11-8-24 Afternoon Rush - Joe Rogan Wants More Unity From Trump While Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe Explains Why She Doesn't Talk Politics

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It's Friday, baby, November 8th, 2024. And on today's episode, we have Joe Rogan asking Trump to be more around and Barstool's David Portnoy continues to rip into musician Zach Brian. I'll share that clip. Meanwhile, prosecutors in the death of Liam Payne of One Direction are ruling out suicide. I'll explain why.

Plus Tim Wall's daughter reacts to the election results and Anthony Scaramucci. Officially declares that we are in the age of the podcast. He breaks down why media is no longer trusted. Also, Elon Musk, Musk explains how he got the Amish to vote in Pennsylvania. All right. I know I got a lot of random content.

I've got a story I've been promising for literally a few days now. We just keep running out of time and that is an SNL star apologizing to Ariana Grande for opening his mouth during an SNL kiss. Let's start off with that story. I have that and so much more coming up next on The Rush. Well, one of the reasons we have intimacy coordinators on set is that you can communicate with your co star and scene partner How you're gonna kiss if that, you know a time calls for it.

Well now we have Bowen Yang from Saturday Night Live Apologizing to Ariana Grande on a podcast for his kissing that he did on a skit on SNL Have a listen. I really have to apologize to you in person for what I Opened my mouth up too much when we kissed on You I was shaking the last day. No, no, no, no, no.

Not in a bad way. Not in a bad way. Just like a disarming way. Because, you know what, like, The chemistry was so good. Oh my gosh, thank you. I mean, it comes from a real place. I know it does. But I kissed you too much. You know what? That's okay. And I know we were really dropped in. So look, here's, I have a story of being kissed a little too hard on Saturday Night Live.

Back in my day living in New York, I would do background work on SNL, uh, like I would on many shows. And there was a digital Short that they were creating called Nuva Bling. It was about a bejeweled nuva ring and Kate McKinnon You know, it's so interesting here is Kate McKinnon's gay and Bowen Yang is gay So maybe maybe there's more permission to go for it.

I don't know but Kate McKinnon kissed me In this like weird scene, the funny part is, is it was deleted. They didn't even use the take, but she went for it. She like licked my face and bit my lip and pulled it, like pulled it, you know, did that sexy thing or whatever. And I was like, first of all, you didn't ask me.

Like, I don't, you don't even know me. It's just, anyway, the point is, is it's crazy what can happen, you know, in the, in the world of theater when it comes to going in for the joke here, but again, you got to be on the same page. We were dropped in. We were dropped in and it felt like what these people needed at that time.

It felt like what these characters. It was motivated. Required. Yeah. A little open mouth. And I'm, I'm all for it. Yeah. I just. Should we talk about, like, what, how we arrived at it? Because there was not a kiss originally. Right. No, there wasn't a kiss originally. Whose idea was it? Well, that, here's the thing.

Go ahead. No, you go. You go. You go. No, I mean, I, when we rehearsed it, a little, I don't know, thought. Something went on. Yeah, in my head. And I was like. I didn't say anything because, like, oh, everyone's gonna think I'm absolutely insane and too comfortable. But I was like, how funny would it be if we kissed at the end?

Yeah. And then Bowen texts me a few hours later and was like, It's totally fine if this is way too crazy. But we were talking and thought it would be so funny if we kissed. We kissed at the end and I was like, wow, what if we can, yeah. So there they are. There you have it, folks. The, uh, the conversation of, of how, how the backdoor dealings go in the world of Saturday night live, but that's it, I guess.

All right. We got a lot of stories to get to. Uh, I mean, where do we even start on today's YouTube? I covered Caitlin Bristow, uh, of course, bachelorette queen, Caitlin, uh, responding to criticism of why she hasn't covered the The election and a response was if I talked politics, I'd have a hundred people telling me to shut up.

So I'm just doing what feels authentic to me knowing I'll never win. Sorry, if you're hurting, it's a scary time. I made about a 25 minute video or 20 minute video in response to this about why I do talk politics But I understand why people don't it's like you have to either be fully committed to educating yourself on everything that's going on or Just stay out of it and make sure you don't share any misinformation.

