11-15-24 Morning Rush - BREAKING NEWS Judge Files Bar Complaint Against Lawyer In Bachelor Lawsuit! & Prepping For Mike Tyson v Jake Paul Fight Tonight & Bachelor Star Gets Cheated On?!

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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. And happy Friday to you on this November 15th, 2024. What an episode we have for you. A bachelor fan favorite puts her now. Ex boyfriend on blast for what appears to be cheating.

I'll read her statement. Plus speaking of fighting, Iron Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul is tonight live on Netflix. I'll break down why this is a must see event and how amazing it is that it'll be free of charge. Unlike those normal 75 pay per views, you'll get it with your Netflix subscription or whoever you steal it from.

Plus for. People were arrested for insurance fraud, faking a bear attack. I'll describe that story in Alex Jones, InfoWars company put up for auction. I'll share who won the bid. Plus the golden couple chalk and Joan discuss their marriage timeline. And UFOs aren't the only thing out of this world. There's pressure coming from the Republican party along with the Democrats to get Matt Gaetz, uh, I guess his private investigation revealed from the ethics committee.

People want to know sources are talking and they want to see what the heck was about to go down before he, uh, uh, I guess quit to become the attorney general. It's a wild, wild day in news. We'll have all those stories and more coming up next on the rush. We have an update in the Dancing with the Stars world.

Artem Chigvintsev has spoken through his attorney and is on good terms with the producers of Dancing with the Stars amid his divorce. He made the Dancing with the Stars guest list earlier this week, but he's got his sights set on a full on return to the dance floor. The dancer's attorney, Ilona Antonian, tells TMZ Dancing with the Stars producers haven't reached out to him about joining the lineup for next season, but he'd love to return if they're open.

open to it. As we know, Artem didn't return as a pro for season 33, but Alona says it's all good. He's still on great terms with the show's producers. Look, I don't think they're going to bring him back even though he wasn't charged with any crimes. Uh, that's just the world we live in, right? That even though he wasn't charged with a crime, he had a messy divorce.

He was accused of DV. Look, if he didn't do anything wrong and they were going to invite him back, go for it. I just don't see that happening. Um, all right, well, uh, pretty wild, uh, insurance fraud. California. Let's let Hoda Kotb, uh, break this story. California officials say four people were arrested for insurance fraud after they claimed their cars were damaged by a bear.

But according to officials, the bear was actually a person in a costume. The so called bear was caught. Claim to have damaged a 2010 Rolls Royce and two other cars. Video was submitted to the insurance company that alleged to show the animal damaging the cars. Upon further scrutiny of the video, it was determined to be a fraudulent claim.

Well, that's, I mean, look, if you're gonna do a bear fraud claim, you gotta get the bear, uh, vibe down. That's the, that's the bare necessity of what you could be doing there. You know what I mean? Speaking of bear necessities here, should we go back to an old school one from the jungle book? Hey look, it's a Friday.

I want you to do the bear minimum. How about that? Who needs the bear necessities? Let's do the bear minimum today. But yeah, if you're gonna dress up like a bear, you gotta walk like a bear, you gotta act like a bear, you gotta talk like a bear. You got to give at least the necessities to being a bear. All right.

I'm not gonna play this song. Let's move it along We're having fun. So anyhow, uh speaking of the bear Uh escapades here the fraudsters, I guess didn't know what they were doing So tmz spoke with glenn ennis the actor and stuntman who? Who actually played the bear with the help of CGI in the Revenant movie.

Do you remember that movie? Leo DiCaprio got his butt whooped by a bear apparently based on a true story. Here's what the stunt man had to say. It was quite surprising to watch actually. Uh, Uh, they didn't quite get it right, obviously, uh, because they got into some trouble. I think they would have, uh, maybe consulted an expert first before they got into that, and they should probably stick with that going forward.

