February 12, 2025 • 48 mins
Lisa Vanderpump spoke out last week in support of James Kennedy despite his recent incident involving Ally Lewber, and according to Juliette, all she's doing is protecting the money flowing in. She's discussing what this means, why Reddit is to blame for starting the latest rumors involving Katie and Ariana, and shares her inside knowledge into the downfall of Kanye after his latest antisemitic rant.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
All right, welcome back to Rogue Energy and Headlines, and
I'm your host, Juliette Harris, twenty four year veteran in entertainment.
And we have so many headlines. We've got Taylor, We've
got VPR, LVP, Katie and Ariana, Denise Richards, the Amelia
Perez movie scandal, the PR scandal surrounding that, Kanye Beyonce,
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President Trump, and where would the headlines be without Blake
and Justin. So let's dig in. I have lots and
lots of notes because there's just you know, with super Bowl,
there's not a dull moment, so I wanted to try
to not skip over anything. So let's start with Obviously,
super Bowl was probably the biggest event of late So
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Taylor and Travis is their golden era. Over loses a
super Bowl after Taylor's Grammy snub. Yeah, you know, look,
they are no matter what, they are still a huge,
huge power couple and things cannot be perfect all of
the time. And you know, as an athlete, right, I
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think when you get a little bit off focus, it
can mess with your game. Does that mean dating Taylor
is the demise of where he's at? And now I
mean there's a lot of juggling. Let's not forget there's
still there's still relatively young people, and they've both done
achieved superstatus and super things, and so you know, sometimes
things don't always go perfect. I think that we need
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to give them a little bit of a break on that.
I think that their connection or you know, is it
one hundred percent related or to these misses or I
don't think any of that. I think tomorrow they're going
to wake up and be equally as successful. So I
you know, Americans are a bit odd or the public
can be a bit fickle, and they love to build
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people up to sort of tear them down, watch them fall,
and kind of relish in that and then wait and see.
You know, do we root for that rebuild and that
apology or that you know, new beginning, or do we
stomp on them? It used to be all about the
new beginning. I don't know. Now there's a bit more
stomping going on too. But I think they're both going
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to be just fine, and you know, I just I
think we need to give them a little bit of
grace now. One part of all of this too, that
I think was definitely new for Taylor is getting booed
at the Super Bowl? And why do I think that happened?
I think really the root of it is because you know,
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she was born in Pennsylvania, I think raised in Pennsylvania,
and she was an Eagles fan up until she started
dating Travis, and that stadium was mostly packed with more
Eagle fans. And I think that those booze really came
from the Eagles fans. Could they have come from Chiefs
fans because Kelsey was kind of second eggs in their opinion? Yep?
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Sure could. Is it possible that Kelsey was just really
sucking and so they were kind of blaming Taylor or
booing Kelsey through her? Yep? And is it because President
Trump was there and he's been outspoken on Taylor? Because
Taylor was very outspoken for Kamala's So actually, it could
be all of those things. And to whoever was booing
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each one of those things is personal, right, it was
their own reason. So I think it's a combination of those.
But I do believe the biggest reason is because it
was the Eagles and the Chiefs and it was Super
Bowl and the Eagles are like, pluh, screw you? Given
her the bird there? She will recover. You could see it. Look,
she did look very surprised and not I think the
lip reader said what's going on is what she said,
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So I don't think she was expecting that, and I
don't think she's been very in your face. I also
felt the NFL for putting her in there, so you know,
frequently and glaringly and using her, And everybody uses each
other in this industry, so that's the norm. But I
feel like, you know, when people get over it, she's
the one that gets the brunt of it. Oversaturation in
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the marketplace leads to that fatigue, right, So in the
PR world, you're always trying to like get your clients
out front and center and good deeds and isn't she pretty?
And aren't they great? And aren't they powerful? And all,
you know, all these positive headlines, headlines, headlines, But sometimes
I think for the public it gets a bit shoved
down your throat and people flip, right, so they could
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be your biggest fan one day and even for no reason.
I'm not talking about Blake and justin kind of flip.
I'm talking about people that didn't necessarily do anything, but
they just get tired of hearing how great this other
person is because it makes them feel less great about
themselves and it makes them feel out of touch or
they are underperforming as a human because those people are
super performing. And so I think that that can flip
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on a dime and people can get fatigued and get tired,
and then they go to the negative side and they
want to see that fall. One other little Taylor note too,
is apparently a lot of headlines are reporting that she
feels used by Blake. And this goes back to something
we did speak about previously is calling her your dragon.
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It's just not smart and putting that in writing, and
it has led people to believe or Taylor in particular,
that she's been out there using her name in inappropriate situations.
Don't you know who my friends are? Don't you know
who I am? Don't you know who my husband is
and my best friend is And we're gonna get you
and you know that's icky. And like I said before,
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Taylor's publicist is superstud and she's not Her and Taylor
are not going to get involved in us. I'm just
saying that unless they get drug into it through a
court scenario, but they're going to stay as far away
from this, hence why I believe that she wasn't at
the super Bowl, and I think that was probably mutual.
I'm sure, if they are truly good friends, that Blake
didn't want to do that, and that Taylor didn't want
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her there and it was discussed not to be there,
or she just wasn't invited or you know. But I
don't think she was banned and frozen out. I just
think it was probably mutually beneficial to keep that one
under the radar. Okay, next headline, which still related another
Simple Favor starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, finally has
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a first look and a release date. So, alongside Anne
and Blake, returning cast members from another for another Simple
Favor included Henry Golding Andrew Reynolds. I don't know how
to say that. Reynel's the year, Sala Huddon, Joshua Settine,
and Ian Hoe, along with new members such as Alison
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Janey Michal I don't know how to say his name
if it's Michelle or Michelle Moroney. He's a good actor.
I like him, and Elizabeth Perkins, Kelly McCormick, and Taylor
or Tega will also star. So they're getting their first
look at south By Southwest and then it drops on
Amazon Prime in May. Well, what do we think about this?
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There's already so much headlines about what was it delayed?
And I think the director is like, you know, and
the producers are like, we have to get this out right,
We've got to get this out Can we ride this
wave a little bit of the buzz? We certainly can. However,
I think it's having quite a bit of backlash. There's
this rumored feud with Anna Kendrick, and it looked to
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me that Anna Kendrick is really trying to kind of
play that down and move forward on the press and
doing things kind of fake it till you make it
sort of a thing. But it seems like fans aren't
buying it. It seems like every time Anna is out
there promoting it, the fans are saying, we're not buying this.
We don't want what yourself. We love you, Anna, but
we do not want to have a part of this.
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They are not supporting. I don't think they're supporting this film,
and I don't think they're supporting Blake and Anna in
this movie. We're gonna have to stay too and watch
but I think this is a very tricky space to navigate.
I'll tell you something interesting in the PR world too,
And when the magazine's write about this, and I was
doing a little research last night. If it's something like Glamour,
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if it's something like The Cut, they are just talking
about the movie. If you go over to the tabloids,
if you look at something like inn S Weekly or
a radar or I'm not gonna put people in that,
but in the article they'll talk about the movie and
its debut, and then they'll say amongst Blake's legal troubles.
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So I find that interesting because it's what I do.
But it depends on who that outlet is, what they're
feeding you. So some of the outlets that are just
about the film are only talking about the fact the
film that's coming out, And some of the tabloids that
have been covering all the legal drama, they put that
in the article. So it's just something interesting to look
out for. So I think it's going to have to
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be promoted in a very controlled environment. They're going to
have to really control every aspect of how they promote
this film. Who's allowed into a room, if they do
a question and answer pictures, not interviews on red carpet's
very curated interviews with very trusted softballers. I can't remember
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if I mentioned this before, but one of the dreams
as a publicist is to have a journalist friend that
you know has your back, right, And Larry King was
one of those people to all publicists and talent, and
no matter what the critical breaking news was, he would
always say, look, I'm going to ask the question, but
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I'm not going to give you the pressure. So you
knew you were going to get the question about the
difficult thing, and then he was going to let it be.
You could answer it or not, and most people chose
to answer it in their curated way. But then he
would move on to all the other things. Now you've
got the gotcha journalists. And let's put it this way.
My opinion, Blake will not be having a sit down
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with Gail King. So I mean, i'd like to see
that interview, but I don't think that's going to happen.
So any promotion of this film is going to have
to be very, very curated and careful. Well, and let's
just say one thing too, she is still an actress.
This is still a court case, she still has the
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claim of sexual harassment out there. The evidence we're seeing
maybe skewed in a specific direction, but at the end
of the day, it still needs to play out. There
needs to either be a settlement or a verdict. In
the meantime, she should take on new projects, She should
continue to do her work. She should, I don't know,
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somewhat hold her head high if she believes in what
she's fighting for is real the public's opinion, you know,
it is going to sway the kinds of jobs she gets,
how many jobs she gets if people go to see them.
This movie, the new movie with Anna, is definitely going
to tell us a lot about what's next for Blake Lively.
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I think it's gonna say a lot as to how
the audience reacts if they protest, boycott the film, and
you know, it's a brave move to do it right now.
And I also would think that Ryan and Blake asked
to get this out here and going to because she's
trying to change the news cycle. Everybody's a dog with
a bone right now. Nobody's letting this cycle die down,
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and she did start it, so we're gonna have to
see where it finishes. But it's it's definitely you know,
popcorn worthy TV okay, Are Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
losing the image war against Justin Baldoni? I say one
hundred percent, yes. The Economic Times was actually speaking to
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White House spokesperson just like, like, let me read that
light again. Former White House spokesperson and communication advisor Alexandra
Lamana told Fox Blake and Ryan are losing the image war.
