11-7-24 Afternoon Rush - Dancing WIth Stars Dancer Claims Partner LIED TO POLICE - & President Biden Ensures Peaceful Transition

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An update on Artem Chigvintsev, the dancer from Dancing with the Stars, in his ugly divorce battle. Apparently, the accusations made against him have cost him over six figures. We'll discuss that. Plus, An Olympic legend retires the break dancer from Australia. How famous is she? Not famous enough for me to remember her name, but of course she, uh, plenty of people went as her for Halloween.

So she clearly was the meme of the year. Uh, and now that Trump has been reelected. Did, uh, yeah, that's the world we live in, which of his campaign promises can we expect? We'll discuss the new world we live in as we transition to president elect Trump. Also another indication of a peaceful trans, uh, transfer of power, uh, coming from president Joe Biden, as he offered his, uh, speech congratulating Trump.

I'll share that. Plus Penn state police still haven't ID'd the college student who taunted Jason Kelsey. Uh, I feel like we need to get down to the bottom of this and also Saturday night, live star apologizes to Ariana Grande for a wicked open mouth kiss. All these stories plus more coming up next on the rush.

All right, let's start with some light news here. It is reported on the today's show. Breakdancer Ray gun announced her retirement. One of the stars of the Paris Olympics is calling it quits. Rachel Ray gun gun announced that her professional breakdancing career is over. The 37 year old Australian went viral with her unorthodox dance moves during the game.

She cited unfavorable reaction to her performance. As the reason for her sudden exit. Wow. Interesting. I mean, look, a lot of people don't even believe she's really a break dancer. You know, sometimes you'll have a country that, you know, maybe they're landlocked and nobody knows how to swim because they don't do that.

And they'll have a swimmer and they, they're really bad. Or you'll have situations where, uh, someone is representing their country in a sport that is not normally played there. And with break dancing, this being their first year, people felt like she was making a mockery of the sport because she was.

Object fully awful. I mean, it was really bad. You know, I don't know how to break dance, but she, her break dancing felt like if I had a couple Celsius and vodkas, that's how I felt like I would have break danced. And it actually felt like the perfect definition of gaslighting. It felt like people were saying, no, no, no.

She's a professional. That's a professional break dancing. They go, what? I don't really believe it. I mean, look, imagine being so bad at your job that the internet is Has conspiracy theories that you're actually like an Andy Warhol like character, sort of faking the profession. That'd be like if I had a stand up set so bad, people took to chat rooms going, Is he even a comedian?

What is this? What's going on there? Alright, well, here's some news updates from the world of entertainment and the streaming landscape. Warner Bros. Discovery adds 7 million streaming subs in Q3. To hit 110 million as box office dives 40 percent in Barbie less summer. Isn't that, isn't that crazy? It's like Barbie had the ability to be such a successful movie.

It drove the box office last summer. So Warner brothers discovery reported its third quarter 2024 earnings results Thursday. And like they said, they have up to 110 million global subscribers, which is interesting because discovery, they had that weird merger with HBO and HBO got rid of, like, they no longer call it.

HBO, the streaming, you know, it used to be HBO go, then it was HBO. Now, now it's like discovery. Plus, I don't know, I don't know, um, you know, I'm no expert in branding, but it's very confusing. So either way, um, Hey, that's, that's one of the locations of, you know, that could be bidding for a bachelor Clayton Necker documentary.

It could be Netflix or Amazon or discovery or peacock. I don't really care where the hell it goes. As long as it makes its way to the internet. Alright, well, here's your update from Dancing with the Stars. Artem Chigvintsev lost out on 100, 000 following domestic violence arrest and claims Nikki Garcia has anger issues.

So, again, I don't know why, like, I don't know if he's gonna be suing her for defamation or whatnot. Uh, he was arrested August 29th in Yountville, California in connection with domestic violence. But prosecutors in Napa County ultimately decided against filing criminal charges in the case. Nikki later filed for divorce and unsuccessfully requested sole custody of their son, Mateo, with the pair granted temporary restraining orders against each other.