Because there is a lot more to being a bear than, uh, than just throwing on a suit, that's for sure. What did they do wrong, and, uh, how maybe could have an expert such as yourself sold it better? Well, I can tell you it was hard work doing it, uh, to do it right. And they were obviously lazy, uh, because if they, if they put a little bit of thought and research into it, like I did, the first thing I found out when I researched bears moving is that they don't walk on their hands and knees.

Well, they walk on their feet. Uh, so that was a dead giveaway. Uh, secondly, I think they neglected to put on the 60 pounds of foam, uh, underneath the suit to take care of those annoying wrinkles, because those are all obviously a dead giveaway. This is what I love about California, right? Rather than call them bad people for trying to dress up as a bear.

We're more like, no, they didn't perform the part right. So these Californians, they tore up their high end cars and tried to get an insurance company pay for the damage. Yeah. They had a Rolls Royce. I mean, real wild stuff. They, you know what they should have done is just drive to Northern California, leave some food in their car and let the bears actually break into their car.

I went camping once and they would tell us like, if you even leave a Cheerio in your car, the bear is going to break into it. And sure enough, we did see some black bears, so I don't know. I just didn't try hard enough, I guess. All right. Let's get to the big story of the day, which is we're about to have a cultural moment tonight, that being not, not my podcast.

Uh, although I wish the podcast was a cultural moment, share it with your friends, uh, but that being iron, Mike Tyson, 58 years young, we'll be fighting Jake Paul Paul, I believe 26 years young. Is that his age? Anyway, the, the fight was supposed to go down several months ago, but, uh, there, uh, Mike had an ulcer flare up on a flight and had to go to the hospital of which again is the most 58 year old thing in the world, but I'm watching the documentary that leads up to the fight.

And let me tell you something. I am so hyped to watch this go down. I personally want Mike Tyson to kick Jake Paul's ass, but. Again, no disrespect to Jake Paul. I mean, he's looking great for a guy who made his come up in the, you know, short form content with vine and then YouTube and kind of, uh, is reinventing himself into a boxer.

That's amazing. But you know, iron Mike came up on the mean streets of Brownsville, Brooklyn, and I'm telling you right now that he's a different type of animal, right? I mean, he's a, he's a certified badass. He's one of the best boxers to ever do it either way. Anyway, here's a little update on, uh, Thoughts about what might go down tonight.

It's on Netflix, which is free. If you have Netflix, most fights are normally on pay per view. They normally cost 50 to 75 bucks. This is going to be the most talked about thing this weekend. You know, barring, you know, any new wars or anything that comes out and I just love it old versus new It's just so simple Okay, so the fight was originally scheduled for july 20th, and then it got moved back.

Mike had a stomach ulcer So they moved it back. Eight rounds, two minutes, 16 minutes of actual fighting. I would take the pro athlete over the hardworking tough guy, YouTuber businessman who's worked his tail off to be a, I think a legitimate boxer in Jake Paul. Tyson is 58 has not won a fight since 2003.

He agreed to two minute rounds. I think that's an advantage for Tyson. He can come out swinging. If it was 10 three minute rounds, I would take Jake Paul. But I think the advantage for Tyson is a shorter fight. I've seen some of the video with sparring partners. I wouldn't want to be Mike's sparring partner.

So I'm going to take Tyson in round four. I can't wait to watch it. Netflix. Friday, check it out. I mean, I'm telling you right now, you don't have to be a boxing fan. This is what's great about boxing. It's so simple. And you know, I know, I know mixed martial arts is like the big deal now. And I just, it's, it's almost too complicated.

It's like, all right, two men don't punch each other in the balls. And don't kick each other. I mean, how many rules are there? Um, and again, we'll have to see how it all goes down. I think there's really no losing for Jake Paul. I mean, look, so if he gets beat up by Mike Tyson, it's like, yeah. What do you expect?

You know, it's Mike Tyson, but if Jake Paul wins, the upside is pretty crazy. Uh, it'll be in Arlington, Texas, where the Cowboys play. There'll be 80, 000 people there. Unbelievable stuff. And of course to hype it, uh, there's a video going viral. I'd show you here, but it's a podcast. So what's the difference? Um, and it was Mike Tyson slapping Jake Paul.

