10-23-24 Morning Rush - Dancing WIth The Stars Recap & Obama Raps To 'Lose Yourself' & Brianna Chickenfry Addresses 'Blindsided' Breakup From Zach Bryan

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Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride. Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host standup comedian, Dave Neal. Good morning, everybody. It's the hump day, morning rush, October 23rd, 2024. I got all of your Wednesday morning, pop culture and entertainment news in one place.

And this morning we've got a record breaking moment as LeBron James and his. together for the first time ever in the NBA, plus a dramatic breakup between Brianna chicken fry and country musician, Zach Brian. I'll share what she has to say, her thoughts going viral. And I've got my thoughts on the new hit Netflix show.

Nobody wants this. And plus an update on the death row inmate who was just saved from execution in Texas. Also Obama. And Eminem rock out in Michigan. I'll share what Obama had to say in what he had to rap. Plus my thoughts on last night's episode of dancing with the stars. I got all this and more coming up next.

Well, it was a special night last night for LeBron James and his son. Son, Brawny James, the first father son duo to play together in the NBA. Here's the moment they took the court history tonight. The first father son duo to play together in an NBA game.

And there they are. Their family's watching. They clock in together. Now, there's been a lot of hype over LeBron James son, but, uh, you know, I mean, LeBron James got like five inches on him. He's not as like athletically, I would say gifted as far as height goes, but hey, we'll see if he can make a name for himself in the NBA.

It must be terribly difficult to follow in your father's footsteps like that. Well, here's a story that was making its rounds last night. Brianna LaPaglia, a. k. a. Chicken Fry, said that her Country musician boyfriend Zach Bryan discarded her, didn't know he'd be posting a breakup announcement. Here's what went down.

She posted this status before she responded with video and she said this, Hey guys, I'm feeling really blindsided right now, gonna hop off social media for a while and attempt to heal privately when I'm ready. I'll be back and ready to talk. I love you guys so much. Thank you for all of your kind words.

Remember you are so loved and everything's always going to be okay. Whenever anyone has a post like that, you know, they're kind of speaking to themselves when everyone's like, everything's going to be okay. It's like, well, do you believe that? Well, I guess this is because she broke up with Zach, um, uh, Brian, and I guess they did not coordinate their breakup post.

Now, look, I don't know what the turnaround was. Did they break up? Quickly the night before, did he have a side chick he wanted to see? So we had to get the post up before that, you know, who knows either way. Here's what she had to say in her response video to, uh, I guess, uh, the internet finding out, uh, that they are no longer together for a little while, but I just woke up to, um, Zach posting on his Instagram.

That we broke up. And, um, And by the way, uh, for those of you that don't know, she's a podcaster on Barstool. She has the Plan Bree Uncut. She's a pretty big name out there. I had no idea that post was going up. Uh, he didn't text me. He didn't call me. Um, I just woke up to a bunch of texts being like, are you okay?

And I'm like, Did my fucking dad die? Um, and yeah, so I'm like completely blindsided by that. But look, I mean, it's not like she woke up to the news that she was dumped. So, uh, I understand it's like, at what point in a breakup do you owe it to your partner to announce it? I guess it depends on how.

Contentious the breakup was, uh, and you know, that's why you like a listers. They always have those PR people work on these joint statements. Cause it's like, if you don't do a joint statement, it's going to be a, he said, she said, it's going to get ugly. We've seen that play out. I also genuinely feel like I haven't, like, you see how I've been swollen my faces, I've been crying for like five days straight.

How can you give someone everything and like love them so unconditionally? Like through stuff that you shouldn't, um, because you just love them and you want them, like you see the good in them. Um, like how can you, ah, this is so embarrassing. Um, I don't give a fuck. How can you like give every ounce of yourself to someone and then like be discarded of in a few days?

Um, it's really. Really heartbreaking. Now look, breakups suck, but she said she's been crying for five days. Does that mean they broke up five days ago? I mean, eventually they're gonna have to get their breakup post out. I'm not taking his side. I don't know Zach Bryan. I wouldn't be able to spot him in a lineup.