I mean, you know this, this story knows no boundaries.
But I believe I agree with her and say correct,
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when you have a strong case, complete control of the
narrative and strong public support, does a reputational risk of
going to court payoff? That doesn't seem to be the
case here. This one in particular becomes more and more messy,
and I, you know, I don't know what's going to
be next. And we've kind of touched on this. If
even if there's a settlement, I can't imagine them wanting
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this to go to court because it's only going to
be so ugly. A clear winner is going to be
the best, you know, strategic move for what's next for
that person, because if they settle, I don't know, if
I don't know how either one of them rebounds, because
then they both it's almost like a Okay, we're gonna
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we're going to agree to disagree and not talk about it.
But we've we've talked about it so much in the public,
and we've put all of these da details. How do
you walk back from that? I don't I've said it before,
and I really am not sure that you can career wise.
You know, what does an image war mean? This goes
to what we were talking about a minute ago. Two.
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Hollywood is magic, It's illusions. It's if you've ever been
lucky enough to go behind a movie scene or go
to Universal Studios and do the back tour, you see
that Hollywood is magic and the same things that go
on our screens happens with the talent, right, Because what
makes us fall in love with those people on screen
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is well, it used to be the mystery of it,
all right, but now it's seemingly to be that you
find things you love about those those people and that
resonate with you, and you follow them and you watch
their movies because you buy into their brand. So we
spend a lot of time on building that image, whether
it's through publicity, through marketing, through social media, through all
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of the above, we manicure those image. We want what
the people want to be aligned with what these actors mean.
It's a lot of pressure on everybody, really, it's a
lot of pressure. Whitney Houston's a really good example of
you know, what Whitney really seemed to be, and the
curated image that they kept around her and sold was very,
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very different. And I feel that that cognitive dissonance for
her was really what ended her life and you know,
kind of put her to her demise because holding up
this entire image when it isn't even a little bit
true to who you are. I'm not talking about her talent,
She's one of the most talents of musicians and they ever, ever, ever, ever,
But the image of her being America's sweetheart and pure
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is the driven snow and kind of who she was
and how she ended up, you know, that's also who
she was. But we try to curate those and keep
those a little bit from the public. And that's all
exploding right now. So when your image is not him
in alignment with who you are, first and foremost, that's
problem number one, But number two, it starts seeping out
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to the public and now the image that's out there
with what is coming through the back channels and being
put it's it's, you know, impossible to keep up the
lies all the time. And now you've got two people
talking about who they are and what they represent. And
if you look at Blake, I mean, she's not coming
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across kind, She's not coming across honest, whereas Justin who
everybody was quick to condemn when the first accusation came out.
But in everything you see, he's pure as the driven snow.
He's in touch with his manhood, he's in touch touch
with his feminine side. He seems to be really caring.
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There's no nobody that's come out and said anything bad
against him, and his his former co stars have all
come out in support of him. There's a lot of
these really sweet videos showing, you know, all his good side.
Now some of those are professionals, some of those are fans.
Once again, that's what's fueling the image war. Meanwhile, there
was something that came out on our friend Blake today
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that or that I saw for the first time today,
but I saw it like five times. Was this video
where she goes on she's doing an interview and she
talks about and first and foremost, I do want to say,
she's a very well spoken young woman. She's very smart.
She's intelligent, and it's too bad that this is where
she's putting her her smarts. But she went on too
this interview which was about being an actress, and she
pretty much gave Justin Baldoni's team like a confession that
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she's going to take over everything. She's basically saying, how,
you know, some people hire me just as a little
actress and they expect me and I mean that tone
intentionally little actress and they want me to step on
the pink tape and deliver my lines. I'm so much
more than that, which, first of all, belittling to being
an actor and actress, which is confusing as she's an actor.
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Number two is she goes on to say how she
gets involved with everything from you know, the directing, to
the produce seeing to the costumes, and how some people
embrace it and they're gonna get the best of me,
and while some people are offended by it, and then
that doesn't make a good pairing. I mean, come on,
I know I wish if she could look back, I'm
sure she would wish she could strike that interview, but
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that was not the best business card, right. I don't know.
If I was a producer, director and I was casting,
I'd be like, next, next, more trouble than she's worth.
If there was a ton of accolades, where's the oscar,
where's the golden globe? If there was accolades behind her,
then I think maybe she had maybe she had a
leg to stand up. But nobody likes somebody that's that
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egotistic anyway, no matter how smart you are or talented
you are. So I definitely think she is losing the
image warp here to Justin and I don't you know,
unless she's got, like I've said before, some huge smoking
gun to turn that around. I don't know how she
wins and steps back from this other than winning the lawsuit.
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You know a lot of people are paralleling it to
her single handedly towarpedoing the me too movement. Me too
basically in a nutshell said to always believe the woman.
They basically have said that, you know how difficult it
is for women to come forward and how they're never believed,
And that's why I mean, I have an experience where
I had I was a young girl, know, maybe sixteen,
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and I had a friend and an adult that was
in our circle began having a relationship with her, and
I remember I told my parents and they didn't believe me.
I told somebody else who didn't believe me, and it
wasn't until and I was telling because I wanted to
help her because it wasn't right, and I don't know
what to do. I'm a kid. I don't know what
to do, but this isn't right. And none of the
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adults in my world believed me until I don't know,
it was about a year later and they came out
and said how much they were in love, and I'll
just ew, I'll never forget that whole situation. But when
people don't believe, and it's a knee jerk reaction, especially
to a young person, as they no, no, no, you got
this wrong. That is what has been fueling this me
Too movement and sort of getting that progress of listening
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to women and believing them first and then you know,
figuring out the facts in case it's not true. In
this situation, she just she's come out and she said something,
and then she's sort of torpedoed the whole thing with
the rest of her actions, her attitude, what's happening around it. Eventually,
I imagine we will find out what the proof is
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if there was inappropriate behavior or sexual harassment or not,
or maybe we won't. That's the thing about this is,
even whatever happens with this lawsuit, a winner and a loser.
If there was sexual harassment and she didn't feel comfortable,
She's gone about it in a way that has gotten
so far away from the basics that I do feel
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it is harmful for the me too movement, you know,
And we're going to talk about this one also, but
she's not alone because you know, bringing it to Vanderpuff
rules Lisa Vanderpump, I also think is hurting the me
too movement. And you know, her coming out well, first
of all, her continuously always taking the sides of the
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men over the women her in particular, knowing all of
the abuse and toxic behavior claims against James from three
cast members and plus other people. I know there was
he punched his friend in the face and there was
a lawsuit and that got retracted. I mean, we saw
his behavior every single week on television and everybody, even
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though people you know, tuned in to watch the explosion.
There's not many people that would say, hey, no, that's
a really good guy. And yet she keeps running to
protect him and running to save him and pushing the
bad behaviors. And I think, you know, I hope it
doesn't ever come to this, but maybe something really horrible
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is going to have to happen before they pulled the
plug on that guy. I don't get it any other workplace,
any other workplace, just his verbal outbursts and abuse, and
it would be enough to get rid of him setting
him up over the women. I don't know. You're just
you're like not a feminist in any way, and you're
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definitely not for the women. And maybe you're making money
off the women's back, but your investments are in the men.
That's clear as day to me. List Amanda pump So,
Judd Apato called It Ends with Us a terrible movie
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and roasted Blake and justin basically at the DBA Awards,
and he said, you know what, to make that much money,
you have to sue Blake lively. So now it's basically
just getting panned right now, So much fuss over a
terrible movie. You know, this is this is kind of
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crazy that it's making these kind of headlines. And then
Chelsea Handler she also went out and mentioned it in
her speech, saying that you know, with the fires and
all the things that are tough in life, thanks for
the distraction Blake and justin so you know, now it's
at that place where it's comedic fodder. Right. However, has
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anybody noticed that the late night hosts, which are usually
first to the front lines and making fun of this stuff,
haven't touched it with a ten foot pole? And why
do you think that is? Interestingly, there was a podcast
which I didn't even know about it just learned about,
I guess, called Strikeforce five, and it included the late
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night host Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colberg, John Oliver,
and Seth Myers, which in itself is fascinating because you
know some of those guys, well they're probably all mostly friends,
but they're competitors different networks, same network, and they've all
come together to do this podcast. So I think that's cool.
What was interesting the video that I saw was that
the entire this entire podcast was sponsored by MIT Mobile,
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So why aren't they making fun of Blake? And Ryan
and Justin because it's sponsored by Ryan Reynolds and he
was the guest. And while he was the guest, he
did each one of the spots, the pieces, the commercials
for he did them live sitting there. So what does
that speak to? That speaks to a little bit of
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the power of Hollywood and the dynamics of Hollywood. I
think a lot of people are pushing back on this
whole thing, but I think it speaks to the power
and the money of why, you know, where the boundaries
are in Hollywood. Whoever has the pay sos has the
say sos as they say, Okay, so well, actually I've
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got to take this moment too. So we're talking about
the money and the power and the nepotism in Hollywood
and still on Blake and Ryan and Justin. So the
thing that is really new and different in this situation too,
is that you've got publicists and crisis pr and outsiders
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in the press along with these people, and all of
them have lawyers, and they're all fighting and suing each other,
and they're all fighting and suing the celebrity and the
celebrities publicists and this is a new Hollywood thing. In
my opinion. So if we take it back, first of all,
I would say, follow the money the house. The house
never loses, right wherever whoever's got that money and that power,
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they're pushing it forward. And in this situation, it also
showed that so Stephanie Jones, who is Ryan and Blake's publicist,
is married to the William Morris agent that was helping
to push this all along, and that let Justin Baldoni
go and you know, was apparently helping Ryan kind of
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push this narrative of that he's a sexual predator. So
again that that relationship and because of the money and
the power, they're gonna stomp over the little guy, which
they did. And then sort of to another part of Hollywood.