So, in legal documents obtained by DailyMail. com filed Halloween in Napa Superior Court. Dancing with the Pros star, Csik Vincif, who was axed from the show's latest season, says the trauma of the arrest and false allegations led to him losing substantial income. The document said, it is not true that I have not been able to find other work as a dancer.

I normally start jobs in November and it goes for 20 weekends. After the mugshot and the arrest Based on her false allegations, I was taken off the website faculty list, resulting in loss of over 100, 000 in income. Uh, and then of course, he posted photos of how he was hit. And he said she, I mean, he initially called the cops on her, which is I guess the main indicator that he's telling the truth because, and again, again, who the hell knows, but he initially called the cops.

And when they showed up. He was the one who got arrested based on what she said. Uh, I bet you, I bet you, they wish they have a ring light, a ring camera, because it's going to be a, he said, she said, he said, I also lost a social media promotion revenue, which she continues to benefit from as she was more worried about her career when she lied to the police than mine.

Um, it is further a lie that I was growing increasingly angry, snapping at her and yelling. I was not violent with her and did not violently grab or yell at her. He claims we had an argument, but it's not how she describes it. We agreed months before my surgery that she would be there with Mateo. I was supposedly to fly to have my surgery on May 19th.

She forgot about it and booked herself for work in New York. Alright, so this is just, it's just a sad story. And the truth is, even if they were to get divorced, Like, let's, let's, let's, um, let's assume he's telling the truth, just for a second here. And by the way, if she's telling the truth, he's a monster.

If he's telling the truth, then he's losing out on a lot of money that would probably go to help raise the kid. And this is what's so ugly about divorces is sometimes, you know, you're kind of You're trying to cancel each other in, in an instance, and it's only going to hurt your kid in the long run. So he said, She then told me that her work was more important than my medical procedures, so she ended up leaving.

Our son was left with the nanny. I canceled my ticket and stayed behind. She then started sending me texts for different flights I could take, so I ended up going because she insisted I go. I have texts to prove this. He writes, I cannot trust her anymore. Not only did she lie to the police so that her career remains intact, ruining mine, but she used the court proceedings to keep our son away from me for almost a month, not letting me see him until this court.

Issued its 50 50 orders on October 15th. So very, very sad story. I'm reading this for the first time. So he has images submitted to the severe court of California showing marks and bloody scratches on his elbows and hands, as well as behind his ears that he alleges were inflicted upon him by Garcia.

Again, you know, when this story first came out, a lot of people didn't want to really weigh judgment because you just don't know what's going on. And I totally, I totally don't know anything about either one of them. I couldn't spot them in a lineup. You know what I mean? Like I watched dancing with the stars, but I don't know any, I'm probably mispronouncing this guy's name.

So I'm not, I'm not taking any side whatsoever. Other than to say, clearly there's a giant disagreement in the Napa County decided not to prosecute him. And that case, if you're not going to get prosecuted, I think you, you know, he should have a chance to get his job back. Uh, that's just what I think. I mean, what else can you do?

You know, if, if something, you know, I understand civilian or vigilante justice, if the court systems fail you, you know, sometimes people need to rally together in clear cases, but like, this isn't a case sadly like Diddy where he was caught on camera doing something or Ray Rice or some despicable case.

This is, this is a case where the police couldn't figure it out. So why should we? That's my thoughts on that sad, sad for the kid. Well, the voice of AOL's you've got mail is dead at 74. And if you're under the age of 35 or 30, I should say, you probably don't even know what I'm talking about. So let me refresh.

Here is the initial sound, the sound, uh, old millennials will never forget. You've got mail. There it is. Etched in etched into our minds forever. Oh, the initial dopamine rush. Ooh, me, I've got mail. And it was a chain letter from a friend. If you don't forward this to 10 people, you'll live the worst life ever.

Donald Trump will get elected a second term. And, uh, if you don't fall, I was like, boy, Josh, I guess I should have forwarded that chain letter. All right, folks. Well, look, we got a lot of stories to get into the Patriot nose. They're watching behind the screens. We've got a bunch of tabs open, so we're going to barrel through this right now.