Same thing with chicken fry. Uh, but you know, it sucks regardless. Um, and it's uh, clearly, this is the, this is the messy response you get when you don't kind of Do it together, uh, in the public eye like that, but also, you know, we don't know anything that went into why it all went down well. I'll tell you what I love.

Nothing more than Rob Gronkowski and getting into the mind of Rob Gronkowski. He's like, what? One of five brothers. They're upstate New York legends. One of the greatest football players of all time. And here he is talking about, I guess, spending all of his money on a hot tub. I mean, I absolutely love this guy.

I had no money in college because my brother and I, we put all our money together. I was left in our bank account. We bought a hot tub. The first three weeks we were at the university of Arizona. What a New York, like upstate accent. We bought a hot tub. We had no money left. We were eating chicken wings in our hot tub.

And we drained our bank accounts. They were at 0. All I needed was 15 bucks a week. And I was satisfied. It got the job done. What did it get you? It got me a 30 pack and it got me lunch. That's all I needed. That's all I needed for. And look, here's what I'm saying. And I stand by this and I believe this.

Gronkowski is rich. Okay. He's worth 50 to a hundred million dollars, whatever he's worth. He is absolutely rich, but he was happy when he was broke with a hot tub in his dorm room. You know what I mean? You got to choose happiness on whatever terms you're at today. I truthfully mean this. If you think money is going to change you for the better.

No, you need to live in the reality you want today. No, I'm not saying you're not going to have whatever medical dad or whatever other issues that exist out there. I empathize with that been there, right? I'm just saying you make the choice. You get to decide, is this a friendly world or an unfriendly world?

And, you know, sadly, and again, I'm not here to, um, I don't want to bash Gronkowski's, uh, IQ here. Uh, but you know, It's almost sometimes though that the smarter people, the more realistic, like smart people get in their own way and sometimes you'll just see these dumb, you know, not, not that he's dumb here, but people be like, you know, I just do my good work and the good Lord supplies.

And then now all of a sudden they get there and it's like, get out of your own way, get out of your way and just let the world. Conspire to provide that's what it wants to do. Just do the work. Anyhow, um, boy, if I could go back in time, maybe a hot tub time machine to Rob Gronkowski and be partying with them in the Arizona state hot tub.

Although I have to say, there's probably no amount of chlorine in the world that could clean that thing up. I'll tell you that much. Well, let's stick on the football talk. We covered a few days ago, uh, to a Tagliavoa, Tagliavoa. Probably pronouncing that wrong. He's the quarterback for the Dolphins who's had multiple concussions.

He refuses to wear the new Skull cap that they have it's called the Guardian cap. It goes on top of the helmet and is supposed to provide better padding Well, here's Ocho Cinco saying F that These things probably don't even work, which I think a lot of scientists disagree with but here is his take I mean, no disrespect.

I mean, no disrespect. Um, the brain itself, Chad, y'all stay with me. The brain itself, it sits in a ball, a ball of fluid, right? Mm hmm. No amount of extra padding externally, which is the guardian cap, can fully protect from concussions, especially if they've already had them multiple concussions. So, I mean, look, I disagree with him and again, I'm not a scientist, but if you think about the hardness factor, when, when you're, when you have a helmet on a helmet on helmet, Collision is happening at a very specific place because it's two hard objects hitting each other.

Almost like, you know, the way two rocks would hit each other and cause a spark. When you have this outer sort of cloth padding that they have that they're bringing out now, it would almost dampen. It's basically like why you would. Why you would wear a glove to catch a baseball versus doing a bare hand because the glove absorbs the, the momentum of the ball.

And so anyhow, I, I kind of think we need to do a little bit more. Um, you know, I, I don't like what, that I see a lot of people in the NFL making fun of the guardian cap, thinking it's a bad thing. This might be the type of thing that saves somebody's life. And it's really crazy that Tua, a quarterback who honestly, you, If you were wearing a football helmet, you would not even know that these things are on your head.

You know what I mean? They weigh probably close to nothing and they don't mess with your eyesight or anything like that. It's like, how come the whole league's not wearing these things? I don't know. I don't know. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, there's only a couple of players in the NFL wearing them, but they're just a little extra padding that goes on top of the helmet.