The generations have changed old Hollywood versus today. And I'm
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not saying one's better or one's worse. I'm just saying
they're definitely different. So there used to be this kind
of the best way I can describe it as like
a like a mafia. And if you watch the old
mafia media and the different families are feuding, but the
godfathers sit down together and they work it out and
there's respect and there's rules, and you don't cross over this.
That used to be how it was in Hollywood too.
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The big power players would kind of keep things calm
and you would know who you would who you would
go to to kind of keep it all in check, right,
And that's not really here anymore. One of the things
that social media has brought us is this constant convenience
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of information number one, never ending. It's there, click click,
a click, and then you've got super sluice everywhere. The
common person that has nothing to do with anything can
find just about anything. Bravo fans, you guys are the
best at this. I've said that one hundred times. But
they can dig up the dirt, they can find the stuff,
and they can put it out there. There's this need
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now for the Hollywood heavyweight. It's to kind of pander
to public opinion as opposed to going back to the
old school, where I think if you really google lawsuits,
there would be very few. Back to the silent movies
and Marilyn Monroe and the fifties and the sixties and
the seventies and the eighties. If you look at some
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of the dark stuff that came out of the eighties,
it really didn't come out until the two thousands, right,
like the corries and some of the accusations and whatnot.
So there seems to be this changing of the guard
where it used to be never would you put your
stuff public, never would you have a public lawsuit, and
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somebody would have advised them wholeheartedly, don't do this, and
then their image would be intact, and the lawsuits or
the whatever would be worked out on the table, maybe
some sort of a settlement. I don't know, but I
find that interesting too, that we're in that world and
this younger generation is so looking for transparency and authenticity,
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not things that are manufactured and shoved down their throats.
So there's definitely this change, and we'll see how we
come out the other side. And I think this is
culturally important for that reason, because people are they're finding
the facts, they're not believing just what'sever presented to them.
They're digging in deeper. Now, I will say, whoever is
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doing all of all of these things, which is a
combination of professionals and a combination of individuals. They're continuing
to skew the narrative too. And one of the things
that I noticed kind of really yesterday and today against
Blake is that the attacks have become a lot more personal.
They weren't just about the you know, her starting this
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mess and her not being you know, honest, and you
know kind of what do you call it, filtering those
texts messages and you know, falsifying them if you will,
to now, just kind of hating her as a person.
And you know, I hate to say that. It's like
it makes me flip back the other way. It makes
me go, oh goodness, they're attacking her as a human
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and that's icky too, And then it makes me feel
sorry for her when I don't feel sorry for her
if she's actually really lied and put forward all of
this hooplah, you know, and she doesn't seem like a
nice person. But anyways, that's just okay, let's move. Oh sorry,
I can't leave without this because this, to me, is
the biggest thing that could possibly come out of this
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entire scenario. Blake and Colleen Hoover, when on recording that
they took the unfinished, unapproved movie and showed it to
a group of people. Kids's all over the internet. You
can google that. Her and Colleen say, yeah, we took
it from them. Nobody knows we have it, we're going
to show you this, it's unfinished. And then in other clips,
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Blake's out there talking about how she rewrote and how
Ryan rewrote, and they are their edits or what's gone
out there. Okay, all these people think teamsters belong to
their unions, and they belong to their guilds, and there's
the writer's Guild and the director's Guild that if these
things happen and are true, have a set of rules
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that you must follow, and they have been extremely violated.
So every director, it's like in the laws, in their rules,
is in their contracts that they get I think it's
ten days or fifteen days, I can't remember the number.
That they have a loan with nobody, no input, no notes.
They don't have to show anybody. It's them and their
creator process to do what they do. Blake asked to
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be involved in that, infiltrated that that's a violation, and
then made all these edits, started asking for the dailies
and her and Ryan made these, said her and Ryan
the way that I'm interpreting this, and I listened to
an amazing podcast from the Puck where it was talking
they spoke to the heads of the DGA and how
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they basically said if certain things are violated, they will
come after you. So it's going to be very interesting
to see if Blake and Ryan violated the rules from
the DGA and the Writers Guild. Will they be brought
to task, will they be sued, will they be fined?
I'm not sure how that will play out, but they
seem to feel that it was very, very serious in
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the interview that I heard, So I think that's going
to be very interesting. If one of those dropped that
headline or that lawsuit, I don't know. I'm not sure
how to get out of that because that is their
absolute career going down the toilet. Okay, enough Blake and
just let's get back to lista Vanderpump. She breaks her
silence on James kennedy arrest. He didn't hurt Ali. I can't.
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I just can't with this woman. I can't. I can't
take you that. You know, this just makes me just crazy.
She couldn't drop the ball on somebody that I've supported
and has had a trouble time. Nobody's asking you to
drop the ball. You love the guy, he's like your son,
and he messed up. Love him through helping him stop
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doing it. Don't love him by enabling him to hurt
other women. That's just gross. That is you're an enabler,
and you're just as much a part of the problem.
She further goes on to say, the first and most
important thing for me was to know what happened exactly. Well,
you know, the neighbors reported, and the police reported. You know,
I'm gonna go with theirs. Really, the police report. I
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didn't just need to hear from James. I needed to
hear from Ali. What from her mouth? What happened? She
told me categorically, he didn't hurt her. Okay, that's what
happens to abuse women. They feel intimidated. You're her boss
and you love him. What's she gonna tell you? She
had already told the police that he threw her down.
He threw her down, lifted her up, and threw her down,
she told the police, So she didn't tell the truth
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of the police in that moment of fear. I'm sorry
not buying that he never hurts her. They were both drinking. Ah, Okay,
I just can't with this. Don't confuse having some drinks
in you and being drunk and even being an alcoholic
with being an abuser because there are a ton of
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people that drink casually, maybe too much. That doesn't mean
they hit or abuse. Most of them fall asleep on
the couch. That anger, that abusive nature, that toxic berating
and verbal abuse, and that is not attributed to drinking.
Two things that are separate. Are there people that do both? Yes,
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there are, But just because you'd drink doesn't excuse the abuse.
There isn't an excuse for the abuse. So if you
love him and you want to help them them, get
him in a program to help him with what he
needs to stop being toxic and abusive to women. Okay,
that's what you got to do. If you love him
and I get that he's your money maker, I get
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that you have a personal relationship because his godfather was
George Michael, and you feel some need to protect him.
And he's a cash cow for you because his controversy
you know, brings what it brings. But drinking does not
equate to abuse. So there are two different things. And
if I'm not mistaken, when he was with Rachel and
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we saw all those toxic verbal outbursts on television, he
was sober. So you know what sorry, not going to
hide behind the drinking. Not gonna let you hide behind
the drinking, and not gonna let him hide behind the drinking. Okay.
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Kristin Dowdy says or doty sorry, blasted Lisa and says
that she's diabolical for enabling James his abusive behavior after
he was arrested for domestic violence. Yeah, I'm pretty sure
everybody's mad, But are you mad enough to stop supporting it?
I don't know. We're gonna have to see on that.
I am, I'm mad enough to stop supporting it. I
think it's gross. Okay. Katie Maloney and Ariana Maddox not
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doing well working together at something about her. Sources share
why they're allegedly butting heads, and friends worry about a
potential friend breakup. So this I think all came out
on Reddit, and basically the gist of it is now
that Ariana is more focused on something about her, her
and Katie have been butting heads because they've got different visions,
(34:53):
different working styles, et cetera. Apparently they operate like night
and day. You know, I just I don't really believe this,
first of all, because it was on Reddit, and you
know that's just a source, and I it's already been
debunked because Katie herself slammed it as fan fiction. And
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you know, somebody wrote to Katie directly and said, you know, hey,
everyone's saying there's speculation about you feuding, and Katie wrote back, huh,
you know, I can only sum it up with some
sort of some sort of bias. So I think that's
already been slammed. But let's kind of dig into, you know,
one perspective about how people use Reddit. People do have
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people planting information on all things, So could that have
been something professional against her? Do celebrities use Reddit and
they call up a friend and say, hey, can you
do that because I need a headline? Sure they can,
and they do. And could this be sort of a promotion,
if you will, getting people ex did about the upcoming show?
(36:03):
Kind of? I mean, look, they're talking about VPR, but
since the VPRs are different, I don't know, I'm not
I don't, I don't. I think that's a little bit
of a stretch here, but but I do think that
you know, PR teams and marketing teams use all of
the strategies that are out there, and so that could
have just been something for headlines, so they could squash
(36:23):
it right away, right, so you could put it out there,
Oh they're having a feud. Oh gosh, they're having a fight,
and then they get kumbaya and you've got two headlines
out of it. So you know that is a possibility.
And what is also interesting is that, remember everybody said
that they were filming at something about her. It came
out yesterday that it was a mayonnaise commercial. And what
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I did find interesting it was just Katie. It was
just Katie, not Katie and Ariana, and it was about
the things that make a sandwich good, and so it
was for the mayonnaise. I do think reality stars the
same way that all stars, and really all of us
are fighting against misinformation all the time. I also say,
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though they're the thickest skinned of all, I think if
you took like Anne Hathaway, I'm not no reason I
just pulled her name out of there. But you know,
who's a seasoned actress with accolades and extremely talented, and
you know, tries to keep her private life pretty private
or Sandra Bullock like way keeps her life private, And yeah,
do they see those headlines and kind of hate it.