After, well, I'll tell you what, we'll get to our stories after a quick word from our sponsor. Getting some comments in from the Patreon. That's the private membership community that watches behind the scenes. Patreon. com slash Dave Neal. And Alex says, what I wouldn't give to not have email now. Yeah. Isn't that funny?

Growing up, you were affluent if you had email. And now if you're Successful enough where you don't need email. That's like the true sign of success. Oh yeah. Just to think that somebody can reach you. The fact that I was able to get threatened with a cease and desist while I was hanging out in the South Indian sea in the country of the Maldives, uh, that just goes to show there's some places we just need to turn off the wifi.

Hey, but even if you turn it off, you're expected to answer, you know? So what can you do? Uh, they got us by the balls. Well, I'll tell you what, some more thoughts from the men tell all from golden. Bachelorette. Here's our good friends. Love to see it. Podcast. Discussing, uh, you know, how, um, you know, how special this season has been is geared towards the idea that pop culture has meaning and not just in a reflection of our culture, but in creating it.

And I think so often on this show, we feel like it is reifying the worst impulses and there's something about the golden franchise that actually feels like the opposite to me. It's like a vision of what it could look like for men to still be like so deeply in love with each other. In their masculinity, but connect and reach for like emotion and reach for the ability to process and respect each other and respect women to love their Children and want a better world for them.

Like I just, I just in a way felt both alienated from this episode in the wake of the election and like. Needed it. How impressive. What that was one of the best 58 seconds I think I've ever played there from love to see it pot. Yeah, I totally, I totally understand. You know, it's almost, and it's, and it's, and it's been hard for me to sort of digest what we're watching on golden bachelor golden bachelorette.

But on the younger episodes, it's a lot of ego and it's basically this hierarchy of everyone trying to be the alpha male and who's going to succeed and who isn't. And then I think what you see is less. of a threat between the cast members on Golden Bachelor, Golden Bachelorette, less of this, um, every, um, it's me versus everybody mentality.

And when you take those walls down, you have a better chance at building long lasting friendships. So yeah, very interesting words coming from the Love to See It pod, which no surprises there. Always love to hear their takes on the matter. And I would, I would argue that That it's, it's the same thing with the ladies of the bachelor, right?

The cast members, the Victoria Larson's fighting the infighting that happens on the younger seasons. You don't see it as much on the older seasons, although we did see Kathy. She was pretty sassy. There was a couple sassy people out there, but you'll always have a little sass. But for the most part, yes.

Heartwarming golden bachelorettes indeed. Well, Penn state police still haven't ID'd the man. In the Kelsey incident after the viral confrontation, which is shocking to me that none of it, no, that no one's ratted this guy out. This dude was essentially following Jason Kelsey and taunting him. A spokesperson for the university police department tells TMZ sports.

They do not know the identity of the guy adding. No one has come forward to make a complaint over their personal property. Smith smashed phone being damaged. I can't believe. They haven't identified this guy. What? This should take two seconds. It's the internet and I'm not saying they should dox him, but Just as much as everyone knows who Jason Kelsey was in that moment, they need to know who the guy is that was trying to create a viral moment.

It's like, bro, you want a viral moment? You got it. That was Jason Kelsey's, uh, are you not entertained moment? You wanted the smash? You got it. Uh, but, uh, I guess cowardly this guy has not stepped forward and taken a sort of claim, uh, as to being the guy who, uh, was responsible, you know what I mean? Uh, so it's like, what's that thing that the Gen Z kids say?

Stand ten, ten toes down? How does it go? Yeah, it's like, oh, you're so busy wanting to follow him to go viral. Where are you now? That's my thought. All right. Well, I'll tell you where I am him here in Kentucky. That's right. I got a show tomorrow night. I'm doing just a guest spot. So I'm doing a short spot on Kelly Colette's show.

I posted the details on my Instagram. She's a very funny touring comedian, and I'm also performing a free show on Saturday night in Cincinnati. Both will be fun shows. Uh, the first one, let me actually look it up. The first show on Friday night is actually in Dayton, Uh, I think Kentucky, which is right next to Cincinnati.