I think a lot of people are wearing, wearing them now in preseason. And some people say, no, they don't even work, but it's like, I mean, they're not going to make the situation worse in that situation, being the CTE, the head trauma that exists out there. So sadly you got this guy to a, who's like, no, I live or die by football.

And it's like, are you going to feel that way when you're 50 and you can't remember your kids names because you've been hitting the head too many times tragedy folks. All right. We got a lot of content to get to. Let's take a quick break. We'll be back with more right after this. Well, it's a wild week for McDonald's.

I guess there's an E. coli breakout. One dead, 49 injured, and it's due to the quarter pounders. Let's have a listen to what David Muir said over here at, uh, uh, ABC News. Good evening and we begin tonight here with the news coming in. The CDC investigating a deadly E. coli outbreak involving McDonald's. The outbreak has been linked to quarter pounders.

The warning from the CDC just in, one ingredient they're now looking into. the sliced onions used for those quarter pounders, but they have not said for sure that that was the culprit. At least 49 people sickened in 10 states. At least 10 people have been hospitalized. One person has died, but the CDC says the outbreak may go beyond these states.

McDonald's said in a statement late today, the initial investigation linked to a single supplier that serves three distribution centers. For now, the company has stopped using fresh sliced onions and they're pulling quarter pounders in the affected states. I mean, imagine that. The only thing fresh in all of McDonald's, and they got E.

coli all over it. The burgers are like, hey, no E. coli on us. Even the bacteria doesn't want to eat the burgers. Um, but, uh, yeah, that's a little scary story. Hey, how about this? Let's not go to McDonald's. Oh, do what you want. You know what I mean? They'll be fine either way. Um, all right. Well, uh, dancing with the stars last night was pretty fascinating.

Some of my favorite people were in the bottom three. They had Jen Tran. Of course, Bachelorette, and, uh, Steven Nadorozik, for the, uh, the Pommel Horse Prince, we call him, over there, and, um, and then we had Phaedra Parks. She ended up going home, which is too bad. I mean, they're at that stage where just about everyone who's left is a good dancer.

Steven Dorozic can be way better. He's obviously like as, as an Olympian, he's got that muscle memory and that work ethic, but he doesn't have sort of that Riz as the kids call it. Now look, bachelor Joey, he's shirtless. He's dancing to Tarzan. I mean, Oh, you know, uh, that's, that's where Kelsey's at. All right, folks.

Is that was my Tarzan voice. It's late at night when I'm recording this. I don't want to wake the baby up, but I would have been shocked if Jen Tran went home because she's also picking up steam. Danny Amendola is looking good, but yeah, Steven Nadorzik, he's still my favorite. He's not the best by all means, but I just love his story so much as this like pommel horse specialist.

Now he's making Tik Toks with his dancing partner. They just seem that they just seem to be living. The absolute dream. He's just, he, he kind of rushes through it. I'm sure the adrenaline kicks in and he gets a little ahead of the count, but I'm telling you one of these days, it's all going to click for him.

And I, Oh, when that happens, you better watch out. He's going to be on top of his game. Uh, who will win? I mean, you know, if it's based on talent, it should be Chandler McKinney. I mean, she's absolutely unstoppable. She's the best out there by a country mile, but bachelor Joey, he might do it. I mean, he's got the fan base, he's got the relevancy, uh, and he's got the moves.

So those hips don't lie. All right. We're going to go to a more serious topic. It's about the convicted killer whose death sentence was blocked last week. We've been covering this as an absolute wild story. Uh, his name's Robert Roberson and he was convicted of killing his baby due to shaken baby syndrome, which was a quack science they don't even use anymore.

And now everyone's saying, no, no, no, let's get him a new trial. Have a listen. A convicted killer whose death sentence was blocked last week was prevented from telling his story to the state legislature yesterday. Robert Robertson is challenging his conviction disputing scientific testimony that blamed his daughter's death on shaken baby syndrome.