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I'm sure they do. I'm sure they've learned to ignore
them and have thick skin try to protect their kids
from them. That's the harder part. But I feel like
the reality stars lean into them, and they've got very
thick skin and they know it's every headline is what
keeps them in there. And this is going to sound horrible,
but it's not just it's not their talent that keeps
them in the headlines. And I don't mean that they're
not talented, but it is. In the reality world, it's
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about you're only as good as your last headline, right,
Whereas in the film world or the television world you
are known for the work that you put out. I'm
not saying that's fair, but it's definitely kind of practical, right,
And tabloids cling onto this stuff, right because that's how
they sell their papers. We are, by nature humans are curious,
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and in this scenario, the more look the Blake and
Justin thing is fascinating, how it's taken over every headline
and just continuing to go. So the newspapers and the
tabloids they put out what sells, and scandal and arguments
and dramas sell magazines or clicks, so that is why
they continue to put it out. Kristin Dodie reassures the
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Valley viewers that season two isn't about La laquent among
their feud. Again, we're still talking about, you know, a feud.
I'm not really sure it's an actual real feud. I
think they're just not, you know, best of buddies. But
we can blow that up for the tabloids, because the
tabloids who are really who report on reality And you know,
that's an interesting point if you think about Scandal all
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that is really the time that things crossed over into mainstream.
Prior to that, there were only a few magazines that
would actually entertain talking new reality star. So that's another
sort of thing that's that's kind of changed. She goes
on to say, the Valley isn't about her, so come
along for the ride. I know she's expected to make
(39:20):
an appearance, and you know there's chatter that they might
end up joining the Valley. I think everyone's gonna have
to see how the chemistry is. Nothing is off the table,
nothing is a no. We're just going to have to see.
And I do feel that the new Vanderpunt rules right now.
I think they're probably concerned if people are going to
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tune in. They've got they've got unknown people, and they've
got to start from scratch. But in saying that, Bravo
has been exceptionally successful in this arena. So are they
over there sweating, No, they have other shows going on. Yes,
are they figuring out a strategy? If you think about it,
the last couple of seasons of vander Punt Rules played
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out on the internet before even going on to TV.
They're keeping this very close to their chest right now.
There's not been a lot about the new vander Pump cast,
so I think they're keeping that tight. Denise Richards has
melt down drops f bombs in new Bravo reality show
Sneak Peeks. So she's got her own show, Denise Richard
and Her Wild Things, premiering in March on Yeah, Bravo,
(40:26):
and she's got her husband and her daughters. This is
tricky for me. I you know, look reality TV again,
for these people, it's an addiction and it's a check.
It's hard to get a check today, right for any
of us, it's hard to get a check. Reality checks
are good, can be good. And she's seasoned and she's
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got a following in a reputation, and so she's gonna
get a good check. Now she's got her kids involved,
so they're going to get a check, which is great
for them. But being in the public and putting your
kids in the public, I don't know if it was
their choice, I don't know how old they are. I
wouldn't let my kids do it. As a matter of fact,
I've been offered two or three different reality shows, and
I came very close to one because it was with
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a network that was kind of family oriented. But at
the end of the day, it was while I was
going through a lot of the VPR stuff, and I
was like, you know what, it doesn't matter the whole
good edit bad at it. It's a true thing. And
I thought, I am not putting my kids in that
environment because they didn't ask for it, and they might
think it's cute on the front end, but it's with
them forever. Saying with this, these young girls or young
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women are going to grow up and be a certain
age and have all this to look back on. Like
I was saying with the Blake Lively video, I bet
now she wishes she didn't do that interview I'm not
a big fan of putting your kids on TV, especially
in a reality show that's going to be centered around
kind of toxic dynamics, because that's what reality shows do.
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That's a I don't know, that's tough. I'm not knocking
her for it. It's her choice, it's her kid's choice.
Power to them. I hope it all works out. I
like Dennise Richard's very much. I just I don't know
about putting my kids in the spot like that that.
It wasn't for me, I said no, But I wish
them all well. I hope they invest their money and
take that first check and make it a big, long,
(42:14):
fat check. Okay, so let's look into the Amelia Perez drama. Okay,
the film is Oscar nominated. The main actress is an
Oscar contender, but her old tweets and racist rants and
just horrible postings has really come out to the public
(42:36):
and now everybody's had to drop her like a hot potatoes.
So Netflix has completely pulled away. She's removed from the
posters and the campaign. They're in the middle of an
Oscar's campaign, which is advertising billboards, magazines, interviews. That's what
happens from now up until voting is it's all about
getting these people in our face, in industry people's face,
so they can vote, and then this happens. So this
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is pretty critical. And you know, interestingly enough, I think
Zoe's Aldana, she just got an award and that might
be it. That might be all they get. I don't
know where they're gonna go from. What I find funny
is I enjoyed the movie. I thought the music was
the worst part about it, and then they won awards
for the music. But anyways, that's just my personal opinion.
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Where do they go from here with this movie. They've
got to be as slick as they can and put
things out that around her. She already came out and apologized,
and then she continued to apologize. I think they were
hoping she would do it once and then shut up
because it kept getting more news cycles, which is not
good for them. So we're only going to have to
wait and see what happens. But I do think it's
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going to definitely affect the Oscar outcome. We'll see. Oh
and even Selena Gomes sorry I forgot she's in this
film too, and she came out and she's like she said,
it's actually taken away some of the magic, which is
kind of sad. I mean, it's a big deal to
get Oscar nominated, and she'd put on a good performance
in the film, and now it's all tainted by the yuck.
That is unfortunate. Kanye. What do we say about Kanye?
(44:03):
He has gone on the full anti semitism rant. He
bought a Super Bowl ad pointing people to his website,
which he is now only selling sweatshirts with the swatstika
sign on it. The emblem disgusting. I don't know if
it's the super Bowl's fault for selling in the ad,
(44:25):
but in allowing it to point to a website that
they didn't know what was going to be on that
website and now we're getting what we get. I mean, ew,
But at least Elon Musk and Twitter have canceled him,
and God, may I mean long made this last? Long
made it last? The cancelation of Kanye, him and his
nude wife where he says he has dominion over her. Look,
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I think he's so full of himself that he has
an absolute God complex. And I mean to say something
that was just an interesting blip in my life before
r Kelly was convicted of everything, before all the videos
came out and all of that. I was asked to
meet with him and it was fascinating. And the thing
(45:10):
I left with is that he truly believes he was
anointed by God for all of his behaviors or misbehaviors.
I think Kanye is in that same boat. He has isolated.
He may or may not be a musical genius in
anybody's opinion, but he thinks he is so far above
and beyond everybody else that he's lost touch, and he
thinks he can do all these things. And I really
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hope that the people put him back down in his place.
This is not okay. So let's see Trump suing CBS
over the Kamala interview looking for one hundred million dollars.
He may just get it. It looks like CBS might
be settling, so we're gonna have to watch and see that.
But it looks like what they did is being considered
(45:52):
as election tampering. So the media the people were supposed
to trust for honest news, and it looks like there
was a little bit of mistakes made there and they're
not even they're not even fighting it, which is interesting.
Kendrick Lamar's halftime show at Super Bowl. Last year's rating
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were one hundred and twenty three point seven million. This
year's was one hundred and thirty five point seven million,
which is really interesting. And Kendrick is getting it from
both sides too, people that are finding it fascinating, people
that are calling him petty for taking his Super Bowl
moment and making it about Drake. Look, he's one of
the talented and most prolific rappers we have right now,
(46:33):
so I'm going to give him all the credit for that.
Kendrick fans obviously hailed the performance. It was very interesting
that we had Serena Williams out there dancing and everybody's
saying it was as a diss to Drake. So I
do kind of feel that a lot of it was
pointed at Drake. A lot of people didn't understand it,
and there's a ton of people yesterday and today having
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to break it down for people on the internet. That's
kind of funny too. And then lastly with Renee Zellwigger's
Bridget Jones the newest edition and it's going straight to
Peacock and I think the last one that they did
one of the principles you grant didn't get involved, and
so I think they're just feeling, let's go straight to peacock.
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But I don't necessarily see that as a bad thing
because there are a lot of people that aren't going
to the movie theater anymore, and there's a lot of
films that are debuting on you know, Netflix or Amazon
on television, and people are watching it and they're paying
the higher prices because they've gotten up by like ten
dollars to watch it at home. So you know, I'm
not the accountant for these things, but I would bet
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that at the end of the day, if it wasn't
financially successful, they wouldn't be debuting it on TV. And
they're still treating it like you know, there's still due
premieres and junkets and all those things, and then it
debuts on Amazon or Netflix. It's just a new way
for a lot of people to see movies, and a
lot of people have not come back to the movie theaters,
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and when you go to the movie theater, it's not full.
I take my kids once in a while because I
still think the experience of going is fun. But then
I'll look at my kids' generations and say, goodness me,
they're just gonna watch it on their phone anyway, so
you know, it's just the changing of the times, the
changing of the guards. Well, I think that is it
for headlines. I think we covered a lot. I hope
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you enjoyed it. I hope you got something out of it.
It is a changing world right now, and there's a
lot that's happening, and it's fun to be a voyeur
and watch it a little bit, I guess. So we'll
see what happens next week. I'm sure we won't be
short for headlines for next week. Thanks for tuning in
and make it a great day.
All right, welcome back to Rogue Energy and Headlines, and
I'm your host, Juliette Harris, twenty four year veteran in entertainment.