You know, they do these promo things. It's all just to sell the fight. It's all, it's all, it's, I don't want to say it's like a WWE wrestling because the boxing match itself will be real, but you know, all the antics to sell the fight there, they're there. To drum up as much attention as possible. So it's just been a, it's been really interesting to see.

And again, there's a three episode documentary leading up to it. If you want to get caught up, I'm not, look, they're not paying me to promote this. I'm just telling you, I'm really excited for this. I'm going to make some dinner and you know, my out of shape dad bod is going to sit on the couch and pretend like I'd have a shot in the ring.

All right. More content on your way. We'll be right back. Alright, we've also got Gleb and Brooks from Dancing with the Stars, remember their showmance? It burned out before the season even ended. Well, Brooks and Gleb got matching tattoos, now she's explaining what she'll be doing with the ink. Uh, they caught her, TMZ caught her leaving a restaurant, and here's what she had to say.

Do you have any, nothing, it's over? Why did you guys break up? Um, I didn't know we were dating, to be honest with you. You got matching tattoos! I know, but we're just friends, we were colleagues. Right. You know those matching tattoos I have with my colleagues really wore off. Never had a romantic relationship?

What do you call a relationship? There were videos of you guys like making out backstage. Well, you don't have to be dating someone to make out. I guess. Are you gonna get rid of the matching tattoo? Yeah. You are. I'm already on the in the process girlfriend. Oh, really? So there she is. She's already in the removal process.

Weird story, folks. Weird indeed. Well, let's hope that Joan and Chalk are not going to remove whatever matching tattoos they get. They were asked questions in the press junket after Golden Bachelorette, and that's where you get all the adorable first moments, even though they're engaged, they've yet to ride in a car together.

Here's what they had to say. We've never been in a car together. Isn't that crazy? We haven't even been in a executive limo together. No. Nothing. They don't let us. They keep us separate. We have no idea. I did. It's definitely going to be me. So they talked about who's the better dancer and I guess it's Joan.

Yeah. Chuck doesn't show me as a guy who's going to be great at dancing, but you know, that's just because he's, you know, he's a standard guy. He's just, you know, he's standard dad energy. Uh, they were asked about when they're going to get married. Here's the response. We're getting married. What's the date?

We are going to get married, but I think we just like want to exist as outside the bachelor nation. I and just be like a couple together, like go to dinner together. We've never been to a restaurant together. So there are things like we need to just do before we plan a wedding. I Smart idea, of course, after Gary and Teresa barely made it a month after you're walking down the aisle.

Yeah, go to dinner together. You know, you gotta learn about each other. Who's, you know, the messy one? Who's bad at, you know, who leaves the dishes in the sink? You know, who doesn't put the toilet, whatever. You figure that all out first. Network wedding. Are we open to it? So I originally thought that I wanted something intimate, you know, I've done a big wedding before.

I don't need to do that again. I want it to be intimate. It's gone, John. It's done. You belong to America. You belong to America. I mean, he's got a point, right? It's like, look, you, your story's already so public take the free wedding. Um, I thought maybe just family and friends, something smaller, but I feel like that at this point, everybody who's kind of invested in this journey and watch the show kind of deserves like that.

You know, they kind of got the epic ending at the end that we got engaged, and people love to see that. And we certainly didn't do it for them, we did it for us. But, um, I, I, I feel a little bit like they deserve to see like the beginning of Chapter Two. Like, us getting married, and, it's just like, you know, kind of a great ending to the story that it actually really does work.

And, um, you know, that You know, this journey that they saw really ended up in the, you know, what they had hoped for us. No offense, Joan, I'm rooting for you, but the idea that it does work doesn't get decided until at least a year down the line. Right. I wish them the best. If, if it's true, it looks like they're on the same page about moving to New York together.

Seeing their family and I, you know, Hey, I, I think they've got just as much shot as anybody else does. I truly believe that. So good luck to them. All right. Well, it's more drama in the bachelor Clayton world. Uh, I'm gonna give you guys some exclusive content yesterday. I made a video. About the drama that went down at the podcast studio that Laura Owens filmed her episode at.