Now, an autopsy found that she died from complications of pneumonia. Robert Robertson's execution was delayed last week after a group of bipartisan state lawmakers reconsidering the lawfulness of his conviction issued a subpoena for him to testify at the 11th hour. On Monday, he was scheduled to give testimony during a hearing about the so called junk science that led to his conviction and the 2002 death of his daughter.

But Robertson didn't appear, his legal team and the lawmakers wanted him to appear in person, but the state attorney general refused to let him citing security concerns. Absolutely ridiculous. Can you believe this nightmare of a scenario? Your poor baby passes away and for 22 years you're in prison awaiting death.

Unbelievable. And then at the last moment, literally the 11th hour, moments before he's supposed to be killed. Uh, executed, uh, they stop it. And would you believe it or not? Somehow Dr. Phil is involved. He gave a testify in the hearing about shaken baby syndrome. And a lot of people say, Oh, he's a quack doctor.

Well, apparently he used to give, uh, I guess, um, he consulted in jury trials since he does hold a doctorate in clinical psychology, whatever that has to do with this. I'm not sure, but let's have a listen. Professional opinion is that this is not a man with malice. This is not someone that hurt this child.

What I can tell you that goes beyond opinion, after examining the record in this case, the trial transcript in this case, the medical records in this case, is not This man has not had due process, this man has not had a fair trial, and if we start executing people in Texas absent due process, absent fair trial, we are going down a really dangerous road.

That is not something that I can support, and I know that has not happened. As I say, it's a very high standard to take someone's life. We must have the courage to make choices that matter at times that count, and it is always the right time to do the right thing. Wow. Pretty powerful statements there by Dr.

Phil. And look, he's right. I mean, to take somebody's life. Uh, can you even estimate how many people may have been executed wrongfully? Based on quack science, pseudoscience, or before there was DNA testing. All so that a DA or somebody could just say they got the bad guy. Unbelievable, unbelievable, yikes. Uh, well, uh, Will, I mean, this guy's, I mean, you can't even, you can't, I can't even put into words to how disturbing this is.

You know, uh, you know, now that I'm a father of a baby to think of, you know, such a tragedy. And then. And then he has the system let him down. So, uh, so ridiculously like that. And again, he's an example of somebody who, uh, I guess may, may have a better ending than the alternative only because a bunch of brave people got in the way and said, no, we can't be letting this, this slide.

Alright, well, I've got a interesting survivor accusation. You know, uh, the winner of season one of Survivor, Richard Hatch, is from my hometown. He served jail time, didn't he? For not paying his taxes? Um, well, I guess they're speaking out, saying that there was a cast member on season one that was accused of cheating.

Have a listen to this. This is from Dark Side of Reality, which is a TV show. Season one, episode seven. I was laying by the fire and the producer handed food to Kelly and I watched it happen. He threw a power bar on the ground, like right at my feet, and Richard saw it. I think it was a power bar, but if you're talking about that calorie deficit, that's enough to make you really, you know, kick some ass.

So then Richard raises up a big stink to, you know, Mark Burnett and the other producers, and then You know, then he starts claiming that, you know, people are leaving me food everywhere. And I explained to him that I caught producers cheating and that she'd been eating, etc. It's all a bullsh game. And supposedly, at this point, is when Mark said to Richard, Hey, if you hold this sh together and you end up winning this thing, I'll pay your taxes.

All right. So it's super interesting. I don't know if that was an annoying, very loud background music they had there. But so Mark says to Richard, Hey, if you, if you keep this between us, I'll pay your taxes. Now we know Richard ended up not paying his taxes and went to jail. So I don't know how much of that story is true, how much of it isn't, but juicy stuff on season one of survivor.

No, look, I did a game show once and let me tell you something, whenever you're giving away money in a competition, you got to be on the straight and narrow. That's why with Dancing with the Stars, they're very strict with their scoring because they are, they're, they're, they're competing for a prize.

There's money involved, maybe not in Dancing with the Stars with the mirror ball trophy, but if they, you know, they get paid for, you know, how long they can stay on the show. And with Survivor, it's no different. You can't just be Throwing people power bars, wild stuff out there. All right. Well, I've got Eminem and I've got Obama.