And we have so many headlines. We've got Taylor, We've
got VPR, LVP, Katie and Ariana, Denise Richards, the Amelia
Perez movie scandal, the PR scandal surrounding that, Kanye Beyonce,
(00:32):
President Trump, and where would the headlines be without Blake
and Justin. So let's dig in. I have lots and
lots of notes because there's just you know, with super Bowl,
there's not a dull moment, so I wanted to try
to not skip over anything. So let's start with Obviously,
super Bowl was probably the biggest event of late So
(00:55):
Taylor and Travis is their golden era. Over loses a
super Bowl after Taylor's Grammy snub. Yeah, you know, look,
they are no matter what, they are still a huge,
huge power couple and things cannot be perfect all of
the time. And you know, as an athlete, right, I
(01:19):
think when you get a little bit off focus, it
can mess with your game. Does that mean dating Taylor
is the demise of where he's at? And now I
mean there's a lot of juggling. Let's not forget there's
still there's still relatively young people, and they've both done
achieved superstatus and super things, and so you know, sometimes
things don't always go perfect. I think that we need
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to give them a little bit of a break on that.
I think that their connection or you know, is it
one hundred percent related or to these misses or I
don't think any of that. I think tomorrow they're going
to wake up and be equally as successful. So I
you know, Americans are a bit odd or the public
can be a bit fickle, and they love to build
(02:06):
people up to sort of tear them down, watch them fall,
and kind of relish in that and then wait and see.
You know, do we root for that rebuild and that
apology or that you know, new beginning, or do we
stomp on them? It used to be all about the
new beginning. I don't know. Now there's a bit more
stomping going on too. But I think they're both going
(02:27):
to be just fine, and you know, I just I
think we need to give them a little bit of
grace now. One part of all of this too, that
I think was definitely new for Taylor is getting booed
at the Super Bowl? And why do I think that happened?
I think really the root of it is because you know,
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she was born in Pennsylvania, I think raised in Pennsylvania,
and she was an Eagles fan up until she started
dating Travis, and that stadium was mostly packed with more
Eagle fans. And I think that those booze really came
from the Eagles fans. Could they have come from Chiefs
fans because Kelsey was kind of second eggs in their opinion? Yep?
(03:09):
Sure could. Is it possible that Kelsey was just really
sucking and so they were kind of blaming Taylor or
booing Kelsey through her? Yep? And is it because President
Trump was there and he's been outspoken on Taylor? Because
Taylor was very outspoken for Kamala's So actually, it could
be all of those things. And to whoever was booing
(03:31):
each one of those things is personal, right, it was
their own reason. So I think it's a combination of those.
But I do believe the biggest reason is because it
was the Eagles and the Chiefs and it was Super
Bowl and the Eagles are like, pluh, screw you? Given
her the bird there? She will recover. You could see it. Look,
she did look very surprised and not I think the
lip reader said what's going on is what she said,
(03:52):
So I don't think she was expecting that, and I
don't think she's been very in your face. I also
felt the NFL for putting her in there, so you know,
frequently and glaringly and using her, And everybody uses each
other in this industry, so that's the norm. But I
feel like, you know, when people get over it, she's
the one that gets the brunt of it. Oversaturation in
(04:15):
the marketplace leads to that fatigue, right, So in the
PR world, you're always trying to like get your clients
out front and center and good deeds and isn't she pretty?
And aren't they great? And aren't they powerful? And all,
you know, all these positive headlines, headlines, headlines, But sometimes
I think for the public it gets a bit shoved
down your throat and people flip, right, so they could
(04:37):
be your biggest fan one day and even for no reason.
I'm not talking about Blake and justin kind of flip.
I'm talking about people that didn't necessarily do anything, but
they just get tired of hearing how great this other
person is because it makes them feel less great about
themselves and it makes them feel out of touch or
they are underperforming as a human because those people are
super performing. And so I think that that can flip
(04:58):
on a dime and people can get fatigued and get tired,
and then they go to the negative side and they
want to see that fall. One other little Taylor note too,
is apparently a lot of headlines are reporting that she
feels used by Blake. And this goes back to something
we did speak about previously is calling her your dragon.
(05:21):
It's just not smart and putting that in writing, and
it has led people to believe or Taylor in particular,
that she's been out there using her name in inappropriate situations.
Don't you know who my friends are? Don't you know
who I am? Don't you know who my husband is
and my best friend is And we're gonna get you
and you know that's icky. And like I said before,
(05:42):
Taylor's publicist is superstud and she's not Her and Taylor
are not going to get involved in us. I'm just
saying that unless they get drug into it through a
court scenario, but they're going to stay as far away
from this, hence why I believe that she wasn't at
the super Bowl, and I think that was probably mutual.
I'm sure, if they are truly good friends, that Blake
didn't want to do that, and that Taylor didn't want
(06:04):
her there and it was discussed not to be there,
or she just wasn't invited or you know. But I
don't think she was banned and frozen out. I just
think it was probably mutually beneficial to keep that one
under the radar. Okay, next headline, which still related another
Simple Favor starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, finally has
(06:24):
a first look and a release date. So, alongside Anne
and Blake, returning cast members from another for another Simple
Favor included Henry Golding Andrew Reynolds. I don't know how
to say that. Reynel's the year, Sala Huddon, Joshua Settine,
and Ian Hoe, along with new members such as Alison
(06:44):
Janey Michal I don't know how to say his name
if it's Michelle or Michelle Moroney. He's a good actor.
I like him, and Elizabeth Perkins, Kelly McCormick, and Taylor
or Tega will also star. So they're getting their first
look at south By Southwest and then it drops on
Amazon Prime in May. Well, what do we think about this?
(07:07):
There's already so much headlines about what was it delayed?
And I think the director is like, you know, and
the producers are like, we have to get this out right,
We've got to get this out Can we ride this
wave a little bit of the buzz? We certainly can. However,
I think it's having quite a bit of backlash. There's
this rumored feud with Anna Kendrick, and it looked to
(07:29):
me that Anna Kendrick is really trying to kind of
play that down and move forward on the press and
doing things kind of fake it till you make it
sort of a thing. But it seems like fans aren't
buying it. It seems like every time Anna is out
there promoting it, the fans are saying, we're not buying this.
We don't want what yourself. We love you, Anna, but
we do not want to have a part of this.
(07:51):
They are not supporting. I don't think they're supporting this film,
and I don't think they're supporting Blake and Anna in
this movie. We're gonna have to stay too and watch
but I think this is a very tricky space to navigate.
I'll tell you something interesting in the PR world too,
And when the magazine's write about this, and I was
doing a little research last night. If it's something like Glamour,
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if it's something like The Cut, they are just talking
about the movie. If you go over to the tabloids,
if you look at something like inn S Weekly or
a radar or I'm not gonna put people in that,
but in the article they'll talk about the movie and
its debut, and then they'll say amongst Blake's legal troubles.
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So I find that interesting because it's what I do.
But it depends on who that outlet is, what they're
feeding you. So some of the outlets that are just
about the film are only talking about the fact the
film that's coming out, And some of the tabloids that
have been covering all the legal drama, they put that
in the article. So it's just something interesting to look
out for. So I think it's going to have to
(08:57):
be promoted in a very controlled environment. They're going to
have to really control every aspect of how they promote
this film. Who's allowed into a room, if they do
a question and answer pictures, not interviews on red carpet's
very curated interviews with very trusted softballers. I can't remember
(09:19):
if I mentioned this before, but one of the dreams
as a publicist is to have a journalist friend that
you know has your back, right, And Larry King was
one of those people to all publicists and talent, and
no matter what the critical breaking news was, he would
always say, look, I'm going to ask the question, but
(09:39):
I'm not going to give you the pressure. So you
knew you were going to get the question about the
difficult thing, and then he was going to let it be.
You could answer it or not, and most people chose
to answer it in their curated way. But then he
would move on to all the other things. Now you've
got the gotcha journalists. And let's put it this way.
My opinion, Blake will not be having a sit down
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with Gail King. So I mean, i'd like to see
that interview, but I don't think that's going to happen.
So any promotion of this film is going to have
to be very, very curated and careful. Well, and let's
just say one thing too, she is still an actress.
This is still a court case, she still has the
(10:24):
claim of sexual harassment out there. The evidence we're seeing
maybe skewed in a specific direction, but at the end
of the day, it still needs to play out. There
needs to either be a settlement or a verdict. In
the meantime, she should take on new projects, She should
continue to do her work. She should, I don't know,
(10:45):
somewhat hold her head high if she believes in what
she's fighting for is real the public's opinion, you know,
it is going to sway the kinds of jobs she gets,
how many jobs she gets if people go to see them.
This movie, the new movie with Anna, is definitely going
to tell us a lot about what's next for Blake Lively.
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I think it's gonna say a lot as to how
the audience reacts if they protest, boycott the film, and
you know, it's a brave move to do it right now.
And I also would think that Ryan and Blake asked
to get this out here and going to because she's
trying to change the news cycle. Everybody's a dog with
a bone right now. Nobody's letting this cycle die down,
(11:30):
and she did start it, so we're gonna have to
see where it finishes. But it's it's definitely you know,
popcorn worthy TV okay, Are Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
losing the image war against Justin Baldoni? I say one
hundred percent, yes. The Economic Times was actually speaking to
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White House spokesperson just like, like, let me read that
light again. Former White House spokesperson and communication advisor Alexandra
Lamana told Fox Blake and Ryan are losing the image war.
I mean, you know this, this story knows no boundaries.