The episode hasn't even been released yet. I'm assuming people reached out to the owners of the podcast studio because they released a statement basically saying, Hey, we didn't know the legal issues. She was a part of, and, you know, you know, kind of like, we're not going to, you know, we're not, we don't want to participate in any of the drama.

Well, of course I made a video saying, Oh, they banned Laura because we received information that they weren't going to have her back. While that might be true, I also don't think that they want to deal with any of the headaches that might come from her. This is just my opinion. I don't know for sure, but I'm assuming Laura, when they posted publicly, sent them information that they were going to try to sue the podcast company.

That's just my guess. My guess is that Laura, you know, she's litigious, right? She's, you know, she sent this same type of thing to me and, you know, Uh, a lot of talk with Mike and, uh, uh, you know, everyone, it's reality. Steve, Megan Fox, uh, Greg, Mike Clayton, the whole, the whole, the whole gang, Sean, Matt, you know, just these random people.

So they ended up releasing a statement, the podcast studio. I wanted to read it for you guys. They said PS studios is a local small business here in Scottsdale and has politely expressed their request to not be involved in this matter to support them. We have removed Instagram stories, referencing them.

They have requested privacy and wish to remain uninvolved in any ongoing matters with Laura. That was the update actually from justice for Clayton, the Instagram page that they removed the stories. And I actually changed my thumbnail title on my last video. I was going to delete the video. But then I was told, you know, it just changed the thumbnail and title.

And, you know, don't say that they were, she was banned, but, you know, clearly it looks like they don't want to work with her again, but again, you know, they have the right to refuse service to anybody for any reason. So what's Laura going to claim that they're persecuting her? No, they just don't want, they're not going to want to deal with her.

But of course, like, like I predicted, they didn't even know what they were getting themselves into. And sure enough, before the ink was dry, before I even uploaded my episode. There's already lawsuit threats, allegedly. Um, you know, but anyhow, speaking of threats, more threats coming from Laura Owen's attorney.

He posted this for, um, he posted this, um, new rule. If any justice for Clayton YouTube person posts any part of my video, I will copyright strike you. And again, that being his new video he's got coming out, here's what he needs to understand. There's such thing as the fair use rule, which is not copywriting.

So when I. Watch a video and respond with my commentary. It alters the video in a way that it's, it's different from the source material. So I can't just share his video without anything, you know, just like from beginning to end without interjecting. But if I'm there commenting on it, then I'm adding value and that's not a copyright.

So I'm going to. Post my thoughts on that and we'll call his bluff. If he does decide to post a copyright strike on me, I have zero copyright strikes on me right now, which means. Um, I won't receive any harm from it, but I also am in full belief that YouTube would side with me on this issue. And if so, David Gingras, Laura Owen's attorney, could possibly lose his YouTube channel for filing a false copyright claim.

It'll be interesting. We'll see how it all goes down. That's going to take place today on YouTube, so I'll be there just trying to do my thing. All right, well, we actually have a big story that we'll be covering on YouTube today. Bachelor fan favorite Kelly Flanagan, on again, off again girlfriend of one time Pete Weber, Peter Weber, posted on her Instagram stories this.

I'm going to read verbatim what she said. I know many of you have been curious about my dating life and I try to keep things private for a while. I thought working on it away from social media would have helped, but sometimes things don't go as planned. I found out that I was being highly disrespected for the past seven months.

And if it wasn't for all of you, my followers and girls being girls, girls, I would have stayed in the dark and never known my heart is shattered, but I'm so grateful to have you all prayer emoji. Yeah. Kelly Flanagan was dating, I guess this Greek guy. I think he was a CEO. I think they were together for a long time.

So very, uh, sad if, I mean, you guys read what I just read. Does it sound like she was cheating on, or at least there was some sort of emotional cheating? We don't know the details. Hey, if she wants to leak it to us, we can totally share. We're all about, uh, look, I like Kelly. I think Kelly Flanagan is kind of fun and I think she kind of got that sort of villain edit, but she seems to be, you know, Doing her best out there and you know, you hate, you just, you want to always root for people to find love and it's too bad that that wasn't the guy.

