feel like I'm the top of the world right now. I feel like it's a dream. I feel super visible and very grateful. Love is still alive. I feel like I've been pushing stuff down.

Are you doing okay? And people keep asking me, Are you 100 percent ready? And I keep saying yes, but I'm not really. I'm sorry. Don't pressure yourself when you are ready. Let your heart decide. There it is. Tonight, the Golden Bachelorettes stream on Hulu tomorrow. And look, it's a fair question to ask. Is Joan ready to find love?

And she might not have those answers. And you might not even know till you're put in that position. She lost her man just a couple of years ago. A reliable force in her life, her love of her life, her whole adult life. And now she goes on. Gary Turner's season ends up self eliminating. And, you know, you say, well, that's because my daughter needed me and my granddaughter and it's like, well, maybe, but also, you know, you get to that age and you just start putting other people first, your kids, your grandkids.

And it's like, all right, Joan, here's the time for you. You're literally the lead of the show. It is your time to shine. We all support that. And again, thank you. You know, it's week three. Maybe some of this is clickbait saying, Oh, I don't know if I'm ready. It's like, I'm sure she wouldn't have taken the gig if she wasn't going to clear the schedule.

You know, she is the star. She's ready to go. Speaking of being the star of the drama, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, uh, MomTalk can survive season one. They have gotten a season two at Hulu. They had, they ended on a really big cliffhanger and it seems MomTalk did survive the scandal. TMZ learned Hulu's sensational new reality show, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has been greenlit.

Sources connected to the docuseries, which has become the streamer's number one unscripted premiere of the year, tell TMZ the cast begins filming the new season within the next week with pre production already well underway in Utah. Alright, so there it is, the bad girls of the, of the Utah Mormon life.

Um, you know, whatever. Uh, you know, it is one of those things, it's like, are people actually watching this? Well I was flying to New York yesterday and saw multiple people streaming this on their tablets. So it's clearly a hit folks. And, uh, I hope this podcast is a hit. And if you want to share us with a friend, that is the best way to grow the show.

And the more I grow the show, the more I add to the production value that helps me keep on bringing you the most aggressive. Two episode a day series. You know, I was talking to some comedians last night. They're like, Oh, what do you do? I got a podcast. Oh yeah, no way. And a lot of comics have a podcast.

They do 13 episodes, then they quit. They do one every three weeks. You know, it's hard, it's hard to be on top of it. I got to tell you, there is nothing more stressful than traveling and also doing the podcast. Just for the fact that I'm like literally in the airport. I'm, I'm, you know, every, every waking chance I get, I'm trying to compile some data here for you, but I love what I do and I hope you love listening.

So if you, if you have any friends that might have a decent commute to work or like to talk pop culture, entertainment news, have, you know, maybe a parallel political views, whatever it may be, feel free to send them my way. We're always looking for some new friends. All right. I got a few more stories to get to hang tight.

We'll be back with more right after this. How about some news that actually matters? Uh, The Today Show is reporting that the Port Workers Strike entered its second day as tens of thousands of dock workers are on picket lines across the country. What does this mean for you? Will you get that Amazon package you wanted?

Have a listen. It's one of the big, big sticking points here. The union, um, says it has rejected a 50 percent pay raise offer from the shipping consortium. Um, they want something bigger than that. They're now asking 5 an hour for Every year for the next six years is what the, what the, the, yeah, is what the, is what the, um, the dock workers want, but it's not just that you guys, this is existential for them.

They want guarantees that their jobs won't be taken over by technology and robots. Essentially. They want, um, big protection so that their jobs are still there as this industry rapidly rapidly um gets more high tech. So they're really far apart here, the White House urging the shippers to come to the table and help share their profits.

So the White House saying it's not really going to step in and break the strike, but seems like the language is leaning on the side of the dock workers at this point in terms of what the White House messaging right now. There it is. And that's why unions can be powerful. They're literally halting the shipment of goods.

You might, we might have a new toilet paper crisis folks. And why? Because they want to know their jobs aren't going to go away with automation. And let's not pretend like these shipping companies aren't making billions and billions of dollars. There's money to go around and they're fighting for what is theirs.

We love to see it. Well, are we on the brink of a war? What the hell is going on out there? Israel, Iran, missile attacks. Here's what CNN has to say. We're at a watershed moment right now in the middle East. While we can't look far ahead, we can look at the next few days at least and know for some certainty that Israel will absolutely respond.

They will respond disproportionately, meaning they're going to do more to Iran than what Iran already did to them. And so what we saw today from Iran was absolutely this effort to deter and to show Israel that they are powerful and to warn Israel off. Either they miscalculated or they know that this is just a cycle that they're going to have to go through.

It's part of their doctrine to be able to absorb hits. It's my expectation that Iran knows, doing this today, that Israel absolutely is going to respond. And then the question will be, can they absorb that hit? Can they absorb it and do something minor or are they going to take it to another level? All right, there it is, folks.

So, you know, Hey, we're all, we're always one day away from nuclear catastrophe, not to be morose out here on a pop culture podcast, but we'll be coming to you with any breaking stories of what the hell's going on out there. Now let's put all that aside and end with some positive news. Here's Mel Robbins.

And she says, you will be rewarded for the work you put in. And that's a problem when you, uh, are trying to build something new, or sweat equity, or, or work with your side hustle, or thing that's not really paying its, or coming to fruition right away, is wondering, will this pay off? Here's Mel Robbins saying, and absolutely it will.

Act like the person you want to become. That's not fake until you make it, by the way. This is intentional. When you intentionally act like the person you want to become, your brain sees you taking those actions, So your brain starts to change the way it relates to you. But when it comes to manifesting based on science, I want you to think as manifesting as a bridge.

Manifesting is a bridge that's made of bricks between you and the thing that you dream about. And what you do when you manifest is you don't manifest where the bridge is going. You manifest the bricks. Visualization is the bricks. And so what I want you to do when you visualize is you're capable of breaking any pattern.

You're capable of getting control of your health. You're capable of launching a business. You're capable of making millions of dollars. You're capable of absolutely anything. that you put your mind to because I do believe that people who put in the work get rewarded. There it is. There are rewards out there, folks.

So keep working hard. I know my audience is very entrepreneurial. I'm here for you. Just keep pursuing that dream. I know talking about meditations and manifesting seems so hokey, but Hey, I'm here to say, I really think if you just work hard, you don't need to know in which direction you're running. Just start running.

And just start doing what makes you feel good and, uh, that positive energy you bring out to the world, I think will be returned to you. I think that's the only currency we have in a world of A. I. and dock work, strikes, and people trying to make sure they're not taking advantage of. I think the only clear path for Control over your destiny is to, uh, is to be entrepreneurial and have some form of equity, whether it be through social media or whatever it is that you do out there, have some ownership over it so that someone else can't be making tough decisions for you.

All right. Well, that's it for the day. Can you believe it? We've made it halfway through. I'll be back in the morning. As I am always enjoy the golden bachelorette tonight. I'll have a recap for you tomorrow on the YouTube channel. We'll see you then. I'm Dave Neal. This is the rush. The rush hour is a twice daily pop culture and entertainment news podcast hosted by standup comedian, Dave Neal lives too short for a boring ride.

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