But I believe I agree with her and say correct,
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when you have a strong case, complete control of the
narrative and strong public support, does a reputational risk of
going to court payoff? That doesn't seem to be the
case here. This one in particular becomes more and more messy,
and I, you know, I don't know what's going to
be next. And we've kind of touched on this. If
even if there's a settlement, I can't imagine them wanting
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this to go to court because it's only going to
be so ugly. A clear winner is going to be
the best, you know, strategic move for what's next for
that person, because if they settle, I don't know, if
I don't know how either one of them rebounds, because
then they both it's almost like a Okay, we're gonna
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we're going to agree to disagree and not talk about it.
But we've we've talked about it so much in the public,
and we've put all of these da details. How do
you walk back from that? I don't I've said it before,
and I really am not sure that you can career wise.
You know, what does an image war mean? This goes
to what we were talking about a minute ago. Two.
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Hollywood is magic, It's illusions. It's if you've ever been
lucky enough to go behind a movie scene or go
to Universal Studios and do the back tour, you see
that Hollywood is magic and the same things that go
on our screens happens with the talent, right, Because what
makes us fall in love with those people on screen
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is well, it used to be the mystery of it,
all right, but now it's seemingly to be that you
find things you love about those those people and that
resonate with you, and you follow them and you watch
their movies because you buy into their brand. So we
spend a lot of time on building that image, whether
it's through publicity, through marketing, through social media, through all
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of the above, we manicure those image. We want what
the people want to be aligned with what these actors mean.
It's a lot of pressure on everybody, really, it's a
lot of pressure. Whitney Houston's a really good example of
you know, what Whitney really seemed to be, and the
curated image that they kept around her and sold was very,
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very different. And I feel that that cognitive dissonance for
her was really what ended her life and you know,
kind of put her to her demise because holding up
this entire image when it isn't even a little bit
true to who you are. I'm not talking about her talent,
She's one of the most talents of musicians and they ever, ever, ever, ever,
But the image of her being America's sweetheart and pure
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is the driven snow and kind of who she was
and how she ended up, you know, that's also who
she was. But we try to curate those and keep
those a little bit from the public. And that's all
exploding right now. So when your image is not him
in alignment with who you are, first and foremost, that's
problem number one, But number two, it starts seeping out
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to the public and now the image that's out there
with what is coming through the back channels and being
put it's it's, you know, impossible to keep up the
lies all the time. And now you've got two people
talking about who they are and what they represent. And
if you look at Blake, I mean, she's not coming
(15:25):
across kind, She's not coming across honest, whereas Justin who
everybody was quick to condemn when the first accusation came out.
But in everything you see, he's pure as the driven snow.
He's in touch with his manhood, he's in touch touch
with his feminine side. He seems to be really caring.
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There's no nobody that's come out and said anything bad
against him, and his his former co stars have all
come out in support of him. There's a lot of
these really sweet videos showing, you know, all his good side.
Now some of those are professionals, some of those are fans.
Once again, that's what's fueling the image war. Meanwhile, there
was something that came out on our friend Blake today
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that or that I saw for the first time today,
but I saw it like five times. Was this video
where she goes on she's doing an interview and she
talks about and first and foremost, I do want to say,
she's a very well spoken young woman. She's very smart.
She's intelligent, and it's too bad that this is where
she's putting her her smarts. But she went on too
this interview which was about being an actress, and she
pretty much gave Justin Baldoni's team like a confession that
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she's going to take over everything. She's basically saying, how,
you know, some people hire me just as a little
actress and they expect me and I mean that tone
intentionally little actress and they want me to step on
the pink tape and deliver my lines. I'm so much
more than that, which, first of all, belittling to being
an actor and actress, which is confusing as she's an actor.
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Number two is she goes on to say how she
gets involved with everything from you know, the directing, to
the produce seeing to the costumes, and how some people
embrace it and they're gonna get the best of me,
and while some people are offended by it, and then
that doesn't make a good pairing. I mean, come on,
I know I wish if she could look back, I'm
sure she would wish she could strike that interview, but
(17:16):
that was not the best business card, right. I don't know.
If I was a producer, director and I was casting,
I'd be like, next, next, more trouble than she's worth.
If there was a ton of accolades, where's the oscar,
where's the golden globe? If there was accolades behind her,
then I think maybe she had maybe she had a
leg to stand up. But nobody likes somebody that's that
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egotistic anyway, no matter how smart you are or talented
you are. So I definitely think she is losing the
image warp here to Justin and I don't you know,
unless she's got, like I've said before, some huge smoking
gun to turn that around. I don't know how she
wins and steps back from this other than winning the lawsuit.
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You know a lot of people are paralleling it to
her single handedly towarpedoing the me too movement. Me too
basically in a nutshell said to always believe the woman.
They basically have said that, you know how difficult it
is for women to come forward and how they're never believed,
And that's why I mean, I have an experience where
I had I was a young girl, know, maybe sixteen,
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and I had a friend and an adult that was
in our circle began having a relationship with her, and
I remember I told my parents and they didn't believe me.
I told somebody else who didn't believe me, and it
wasn't until and I was telling because I wanted to
help her because it wasn't right, and I don't know
what to do. I'm a kid. I don't know what
to do, but this isn't right. And none of the
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adults in my world believed me until I don't know,
it was about a year later and they came out
and said how much they were in love, and I'll
just ew, I'll never forget that whole situation. But when
people don't believe, and it's a knee jerk reaction, especially
to a young person, as they no, no, no, you got
this wrong. That is what has been fueling this me
Too movement and sort of getting that progress of listening
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to women and believing them first and then you know,
figuring out the facts in case it's not true. In
this situation, she just she's come out and she said something,
and then she's sort of torpedoed the whole thing with
the rest of her actions, her attitude, what's happening around it. Eventually,
I imagine we will find out what the proof is
(19:32):
if there was inappropriate behavior or sexual harassment or not,
or maybe we won't. That's the thing about this is,
even whatever happens with this lawsuit, a winner and a loser.
If there was sexual harassment and she didn't feel comfortable,
She's gone about it in a way that has gotten
so far away from the basics that I do feel
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it is harmful for the me too movement, you know,
And we're going to talk about this one also, but
she's not alone because you know, bringing it to Vanderpuff
rules Lisa Vanderpump, I also think is hurting the me
too movement. And you know, her coming out well, first
of all, her continuously always taking the sides of the
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men over the women her in particular, knowing all of
the abuse and toxic behavior claims against James from three
cast members and plus other people. I know there was
he punched his friend in the face and there was
a lawsuit and that got retracted. I mean, we saw
his behavior every single week on television and everybody, even
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though people you know, tuned in to watch the explosion.
There's not many people that would say, hey, no, that's
a really good guy. And yet she keeps running to
protect him and running to save him and pushing the
bad behaviors. And I think, you know, I hope it
doesn't ever come to this, but maybe something really horrible
(20:58):
is going to have to happen before they pulled the
plug on that guy. I don't get it any other workplace,
any other workplace, just his verbal outbursts and abuse, and
it would be enough to get rid of him setting
him up over the women. I don't know. You're just
you're like not a feminist in any way, and you're
(21:18):
definitely not for the women. And maybe you're making money
off the women's back, but your investments are in the men.
That's clear as day to me. List Amanda pump So,
Judd Apato called It Ends with Us a terrible movie
(21:42):
and roasted Blake and justin basically at the DBA Awards,
and he said, you know what, to make that much money,
you have to sue Blake lively. So now it's basically
just getting panned right now, So much fuss over a
terrible movie. You know, this is this is kind of
(22:02):
crazy that it's making these kind of headlines. And then
Chelsea Handler she also went out and mentioned it in
her speech, saying that you know, with the fires and
all the things that are tough in life, thanks for
the distraction Blake and justin so you know, now it's
at that place where it's comedic fodder. Right. However, has
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anybody noticed that the late night hosts, which are usually
first to the front lines and making fun of this stuff,
haven't touched it with a ten foot pole? And why
do you think that is? Interestingly, there was a podcast
which I didn't even know about it just learned about,
I guess, called Strikeforce five, and it included the late
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night host Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colberg, John Oliver,
and Seth Myers, which in itself is fascinating because you
know some of those guys, well they're probably all mostly friends,
but they're competitors different networks, same network, and they've all
come together to do this podcast. So I think that's cool.
What was interesting the video that I saw was that
the entire this entire podcast was sponsored by MIT Mobile,
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So why aren't they making fun of Blake? And Ryan
and Justin because it's sponsored by Ryan Reynolds and he
was the guest. And while he was the guest, he
did each one of the spots, the pieces, the commercials
for he did them live sitting there. So what does
that speak to? That speaks to a little bit of
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the power of Hollywood and the dynamics of Hollywood. I
think a lot of people are pushing back on this
whole thing, but I think it speaks to the power
and the money of why, you know, where the boundaries
are in Hollywood. Whoever has the pay sos has the
say sos as they say, Okay, so well, actually I've
(23:53):
got to take this moment too. So we're talking about
the money and the power and the nepotism in Hollywood
and still on Blake and Ryan and Justin. So the
thing that is really new and different in this situation too,
is that you've got publicists and crisis pr and outsiders
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in the press along with these people, and all of
them have lawyers, and they're all fighting and suing each other,
and they're all fighting and suing the celebrity and the
celebrities publicists and this is a new Hollywood thing. In
my opinion. So if we take it back, first of all,
I would say, follow the money the house. The house
never loses, right wherever whoever's got that money and that power,
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they're pushing it forward. And in this situation, it also
showed that so Stephanie Jones, who is Ryan and Blake's publicist,
is married to the William Morris agent that was helping
to push this all along, and that let Justin Baldoni
go and you know, was apparently helping Ryan kind of
(24:59):
push this narrative of that he's a sexual predator. So
again that that relationship and because of the money and
the power, they're gonna stomp over the little guy, which
they did. And then sort of to another part of Hollywood.