Let's go to Obama rapping. We'll have that story for you next. Well Michigan's got some real winners in the music world, Kid Rock and Eminem. You had Kid Rock endorsing Trump. We covered that. And now you've got Eminem endorsing Kamala Harris. Well, in this case, last night, Eminem introduced Obama, who then, uh, I guess returned the favor with a little rapping himself.

Have a listen. A lot of rallies, so I don't usually get nervous, but I was feeling some kind of way following Eminem.

And I noticed my palms are sweaty. Knees weak, arms are heavy, vomit on my sweater already, mom's spaghetti, I'm nervous but on the surface I look calm and ready to drop bombs, but I keep on forgetting. That's me with the music.

Who doesn't love some Eminem? I got the song on in the background. Doesn't this just make you want to run through a brick wall right when this part comes in? Kick it. Let's go. Let's go. Hump day. Oh yeah. You got one shot rush hour podcast to hit the subscribe button and share us with your friends one opportunity.

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And don't forget to share us with your friends. Okay. I'm going to say, okay. Sorry. I'm done. I'm done. I'm done. I'm done. I lost 17 years. I'm sorry. I can't stop myself. I literally can't stop myself. I just, once I play some music, I just, uh, you know, me bad rapping. That's all I want to do. Well, Netflix co CEO says nobody else wanted the show.

Nobody wants this. I just finished it last night. This is the show. Look. It's a, it's a pretty good show. It, of course, stars, um, uh, what's her name? Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. Adam Brody from the OC, Kristen Bell, of course, from everything. What is she in? Frozen and a whole bunch of things. She's married to, uh, Dax Shepard, the podcaster.

Uh, the movie, the show itself is pretty good, but everyone else, I guess, was turning it down. Here's what the co CEO had to say about the show. The show, Nobody Wants Us, was passed everywhere. We were the last show. It got pitched at Hulu, ABC, Freeform, Amazon, Apple, everywhere. And our team saw something in it.

Why did they, why did they, I mean, sorry, we'll go off and have another half hour conversation, but why did they say no to it? Were they worried about the, the setup? Um, I, I mean, I, again, I don't, I think somebody, you see something in it that that's somebody else that everyone else didn't, um, for us, for me, I think it was a little bit of.

Um, I, Erin and, and Sarah Foster, this was Erin's creation. I, I kind of knew her story and knew her voice and the fact that she captured her voice so perfectly in this pilot script was so impressive. But also, again, these shows not being exactly what they were when they came in because it came to Netflix.

We got Kristen Bell and Kristen Bell insisted on Adam Brody as soon as Right, right on the way in. So the show became what it is because it was on Netflix. Yeah. It may not have been that show if it was somewhere else. So it's, again, part of that kismet, and a lot of it is, like, When I say we care about the customer, we think about the members every day.

Will our members love this? Alright, there it is. Will our members love this? And will the members cousins who steal their password love this? I tell you what, it was good. I mean, I think it was, you know, a lot of people were like, Oh, it's a great show, 10 episodes, goes really quick, good humor. It's about a female podcaster who can't find love, and then she finds this like charming rabbi, and um, she's not Jewish, so they have that whole storyline.

I thought it was fun, you know, good stuff. Alright, well, hey, can you believe it? Look, if that's not a good omen for the day, I don't know what is. We just flew through the morning. We had a lot of stuff to get to. We didn't, so we'll have to save it for the afternoon. Uh, but, uh, I'll probably have a good couple of videos for you today.

And, um, I don't know. It's one of those days where I'm feeling like we're due for some breaking news. I don't have any yet, but I'm just feeling like I'm feeling like it's somewhere. In the near future. They always say there's an October surprise. Well, we got the, we're in the last week of October. What's the surprise going to be?

We're ready for it. All right. Have a fantastic day, everybody. I thank you for. Taking the time to listen to my ramblings. It means a lot to have you in my community and I'll see you this afternoon. As always, I'm Dave Neal. This is the rush. The rush hour is a twice daily pop culture and entertainment news podcast hosted by standup comedian, Dave Neal.

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