There is a lot going on out there and we do have a new president coming in, president Trump. He was number 45 and he'll be number 47. And I'm trying my best to sanitize the conversation in a way that's practical, doesn't trigger people on any side. And I got to tell you, it's like throwing into triple coverage.

It is a tight, tight needle to thread, but I think we're doing okay. Joe Rogan played a pivotal part in the election, uh, being that he hosted, uh, Donald Trump on his podcast, uh, again, notably Kamala Harris didn't make time to go on Joe Rogan's podcast, the biggest podcaster in the world, but hopefully People like Joe Rogan will try to push Trump in the right direction, a direction that unifies the country.

He no longer has to run for office again. This is his second term. He doesn't get a third term unless they change the constitution. This is it. I'm saying that half jokingly. I think this is it. Is this it? Oh boy. So, my point being, he no longer has to play to his base. Win. Over people with great ideas. You want to do prison reform.

You want to take toxins out of the food you want to, you know, cut out insider trading or get rid of money and campaigns. I would love that. And I think the Americans would too. So rather than want to be proven. he's a lousy president, prove me wrong, because that means that the country will be heading in a great direction.

Here was Rogan and what he explained after the election was called for Trump. Back then they didn't know what he was going to do and what he did economically. Chamath has the best way of explaining it. He said, It was the right messenger, it was the wrong messenger. But if you look at the actual actions, and were they good for the economy, were they good for the United States, they were.

But it's Donald Trump, as the messenger, was so polarized, and the people lost what's really going on, just based on who this guy is, who has, uh, Like, just like Tony Hinchcliffe is an insult comic, Donald Trump's entire career is you're fired. So I understand the point, you know But what I don't understand is this idea that trump's policies were what made everything great I just I I personally believe he rode a good wave given to him by obama And things were fine until the pandemic came along.

I don't know what policies they're talking about The only policies that I can think of is that there was a tax cut To the ultra rich, which ended up costing, uh, you know, which ended up adding more debt into our big spiraling debt. And don't, we all want to get rid of the debt. Anyhow, this idea that we live in a world that's post centrist media and post corporate media.

I absolutely agree with here's Anthony Scaramucci. He famously worked for Trump for about 10 days before getting fired. He's not a Trump fan, but I respect Anthony Scaramucci. He says. What he thinks. And I, and that's, what's hard, you know, there's so many people that are so spineless, like Nikki Haley, that, and Ted Cruz, they'll literally let Trump walk all over them and their family.

And then they still want to like, you know, lick his boots. Anthony Scaramucci tells you how he, how he feels, but he also gives credit where it's due that we live in the age of podcasting. This is the age of the podcast and that campaign was the podcast campaign. The old media is no longer trusted by this country.

The suits are no longer trusted. You know, Scott and I are old enough to remember a book that was written by David Habelstam called the powers that be was written in the seventies about the, the great David Sarnoff who created RCA and became NBC and Bill Paley and how CBS became the gold standard in the news.

And this was very successful. and they were somewhat coordinated with the government. And whether people like this or not, they were all tied into the military. You know, the, the U. S. benefited from millions and millions of men and women being in the American military, taking oaths of the constitution, working together from different parts of the country.

And then after the war, it was a sort of rectitude and a process that was followed. That part of America is now completely over. The Vietnam Bones Spur. The ferment is the process now, and he's brought that culture with him. So, you know, it's interesting because the problem with podcasts is they're generally friendly conversations for the most part.

And, you know, you need to be able to hold people accountable. How will he be held accountable in the next four years is yet to be seen. Um, but of course, half the country. Uh, was I guess bummed out to say the least that he wasn't chosen. And now I'm going to play for you, Tim Walls, the nominee for VP on Kamala's ticket, what his daughter had to say.