Yeah. And that's called Commonwealth Sanctuary. So if you want to come hang out, there'll be some alum. So there'll be some bachelor friends there. Um, some people from the communities will be coming out. So if you want to meet some folks in Cincinnati, that's where they'll be. And then Tuesday night, same deal.

Uh, New York, uh, comedy festival. I'll be at the stand at 10 PM. Uh, main room tickets are on sale. All right. Well, Quince. Is our sponsor of the day, uh, sponsor of the week, actually. And they offer affordable high quality essentials for any wardrobe that includes seasonal must haves like Mongolian cashmere sweaters from 60 bucks.

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Campaigns are contest of competing visions. The country chooses one or the other. We accept the choice the country made. I've said many times, you can't love your country only when you win. You can't. Love your neighbor, only when you agree. Something I hope we can do, uh, no matter who you voted for, is see each other not as adversaries, but as fellow Americans.

Bring down the temperature. I also hope we can lay to rest the question about the integrity of the American electoral system. It is honest, it is fair, and it is transparent. And it can be trusted. Win or lose. There it is. Can you believe that? I mean, look, this is a big deal. Democracy only exists if we believe it is fair.

Now, don't get me wrong. There's collusion that takes place in different ways, right? We got billionaires owning newspapers, colluding not to, you know, to, to stop their editorial team from nominating people, uh, from, you know, from endorsing people. We've got collusion and stuff like that, and there'll always be corporations that want to put their foot on, uh, sort of the scale of justice.

Absolutely. But when it comes to votes being counted and votes being delivered, if you do not, and again, this is what's so funny to me is, you know, 2020, it wasn't fair. It's like, bro. Sis grow the F up. You know what I mean? No one, no one takes a loss better than me. I play, I play baseball stand. I did. I pitch.

You lose more than you win when you pitch. Okay. I stand up comedy. I've bombed for, for years acting. I don't get 99 percent of the jobs I auditioned for. I know how to take a loss. I wear it on my chin and I wear it with pride, learn how to take a loss. And right now, We are learning from Biden and Kamala actually how to do that.

They are not saying the election wasn't fair. Now you could have said, well, there was all these bomb threats that turned out to be from the Russians that happened at, you know, no one's, no one's using those excuses. It was a. Pretty solid victory for Trump. Now, does that mean you just lay down your, your, your sort of virtues and you just do whatever the hell that administration wants?

No. If they want to pass a law, you disagree with you fight like hell to stop that. You do what you can in a democracy and you play within the bounds and within the rules. But. But just really, really love seeing, uh, this sort of response in this show of grace, because that's what we need more in this country is grace.

And as far as a peaceful transition of power, does anybody out there think that there will be a violent insurrection come January? I do not. Yesterday I spoke with president elect Trump to congratulate him on his victory. And I assured him that I'd direct my entire administration to work with his team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition.

That's what the American people deserve. The struggle for the soul of America, since our very founding, has always been an ongoing debate and still vital today. I know for some people, it's a time for victory, to state the obvious. For others, it's a time of loss. Campaigns are contest of competing visions.

The country chooses one or the other. We accept the choice the country made. I've said many times, you can't love your country only when you win. So there it is. Again, uh, my, my, my final thoughts with regard to, you know, the election as, as far as, you know, this landslide victory is not that surprising when you look at the global sort of, uh, trends of what's gone down.

A lot of the leaders globally, the incumbents that, uh, That existed during the pandemic were voted out because of global inflation and everything that was done to try to keep, keep every country running smoothly. Uh, you know, when the world was kind of being shut down. So it's no surprise that. You know, cause you know, a lot of economists look and they say, well, the stock market has never been higher.

Um, and unemployment's at record lows. Like how the heck could it be that we think the economy is so bad? Well, it's corporate greed and a lot of other issues. Um, but I wanted to share with you guys a clip from a right leaning commentator about what he expects to come from Donald Trump. I'll have that for you right after this.

Well, Bill O'Reilly kind of vile, if you ask me, but still interesting to hear what he has to say with regards to why he thinks Trump might actually do what's best for the people. Again, I'm holding my breath on this one. Uh, but he, uh, Bill O'Reilly tells Chris Cuomo that there's never been a presidential candidate who has worked harder than Donald Trump.