So I hope she holds her head up high and we'll find the one. All right. Well, I got a couple other bizarre stories to get to. I actually have a quick Vanderpump rules story and we'll have that for you next. Well, we have breaking news to get to actually, so we're going to interrupt what I was going to cover and have breaking news that David Gingras, Clayton Eckerd's accuser at Laura Owen's attorney.

Is that complicated? The attorney of Clayton Eckerd's accuser, uh, made a YouTube video, very bizarre in the description. He says, I don't have a patron because I'm not willing to lie for money. Have I lied at all folks? I don't think so. Join our Patreon, patreon. com slash Dave Neal, private membership community, not a place to lie.

Just where we go to let people donate. Um, uh, you know, uh, in addition to watching our content online for free. Well, it turns out David Gingras had a bar complaint filed against him by the judge. He also had one filed against him by me and others. I wonder how this one plays out. Have a listen to this. But, here's another fact, uh, on September 17th, uh, 2024, so about two months ago now, Judge Mata filed a bar complaint against me.

Uh, I have it here, yep, September 17th. Why do you think that, our trial was June 10th, uh, September 17th is through, over three months later, uh, why do you think that she waited more than three months to report me to the bar? Could it be because of this? I don't know. Again, that's, I don't know. I haven't, I, to me it looks like retaliation.

I have, by the way, um, reported a second act of retaliation to the Judicial Conduct Commission, um, and what I will tell you as a factual matter, again, everything they do is secret. I can't tell you what the status is. Uh, they may very well have dismissed my complaint. The complaint is primarily, like I said, it's based on things you already know.

All right. So he goes into this complaint where he says she filed a complaint against him. He's filing a judicial complaint against her. How wild is this? I mean, she, she made her judgment. And then he said, I guess, disparaging things about her, uh, tried to pretend like, you know, she's part of this weird community that's got it out for, uh, Laura and their pro Clayton Eckerd.

How bizarre either way, I'll be covering this today. It's going to be pretty wild stuff. You know, he's made threats now, uh, to file content strikes on anyone who covers his channel. Well, I'll be covering it. We have zero content strikes on our end and I'm fully. Confident that YouTube will be siding with me there, but crazy.

And so bizarre. All right. I promised I'd cover the Vanderpump rule. So real quick, uh, there's a story. Um, Jax Taylor says, Brittany's shade is total BS. Uh, Brittany is his, I guess, ex or estranged wife. They're going through a divorce and they do have a kid together. Um, after Jax alleged that Brittany still calls him to hook up, Brittany is clapping back.

Here's what Jack said. So call me like two days ago, come over. You want to have some drinks? Come over. You want to hook up? Like She'll go out and publicly humiliate me and call me every name in the book. But three days ago, she's like, Hey, you want to come over and have dinner? You want to come over and have drinks?

Don't tell anybody that I'm doing this. So people don't know that she talks all this, but then, you know, she'll be like, come over, come and hang out. So I don't mean to blow her cover, but. So there it is. He says, I don't want to blow her cover. Now, she responded saying, let me make this clear. I was trying to see if we can be friends for our son.

And obviously we can't. And, you know, look, I wouldn't blame any of them if they wanted to still hook up. You know, you can go through a divorce and still enjoy some parts of the relationship. But either way, it's you got to be impeccable with your word out there or your ex will. Tell the truth. So, uh, pretty dramatic stuff going on in the world of politics.

We're going to shift into that now that we covered everything else. Um, uh, we have Nikki Haley here. She bootlicked for Donald Trump and then Donald Trump said, he's not going to have her in his cabinet. Uh, people think she tried to stick by the MAGA side so that she could possibly have a presidential run in four years.

Here's what she had to say. It is time to move on. It is time for us to focus on what America needs to do to be strong again. What America needs to do to be safe. The American people have spoken and spoken very loudly. And at this point, we should pray that president Trump does well. We should pray that everyone that he appoints does well.