I'll have that for you next. All right. So as promised, I've, I've got the David Portnoy conversation about Zach Brian. I've got Carrie Ann Anaba on. Uh, Kelly and Mark, the morning, uh, show. Uh, but first let's go to what Tim Wall's daughter had to say, speaking out after the heartbreaking election loss. Okay.

I'm sitting here on my couch eating Spongebob mac and cheese and watching Otter Banks. And I just have a couple like initial post election thoughts. I've like officially reached a point of anger and I'm not an angry person. So I'm just trying to channel it. Um, the first one being this country does not deserve Kamala Harris.

That woman should go live her best life wherever she wants, doing whatever she wants, because we don't deserve her at this point. Um, the only people that delivered this election were black women and we failed them. Um, and it's just heartbreaking and we've got to do whatever we can to support them and support our people, um, through these next four years.

Um, another one is. These people have to live in their own skin as in JD Vance and Donald Trump have to be JD Vance and Donald Trump. Um, and that is not a punishment I would wish upon anybody except those two individuals. Um, Yeah, so I'm just really grateful that I am who I am, and that I'm on the side of love, and hope, and joy, and progress.

So there it is, some very strong thoughts. My thought is this, I actually would blame Kamala Harris less, and more so blame the DNC party for not properly running a strong primary. You know, that's what it comes down to. I think that, I think they might've had more faith in her if, um, if there was a sort of democratic process that was followed and because they waited till the last minute, uh, they didn't do that.

And, uh, yeah, I mean, what else can you say about that? So I'll share a few more thoughts in a little bit, but let's change the subject. Here's David Portnoy. He of course, uh, is the boss of chicken, of Brianna chicken fry, Brianna, Brianna LaPaglia. Who was broken up with by Zach Bryant. Um, so David Portnoy shares some more stories about Zach Bryant.

We shared this morning, how Brianna turned down a 12 million, um, NDA offer because she wanted to share her story about, um, you know, how much of a monster this guy was. And here's, uh, David Portnoy's thoughts. You know, this Brie that he kicked miss peaches out of the dressing room. No, I had no idea that drove me.

Miss peaches is his famous dog. Bananas. I think it's driving a lot of people bananas. Explain. We went to the concert and it was, I think, Boston's birthday. It was Boston's birthday. You had never met peaches. So I'm like, can I bring peaches? Like, yeah, let's have the dogs meet all this stuff. And of course, I asked Zach.

I'm like, Kim, is peaches come? Is that okay? Yes. Green light, green light, green light. And by the way, for anybody who says, I think Brie knew the entire time, people are like, why are we up there singing? It's like, uh, Brie knew I didn't like Zach. And I think Zach knew, it was kind of obvious, but whatever, big star dating somebody you're friends with, he's playing master's go.

So we bring the dog, he's got a big dressing room, Boston and Jack are in there. It's a birthday party. I brought little hats. I brought little cakes for the dogs, but yeah, during the concert you go in and out. So. Peaches is in the dressing room. Peaches is the least maintenance dog. Other than she'll try to get into stuff.

She's as chill as can be, but it's peaches. So I'm walking back and forth to make sure she's okay. I walked in back to check on her and he's just bringing her to this little band dressing room. And he's kind of like, Oh, I hope you don't mind. I'm just moving peaches. What am I going to say? I'm like, okay.

But like, I have no idea to this day why he wants to get peaches out of that locker room. And why, like, The other locker room was actually sort of dangerous for her because there was so much equipment and like crap laying around that I like need to watch her. I don't know why he did that, but it like pissed me off greatly in the moment.

Maybe because he didn't want me there. He hates me, but this peaches, you kick her out of the locker room. Listen, I love it. I love it. When people You know, are going through a breakup and they tell you all of the hits about why they didn't like the person they were dating. Uh, in this case, it's so funny.

It's like, and for our next character witness, he doesn't like dogs. He doesn't like dogs! How dare he? This, this a hole, whatever. I mean, hey, look, yeah, you can't blame the guy. You gotta like dogs. I like dogs. I love lamps. You know what I really love? Quince. Quince is my new sponsor and they're absolutely fantastic, affordable, high quality essentials for any wardrobe.