I don't know about that. Have a listen. You say that he wants to be liked even by the people who hate him. Why would we believe that that's the case if he has basically complete autonomy where he doesn't have to deal with the other side at all because they have control of the House and the Senate? And he doesn't need them to get things done.

It's not a matter of have. He wants to go down in history as one of the greatest presidents ever. He wants to be on Mount Rushmore. In fact, he'll buy a mountain and put himself on the mountain. Okay? That's what he wants. That's his legacy. So, he wants to achieve what he wants. So called great things he's motivated to do it and he's the hardest working sob I have ever seen there has never been a presidential candidate or a president That's worked harder than that man and I don't know if that's I don't I don't know the metric he's talking about there because I think trump's at the record for the most Uh, days golfing in the least amount of days in Washington.

But again, either way, I don't care what Trump's motivation is, uh, for wanting his face on a mountain somewhere. As long as the payoff is for the American people. A lot of people are worried this will be one of the biggest, you know, transfers of wealth to the upper class ever, uh, because he's surrounded by essentially billionaires.

I mean, most of the billionaires other than Mark Cuban, uh, you know, you have, you have, uh, uh, Bezos. You have musk. I mean, they want, you know, they want him to win and you have to wonder why like what sort of regulations will be rolled back like we, we have no idea, but at this point, he's one. So I'm, I'm done trying to state the case against him and I'm more willing to say, all right, well, I guess, I guess we're just going to let him cook and we'll see how the dinner tastes.

Never. But he wants to go down in history as one of the titans. Unless there's a huge war, um, it doesn't happen. There it is, yeah. So hopefully it's not a war. And he did say, I mean, he did talk about ending the war in Ukraine before he even takes office. I mean, these are huge Sort of platforms he ran on.

So me, just a random podcaster, comedian out here, I'm interested. I'm like, all right, well, let's see how this happens. Donald Trump has said, I'll end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, which Ukraine Hawks and people who are concerned about its territorial sovereignty said you ended in 24 hours. If you're going to give, you know, force Ukraine to give up territory.

Yeah, I've met. President Zelensky many times and interviewed him for half a dozen times. And I know that Zelensky and his inner circle are very concerned that when Trump says he's going to end the war in 24 hours, that when he calls President Zelensky the greatest salesman, it doesn't mean that as a compliment.

He means that every time Zelensky came to the United States, he was able to sell the war in Ukraine and get billions of dollars in support, which is a pattern that President Trump has said that he wants to end. He's going to end the war. He's going to make it cheaper. That's all very good news if you're Vladimir Putin, and I can just imagine going back to Ukraine soon.

I have a feeling I'll be heading back. I came here to be tested. Part of this this is the biggest story in the world right now for all of these reasons and and seeing Ukrainian troops without enough Ammunition without enough support pulling back and feeling very betrayed by the United States I mean the interesting part is it's not a war where the where Ukraine and Russia came together and decided to fight Ukraine was Invaded so yeah, how is Trump going to reason with Putin?

That's the Question we all have. I don't think he will, but he promised he would. So how's this thing gonna end? We'll have to see. Alright. I got a whole bunch of other clips that I wanted to share, but we are just flat out of time. We're really just got so much content and news going on out there. I appreciate you guys, uh, sticking around this week.

I know it's crazy. Look, a lot of people wanted to tune out from all this, but we're at the, we're at the. Place of curiosity now, to me, the election is, is the part that triggers a lot of people. It's like, okay, the, the uncertainty is what drives a lot of the fear. Now we know at least who's going to be president.

And we know to an extent what to expect. Let's fight like hell to try to push. The president and the government and the conversation in a direction. That's great for the middle class, not just for corporations and billionaires. That's where I'm going to be here to give you guys my thoughts on what decisions come in, what we can best do to make that happen.

And Hey, regardless of anyone's political affiliation. I really want all of us to have abundance, feel safe and prideful to live in this country of ours. I want that more than anything. So stick around. We'll be back tomorrow morning. We got, we had a lot of content we didn't get to today, so Friday's going to be off the chains.

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