The generations have changed old Hollywood versus today. And I'm
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not saying one's better or one's worse. I'm just saying
they're definitely different. So there used to be this kind
of the best way I can describe it as like
a like a mafia. And if you watch the old
mafia media and the different families are feuding, but the
godfathers sit down together and they work it out and
there's respect and there's rules, and you don't cross over this.
That used to be how it was in Hollywood too.
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The big power players would kind of keep things calm
and you would know who you would who you would
go to to kind of keep it all in check, right,
And that's not really here anymore. One of the things
that social media has brought us is this constant convenience
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of information number one, never ending. It's there, click click,
a click, and then you've got super sluice everywhere. The
common person that has nothing to do with anything can
find just about anything. Bravo fans, you guys are the
best at this. I've said that one hundred times. But
they can dig up the dirt, they can find the stuff,
and they can put it out there. There's this need
(26:24):
now for the Hollywood heavyweight. It's to kind of pander
to public opinion as opposed to going back to the
old school, where I think if you really google lawsuits,
there would be very few. Back to the silent movies
and Marilyn Monroe and the fifties and the sixties and
the seventies and the eighties. If you look at some
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of the dark stuff that came out of the eighties,
it really didn't come out until the two thousands, right,
like the corries and some of the accusations and whatnot.
So there seems to be this changing of the guard
where it used to be never would you put your
stuff public, never would you have a public lawsuit, and
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somebody would have advised them wholeheartedly, don't do this, and
then their image would be intact, and the lawsuits or
the whatever would be worked out on the table, maybe
some sort of a settlement. I don't know, but I
find that interesting too, that we're in that world and
this younger generation is so looking for transparency and authenticity,
(27:27):
not things that are manufactured and shoved down their throats.
So there's definitely this change, and we'll see how we
come out the other side. And I think this is
culturally important for that reason, because people are they're finding
the facts, they're not believing just what'sever presented to them.
They're digging in deeper. Now, I will say, whoever is
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doing all of all of these things, which is a
combination of professionals and a combination of individuals. They're continuing
to skew the narrative too. And one of the things
that I noticed kind of really yesterday and today against
Blake is that the attacks have become a lot more personal.
They weren't just about the you know, her starting this
(28:12):
mess and her not being you know, honest, and you
know kind of what do you call it, filtering those
texts messages and you know, falsifying them if you will,
to now, just kind of hating her as a person.
And you know, I hate to say that. It's like
it makes me flip back the other way. It makes
me go, oh goodness, they're attacking her as a human
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and that's icky too, And then it makes me feel
sorry for her when I don't feel sorry for her
if she's actually really lied and put forward all of
this hooplah, you know, and she doesn't seem like a
nice person. But anyways, that's just okay, let's move. Oh sorry,
I can't leave without this because this, to me, is
the biggest thing that could possibly come out of this
(28:56):
entire scenario. Blake and Colleen Hoover, when on recording that
they took the unfinished, unapproved movie and showed it to
a group of people. Kids's all over the internet. You
can google that. Her and Colleen say, yeah, we took
it from them. Nobody knows we have it, we're going
to show you this, it's unfinished. And then in other clips,
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Blake's out there talking about how she rewrote and how
Ryan rewrote, and they are their edits or what's gone
out there. Okay, all these people think teamsters belong to
their unions, and they belong to their guilds, and there's
the writer's Guild and the director's Guild that if these
things happen and are true, have a set of rules
(29:41):
that you must follow, and they have been extremely violated.
So every director, it's like in the laws, in their rules,
is in their contracts that they get I think it's
ten days or fifteen days, I can't remember the number.
That they have a loan with nobody, no input, no notes.
They don't have to show anybody. It's them and their
creator process to do what they do. Blake asked to
(30:03):
be involved in that, infiltrated that that's a violation, and
then made all these edits, started asking for the dailies
and her and Ryan made these, said her and Ryan
the way that I'm interpreting this, and I listened to
an amazing podcast from the Puck where it was talking
they spoke to the heads of the DGA and how
(30:23):
they basically said if certain things are violated, they will
come after you. So it's going to be very interesting
to see if Blake and Ryan violated the rules from
the DGA and the Writers Guild. Will they be brought
to task, will they be sued, will they be fined?
I'm not sure how that will play out, but they
seem to feel that it was very, very serious in
(30:44):
the interview that I heard, So I think that's going
to be very interesting. If one of those dropped that
headline or that lawsuit, I don't know. I'm not sure
how to get out of that because that is their
absolute career going down the toilet. Okay, enough Blake and
just let's get back to lista Vanderpump. She breaks her
silence on James kennedy arrest. He didn't hurt Ali. I can't.
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I just can't with this woman. I can't. I can't
take you that. You know, this just makes me just crazy.
She couldn't drop the ball on somebody that I've supported
and has had a trouble time. Nobody's asking you to
drop the ball. You love the guy, he's like your son,
and he messed up. Love him through helping him stop
(31:29):
doing it. Don't love him by enabling him to hurt
other women. That's just gross. That is you're an enabler,
and you're just as much a part of the problem.
She further goes on to say, the first and most
important thing for me was to know what happened exactly. Well,
you know, the neighbors reported, and the police reported. You know,
I'm gonna go with theirs. Really, the police report. I
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didn't just need to hear from James. I needed to
hear from Ali. What from her mouth? What happened? She
told me categorically, he didn't hurt her. Okay, that's what
happens to abuse women. They feel intimidated. You're her boss
and you love him. What's she gonna tell you? She
had already told the police that he threw her down.
He threw her down, lifted her up, and threw her down,
she told the police, So she didn't tell the truth
(32:14):
of the police in that moment of fear. I'm sorry
not buying that he never hurts her. They were both drinking. Ah, Okay,
I just can't with this. Don't confuse having some drinks
in you and being drunk and even being an alcoholic
with being an abuser because there are a ton of
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people that drink casually, maybe too much. That doesn't mean
they hit or abuse. Most of them fall asleep on
the couch. That anger, that abusive nature, that toxic berating
and verbal abuse, and that is not attributed to drinking.
Two things that are separate. Are there people that do both? Yes,
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there are, But just because you'd drink doesn't excuse the abuse.
There isn't an excuse for the abuse. So if you
love him and you want to help them them, get
him in a program to help him with what he
needs to stop being toxic and abusive to women. Okay,
that's what you got to do. If you love him
and I get that he's your money maker, I get
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that you have a personal relationship because his godfather was
George Michael, and you feel some need to protect him.
And he's a cash cow for you because his controversy
you know, brings what it brings. But drinking does not
equate to abuse. So there are two different things. And
if I'm not mistaken, when he was with Rachel and
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we saw all those toxic verbal outbursts on television, he
was sober. So you know what sorry, not going to
hide behind the drinking. Not gonna let you hide behind
the drinking, and not gonna let him hide behind the drinking. Okay.
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Kristin Dowdy says or doty sorry, blasted Lisa and says
that she's diabolical for enabling James his abusive behavior after
he was arrested for domestic violence. Yeah, I'm pretty sure
everybody's mad, But are you mad enough to stop supporting it?
I don't know. We're gonna have to see on that.
I am, I'm mad enough to stop supporting it. I
think it's gross. Okay. Katie Maloney and Ariana Maddox not
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doing well working together at something about her. Sources share
why they're allegedly butting heads, and friends worry about a
potential friend breakup. So this I think all came out
on Reddit, and basically the gist of it is now
that Ariana is more focused on something about her, her
and Katie have been butting heads because they've got different visions,
(34:53):
different working styles, et cetera. Apparently they operate like night
and day. You know, I just I don't really believe this,
first of all, because it was on Reddit, and you
know that's just a source, and I it's already been
debunked because Katie herself slammed it as fan fiction. And
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you know, somebody wrote to Katie directly and said, you know, hey,
everyone's saying there's speculation about you feuding, and Katie wrote back, huh,
you know, I can only sum it up with some
sort of some sort of bias. So I think that's
already been slammed. But let's kind of dig into, you know,
one perspective about how people use Reddit. People do have
(35:42):
people planting information on all things, So could that have
been something professional against her? Do celebrities use Reddit and
they call up a friend and say, hey, can you
do that because I need a headline? Sure they can,
and they do. And could this be sort of a promotion,
if you will, getting people ex did about the upcoming show?
(36:03):
Kind of? I mean, look, they're talking about VPR, but
since the VPRs are different, I don't know, I'm not
I don't, I don't. I think that's a little bit
of a stretch here, but but I do think that
you know, PR teams and marketing teams use all of
the strategies that are out there, and so that could
have just been something for headlines, so they could squash
(36:23):
it right away, right, so you could put it out there,
Oh they're having a feud. Oh gosh, they're having a fight,
and then they get kumbaya and you've got two headlines
out of it. So you know that is a possibility.
And what is also interesting is that, remember everybody said
that they were filming at something about her. It came
out yesterday that it was a mayonnaise commercial. And what
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I did find interesting it was just Katie. It was
just Katie, not Katie and Ariana, and it was about
the things that make a sandwich good, and so it
was for the mayonnaise. I do think reality stars the
same way that all stars, and really all of us
are fighting against misinformation all the time. I also say,
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though they're the thickest skinned of all, I think if
you took like Anne Hathaway, I'm not no reason I
just pulled her name out of there. But you know,
who's a seasoned actress with accolades and extremely talented, and
you know, tries to keep her private life pretty private
or Sandra Bullock like way keeps her life private, And yeah,
do they see those headlines and kind of hate it.