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Prosecutors rule out suicide. Says the effects of drugs caused a fatal fall, which you know makes a big difference because you know, Obviously it's it's It's terrible and tragic regardless, but the idea that someone self harms intentionally is one that's tough to cope with because it's like everyone thinks, Oh, I wish I could have done something.

Well, now they're saying he didn't commit suicide. And I understand the term, you know, they, they, people don't like to use the term committing suicide, whatever the heck you want to call it. I'm just reading the article. According to the prosecutor in charge of the case in Argentina, a law enforcement source in Buenos Aires tells TMZ that.

Prosecutor in the case has officially ruled Liam did not die by suicide, stating the effects of the drugs the One Direction alum took caused him to fall to his death from the balcony of his suite at the Casa Sur Palermo Hotel back on October 16th. Uh, three people have been arrested. As we mentioned earlier, the housekeeper and I guess a friend of his who left the scene in an alleged drug dealer.

Uh, what comes of that, we'll have to see. The British singer had been staying at the hotel after his girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, returned to Florida following their extended visit. Um, so anyway, it's a tragic story, and, uh, photos coming from inside the room show it was ladled with drug use, paraphernalia, just real tragic, tragic stuff.

Um, you hate to see it. Well, it's a big milestone this coming week for Dancing With The Stars, and we've got Carrie Ann Inaba on Kelly and Mark, The Morning Show. Discussing, uh, what it's like to be one of the only hosts that's been there for 500 episodes. I have done all 33 seasons. Have you ever missed an episode?

I have never missed an episode. Bruno and I have never missed an episode. And what's so beautiful about this is look at that family. Julianne and Derek who came in and then Alfonso who won his season. And it's just a family and it keeps growing and hopefully we'll just go on for generations and generations and then dance will just be forever.

You know, I would watch a documentary on Alfonso Ribeiro. So he played the younger brother, the younger cousin, excuse me, to Will Smith on Fresh Prince of Bel Air. And he was known for his iconic dance. Uh, that he does called the Carlton is unusual to be loved by anyone. You know, it has wailed his arms.

He's snapping his hands. He's he's gleeful. It was a great character actor that Alfonso Ribeiro played, and I don't know how many roles he got after that, but his career kind of dried up and as it does dancing with the stars, uh, showcased. Alfonso Ribeiro one season and he ended up winning. How amazing is that?

The guy's got dance moves. So after becoming a crowd favorite, they were like, let's have you host the dang show. Now, as much as I love Ron Bergeron, who was unceremoniously fired for no reason whatsoever. I think along with Aaron Andrews, as much as I loved, uh, them, uh, they bring in, uh, you know, and, and by the way, they brought in, uh, uh, uh, what's her name?

Tyra banks for one or two years. And she was. Horrible. I mean, she was literally the worst. I mean, I, I mean that with all this, with all respect, she was so bad as a host and she was not meant for live TV, but Alfonso Ribeiro is fantastic. So then he, he gets his career sort of surge and now he's actually, I think he's also hosting funniest home videos.

He's essentially stealing all of Ron, uh, Bergeron's jobs at this point. And like, anyway, Ron Bergeron will be just fine, but it's, it's good to see those stories. And I think that's part of what dancing with the stars is all about, right? It's about, you know, you know, celebrities sometimes that, you know, Have faced adversity, or maybe they've been canceled or they need a redemption.

And what better way to redeem yourself than to put your ego aside and learn the art of dance. I mean, it sounds hilarious to say, so it's been amazing. I remember when this show first came out, it sounded so it's, we almost forget because it's such a cultural icon now, but dancing with a star sounded like the dumbest show possible.

It's like, what are we even doing? And it's like, well, it turns out we're putting on sequins and dancing to the Paso Doble. Mother effort. That's what we're doing. And I love it. So anyway, um, congrats to them on, uh, on 500 episodes, wild stuff. Okay. I'll end with a couple more clips. We're rounding the day out.