We should. Hope for the sake of our kids and generations to follow us, that all of this goes forward. So, you know, do I take it personally? No, that's who he is. He's, he can be shallow at times. And I think he showed that, but I don't have to be shallow. Wow. Now, of course she's got no spine whatsoever. She let him walk all over her and then, you know, still stands by his side.

Where are the principles folks? Where are they? Well, I mentioned before that the onion, or maybe I didn't say it, but the onion has bought InfoWars in a bankruptcy. Pretty crazy stuff. Alex Jones Infowars put up for auction as part of bankruptcy proceedings. Well, it now has a new owner, The Onion. Yes, the satirical news site The Onion won the bidding with the help of families of victims of the Sandy Hook Massacre.

The very same families who won their defamation case against Jones over all that misinformation that he spread about the killings. Robbie Parker, who lost his daughter in the shooting, said Dissolution of Alex Jones assets and the death of InfoWars is the justice we have long awaited and fought for. I mean, that's good news.

It's like, look, he had every chance to correct his lies and he doubled down on them over and over and that's just wrong. Well, uh, as I said, I'd give an update on Matt Gaetz. He was supposed to Have an ethics hearing today, but he retired from his seat in the, in the, was it the Senate of the house? Uh, because he will be the new, if he's voted into it, the new attorney general.

Well, here's Senator John Corcoran, a Republican, and he demands to see house ethics report on Matt Gates. Issue of vetting though, how critical is it then to have access to what the House Ethics Committee has found in their investigation? I think there should not be any limitation on the Senate Judiciary Committee's investigation, including, uh, whatever the House Ethics Committee has generated.

So you wanna see it? Absolutely. So she says, so you wanna see it? He's like, absolutely. I wanna see it. I mean, who doesn't wanna see it? Now the rumor is, is that he, I guess, was paying for sex with a minor. Uh, and I guess that's a pretty well known rumor as sources have come out and said, yeah, that's exactly what it was about.

Now, when pressed on this on Fox news, here's what Jim Jordan had to say. I was supposed to come out Friday. Remember, Gates had been accused of things and no prosecution had been continued. It had been dropped. Um, but Dick Durbin is trying to get his hands on that report, obviously to leak it out to hurt president Trump.

Um, what is your sense on that? Well, it's my understanding that is not supposed to go public. So if it's not supposed to under the rules, it shouldn't go public. Now it's very rich for Jim Jordan to have that opinion as he was part of an abuse scandal at Ohio state university. Uh, there were allegations of sexual abuse that occurred between 1978 and 98.

And, um, he was, uh, I mean, people have been quoted saying he turned a blind eye to it all. Do you really want a guy in that job who chose not to stand up for his guys? Said one former wrestler who had. attended OSU, uh, when Jordan was there. Um, so anyway, uh, I guess some people are just above the law. Uh, in ABC news reports said, I think the wrestlers that I represent, not one of us would back him for such a leadership position, former OSU wrestler and attorney Rocky Ratliff, Jr.

Said, and now here we have Jim Jordan saying, Oh, any allegations that the guy who's supposed to be the attorney general, the top lawyer for the government, um, had, uh, I guess, sex trafficked and prostitute with a 17 year old. We don't need to see that now. Don't we know all of the conspiracy theorists out there?

If the tables were turned, would demand to see that ethics report. I think that's only fair. I think that's only just, all right. Well, I hate to end on such a. Crazy story, but that's the world we live in and I've already gone long. Uh, it's gonna be a wild day on YouTube today. I got a lot of content to cover and I am bringing fastball.

So buckle up and join me over there. If you wanna support the channel, you can go to Patreon at patreon.com/dave Neal. And also this afternoon we'll continue this story. We got so got so much to talk about. So we'll see you then. I'm Dave Neal. This is The Rush. The Rush Hour is a twice daily pop culture and entertainment news podcast hosted by stand up comedian Dave Neal.

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