(37:28):
I'm sure they do. I'm sure they've learned to ignore
them and have thick skin try to protect their kids
from them. That's the harder part. But I feel like
the reality stars lean into them, and they've got very
thick skin and they know it's every headline is what
keeps them in there. And this is going to sound horrible,
but it's not just it's not their talent that keeps
them in the headlines. And I don't mean that they're
not talented, but it is. In the reality world, it's
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about you're only as good as your last headline, right,
Whereas in the film world or the television world you
are known for the work that you put out. I'm
not saying that's fair, but it's definitely kind of practical, right,
And tabloids cling onto this stuff, right because that's how
they sell their papers. We are, by nature humans are curious,
(38:16):
and in this scenario, the more look the Blake and
Justin thing is fascinating, how it's taken over every headline
and just continuing to go. So the newspapers and the
tabloids they put out what sells, and scandal and arguments
and dramas sell magazines or clicks, so that is why
they continue to put it out. Kristin Dodie reassures the
(38:39):
Valley viewers that season two isn't about La laquent among
their feud. Again, we're still talking about, you know, a feud.
I'm not really sure it's an actual real feud. I
think they're just not, you know, best of buddies. But
we can blow that up for the tabloids, because the
tabloids who are really who report on reality And you know,
that's an interesting point if you think about Scandal all
(38:59):
that is really the time that things crossed over into mainstream.
Prior to that, there were only a few magazines that
would actually entertain talking new reality star. So that's another
sort of thing that's that's kind of changed. She goes
on to say, the Valley isn't about her, so come
along for the ride. I know she's expected to make
(39:20):
an appearance, and you know there's chatter that they might
end up joining the Valley. I think everyone's gonna have
to see how the chemistry is. Nothing is off the table,
nothing is a no. We're just going to have to see.
And I do feel that the new Vanderpunt rules right now.
I think they're probably concerned if people are going to
(39:42):
tune in. They've got they've got unknown people, and they've
got to start from scratch. But in saying that, Bravo
has been exceptionally successful in this arena. So are they
over there sweating, No, they have other shows going on. Yes,
are they figuring out a strategy? If you think about it,
the last couple of seasons of vander Punt Rules played
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out on the internet before even going on to TV.
They're keeping this very close to their chest right now.
There's not been a lot about the new vander Pump cast,
so I think they're keeping that tight. Denise Richards has
melt down drops f bombs in new Bravo reality show
Sneak Peeks. So she's got her own show, Denise Richard
and Her Wild Things, premiering in March on Yeah, Bravo,
(40:26):
and she's got her husband and her daughters. This is
tricky for me. I you know, look reality TV again,
for these people, it's an addiction and it's a check.
It's hard to get a check today, right for any
of us, it's hard to get a check. Reality checks
are good, can be good. And she's seasoned and she's
(40:50):
got a following in a reputation, and so she's gonna
get a good check. Now she's got her kids involved,
so they're going to get a check, which is great
for them. But being in the public and putting your
kids in the public, I don't know if it was
their choice, I don't know how old they are. I
wouldn't let my kids do it. As a matter of fact,
I've been offered two or three different reality shows, and
I came very close to one because it was with
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a network that was kind of family oriented. But at
the end of the day, it was while I was
going through a lot of the VPR stuff, and I
was like, you know what, it doesn't matter the whole
good edit bad at it. It's a true thing. And
I thought, I am not putting my kids in that
environment because they didn't ask for it, and they might
think it's cute on the front end, but it's with
them forever. Saying with this, these young girls or young
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women are going to grow up and be a certain
age and have all this to look back on. Like
I was saying with the Blake Lively video, I bet
now she wishes she didn't do that interview I'm not
a big fan of putting your kids on TV, especially
in a reality show that's going to be centered around
kind of toxic dynamics, because that's what reality shows do.
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That's a I don't know, that's tough. I'm not knocking
her for it. It's her choice, it's her kid's choice.
Power to them. I hope it all works out. I
like Dennise Richard's very much. I just I don't know
about putting my kids in the spot like that that.
It wasn't for me, I said no, But I wish
them all well. I hope they invest their money and
take that first check and make it a big, long,
(42:14):
fat check. Okay, so let's look into the Amelia Perez drama. Okay,
the film is Oscar nominated. The main actress is an
Oscar contender, but her old tweets and racist rants and
just horrible postings has really come out to the public
(42:36):
and now everybody's had to drop her like a hot potatoes.
So Netflix has completely pulled away. She's removed from the
posters and the campaign. They're in the middle of an
Oscar's campaign, which is advertising billboards, magazines, interviews. That's what
happens from now up until voting is it's all about
getting these people in our face, in industry people's face,
so they can vote, and then this happens. So this
(42:57):
is pretty critical. And you know, interestingly enough, I think
Zoe's Aldana, she just got an award and that might
be it. That might be all they get. I don't
know where they're gonna go from. What I find funny
is I enjoyed the movie. I thought the music was
the worst part about it, and then they won awards
for the music. But anyways, that's just my personal opinion.
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Where do they go from here with this movie. They've
got to be as slick as they can and put
things out that around her. She already came out and apologized,
and then she continued to apologize. I think they were
hoping she would do it once and then shut up
because it kept getting more news cycles, which is not
good for them. So we're only going to have to
wait and see what happens. But I do think it's
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going to definitely affect the Oscar outcome. We'll see. Oh
and even Selena Gomes sorry I forgot she's in this
film too, and she came out and she's like she said,
it's actually taken away some of the magic, which is
kind of sad. I mean, it's a big deal to
get Oscar nominated, and she'd put on a good performance
in the film, and now it's all tainted by the yuck.
That is unfortunate. Kanye. What do we say about Kanye?
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He has gone on the full anti semitism rant. He
bought a Super Bowl ad pointing people to his website,
which he is now only selling sweatshirts with the swatstika
sign on it. The emblem disgusting. I don't know if
it's the super Bowl's fault for selling in the ad,
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but in allowing it to point to a website that
they didn't know what was going to be on that
website and now we're getting what we get. I mean, ew,
But at least Elon Musk and Twitter have canceled him,
and God, may I mean long made this last? Long
made it last? The cancelation of Kanye, him and his
nude wife where he says he has dominion over her. Look,
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I think he's so full of himself that he has
an absolute God complex. And I mean to say something
that was just an interesting blip in my life before
r Kelly was convicted of everything, before all the videos
came out and all of that. I was asked to
meet with him and it was fascinating. And the thing
(45:10):
I left with is that he truly believes he was
anointed by God for all of his behaviors or misbehaviors.
I think Kanye is in that same boat. He has isolated.
He may or may not be a musical genius in
anybody's opinion, but he thinks he is so far above
and beyond everybody else that he's lost touch, and he
thinks he can do all these things. And I really
(45:30):
hope that the people put him back down in his place.
This is not okay. So let's see Trump suing CBS
over the Kamala interview looking for one hundred million dollars.
He may just get it. It looks like CBS might
be settling, so we're gonna have to watch and see that.
But it looks like what they did is being considered
(45:52):
as election tampering. So the media the people were supposed
to trust for honest news, and it looks like there
was a little bit of mistakes made there and they're
not even they're not even fighting it, which is interesting.
Kendrick Lamar's halftime show at Super Bowl. Last year's rating
(46:12):
were one hundred and twenty three point seven million. This
year's was one hundred and thirty five point seven million,
which is really interesting. And Kendrick is getting it from
both sides too, people that are finding it fascinating, people
that are calling him petty for taking his Super Bowl
moment and making it about Drake. Look, he's one of
the talented and most prolific rappers we have right now,
(46:33):
so I'm going to give him all the credit for that.
Kendrick fans obviously hailed the performance. It was very interesting
that we had Serena Williams out there dancing and everybody's
saying it was as a diss to Drake. So I
do kind of feel that a lot of it was
pointed at Drake. A lot of people didn't understand it,
and there's a ton of people yesterday and today having
(46:54):
to break it down for people on the internet. That's
kind of funny too. And then lastly with Renee Zellwigger's
Bridget Jones the newest edition and it's going straight to
Peacock and I think the last one that they did
one of the principles you grant didn't get involved, and
so I think they're just feeling, let's go straight to peacock.
(47:17):
But I don't necessarily see that as a bad thing
because there are a lot of people that aren't going
to the movie theater anymore, and there's a lot of
films that are debuting on you know, Netflix or Amazon
on television, and people are watching it and they're paying
the higher prices because they've gotten up by like ten
dollars to watch it at home. So you know, I'm
not the accountant for these things, but I would bet
(47:37):
that at the end of the day, if it wasn't
financially successful, they wouldn't be debuting it on TV. And
they're still treating it like you know, there's still due
premieres and junkets and all those things, and then it
debuts on Amazon or Netflix. It's just a new way
for a lot of people to see movies, and a
lot of people have not come back to the movie theaters,
(47:58):
and when you go to the movie theater, it's not full.
I take my kids once in a while because I
still think the experience of going is fun. But then
I'll look at my kids' generations and say, goodness me,
they're just gonna watch it on their phone anyway, so
you know, it's just the changing of the times, the
changing of the guards. Well, I think that is it
for headlines. I think we covered a lot. I hope
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you enjoyed it. I hope you got something out of it.
It is a changing world right now, and there's a
lot that's happening, and it's fun to be a voyeur
and watch it a little bit, I guess. So we'll
see what happens next week. I'm sure we won't be
short for headlines for next week. Thanks for tuning in
and make it a great day.
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