We're having a blast. So just stick around. We'll be back with more right after this. For tomorrow's weekend episode of the rush hour podcast, I'm going to do a Q and a I've posted the questions on my Instagram story. So you can literally ask me a question, really anything. I might not read it, but chances are a lot.

Read your question and I'll give you my answer. I know people are asking me, what are my greatest regrets? What do I think of the election? What's going to happen moving forward with your career and whatever. So if you have any questions, personal, maybe you want some dating advice. I don't know. You can ask me on Instagram.

You can also ask me by going to, um, my voicemail system. So that's right. I have a Google voicemail system and I'm going to share the number with you right now. You can call in and leave a voicemail. It's 4 0 1. Five, five, eight, seven, eight, four, one. I would love to hear from you. I truly mean that I love hearing from new people.

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All right. Well, uh, uh, former house speaker, Kevin McCarthy spoke to CBS news about what he thinks will be the involvement of RFK jr. And Elon Musk in this election. Here's what he had to say. should play a role in his cabinet? I think a lot of people should. But look, no, he has played a significant role in his run.

Elon has played a significant role in North Carolina without a hurricane. He played a significant role for our competition. I'm talking about in his cabinet. Yes, but he won't, Elon can't go into his cabinet because he still has to work. He still has to run his other companies. What I believe we should take, not just Elon, but everybody else that has good ideas, how do we make government better?

more efficient and more accountable. That's not a Republican or Democrat issue. So, you know, when Elon bought Twitter, he really gutted the place and got rid of a lot of jobs to make it more efficient. He plans on doing the same thing for the political, uh, for, you know, for, um, you know, they call them the deep state, right?

The people that are not elected officials, which in some instances could be fine, but they also plan on gutting, you know, certain organizations like the department of education and it's, it can be. Pretty scary out there when one state decides to teach a different type of education than another state.

But again, I don't know what's going to happen. We'll have to see how it all goes down. Here's Elon Musk explaining how he helped win over the Amish vote. We paid particular attention to the Amish community in Pasadena. Um, It's a myth. Has anyone ever gotten the Amish out to vote before? Not in significant numbers, but the Democrats did make a mistake because they, there was government overreach.

And with some of the Amish farmers, there's no such thing as like organic farming or not organic. They just, they're farmers. They're like, they've been farming the same way for a long time, you know, and there was some government overreach that. That shut down some Amish farmers, which really, you know, made them pretty upset.

You just need to be able to channel that, the fact that they're upset, and like, well, there's a thing you can do about it, which is called voting, and we're happy to transport you to, they're allowed to ride in vans, uh, as long as they're not driving the van. So, you know, we're just making sure we bring them to the polls and they vote how they want to vote.

Look, I'm all for auditing the government. I just think it's kind of ironic that we couldn't even get Donald Trump's tax returns, which, you know, used to be a big deal. And now people are just over it. They're like, Oh, they're going to come in tomorrow. You know, just like our healthcare plan. So anyway, uh, don't blame me for being cynical to see how it all plays out, but, um, we have no other choice, but to see what goes down.

And, uh, yeah. Yeah. It's been a wild week, hasn't it folks, regardless of what side you're on. I mean this, when I say it, I want us to all find a way to come together. And I think part of that is to just stop fighting with strangers online. And I, I'm, I honestly mean that let's stop fighting with strangers online and let's go back to like, so working on our own communities and then build outward from there.

And if we all do that and take part in. Restoring those types of conversations. Maybe we can get back to a productive place. Those are my thoughts. I still, I stand by what I'm about to say, because if you knew here, maybe you found me on a good, uh, it's your first week finding me and you didn't know this, I still like to end every episode the same way, and that is let's leave work.

And we have one thing we can control. We can't control the results of the election. We can't control a lot of craziness out there, but we can control one thing. And that is walking out of that job today and telling our boss to go fuck themself. I'm Dave Neal. This is the rush hour is a twice daily pop culture and entertainment news podcast hosted by standup comedian, Dave Neal lives too short for a boring ride.

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