WEBVTT - It Finally Ends With Them! Can Stop Talking About Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni?

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, that folks.

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<v Speaker 2>It is Tuesday, May fifth, and our long national nightmare

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<v Speaker 2>is over. The Blake Lively justin Bald Dunny case is over.

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<v Speaker 2>Be honest with you, I kind of forgot what the

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<v Speaker 2>hell the thing was even about. And with that, welcome

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<v Speaker 2>to this episode of Amy and TJ and Rhodes.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been going on for so long.

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<v Speaker 2>It ended so suddenly, and I had to stop and

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<v Speaker 2>kind of remind myself what was this about again, And

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of it was just mutslinging.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think a good way to I Actually, this

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<v Speaker 3>was my relief. It ends with us saga. It finally

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<v Speaker 3>ends with them seemingly singing Kumbai Yah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>They settled this crazy lawsuit that honestly, we've been confused

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<v Speaker 3>about from the beginning. There's just been a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>he did this, he said that, she did this, they

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<v Speaker 3>did that, And it was about yes, sexual harassment initially,

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<v Speaker 3>but then it was about a smear campaign, and then

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<v Speaker 3>about a retaliatory campaign, and then it was about pr

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<v Speaker 3>agencies saying bad things or trying to get reporters to

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<v Speaker 3>report lies. It just it got all messy. Taylor Swift

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<v Speaker 3>texts were even involved in this. She wasn't so happy

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<v Speaker 3>about that. But yeah, a lot of big celebrity names,

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<v Speaker 3>and it seemed a little schoolyard ish. I'm not trying

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<v Speaker 3>to minimize what Blake Lively said she experienced, and certainly

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<v Speaker 3>she was trying to be a champion for women's rights

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<v Speaker 3>speaking up about being sexually harassed in the workplace, and

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<v Speaker 3>that was what she claimed her goal was. But my god,

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<v Speaker 3>this was a costly one financially and from a pr

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<v Speaker 3>standpoint for both of them. They both got dirty when

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<v Speaker 3>the movie come out twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so did the harassment claims. All this was that year.

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<v Speaker 2>But the movie was a huge hit, was it not?

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<v Speaker 2>How much space I cannot remember, and sorry if you

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<v Speaker 2>don't either as well. What the distance was in time

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<v Speaker 2>between the movie coming out and being a hit and

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<v Speaker 2>things starting getting ugly between them. I don't think all

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<v Speaker 2>that ugliness was surrounding the.

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<v Speaker 1>Movie, wasn't It wasn't.

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<v Speaker 3>So what happened pretty quickly after they had to obviously

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<v Speaker 3>walk a red cart. They walked separately on the red carpet.

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<v Speaker 3>It was all bubbling up as the promotion for the

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<v Speaker 3>movie was beginning, and then it kind of exploded but yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>it ends with us gross more than three hundred and

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<v Speaker 3>fifty one million dollars worldwide. It was a huge hit.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a wonderful book. I saw the movie, I

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<v Speaker 3>read the books, and it was a shame that all

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<v Speaker 3>of that came out of a movie. A lot of

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<v Speaker 3>people really liked to watch a story they really loved

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<v Speaker 3>by Colleen Hoover.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that part of it really was a shame. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>she has plenty of books, and who knows what they

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<v Speaker 2>could have done and continued to do. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what's going That's not the big part. But Roades, that

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<v Speaker 2>is a big deal. Two stars of a movie, one

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<v Speaker 2>of them says the other one sexually heard asked me

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<v Speaker 2>on the set of that movie. And again, Blake Live

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<v Speaker 2>is a big enough name on her own. You throw

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<v Speaker 2>in Ryan Reynold's name, You throw in Taylor Swift. This

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<v Speaker 2>became like her entire orbit kind of got caught up

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<v Speaker 2>in this. But Robes, the original claim was that secuor

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<v Speaker 2>harassment on set, which he obviously quickly, immediately and strongly denied.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, and so she had thirteen separate allegations. And yes,

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<v Speaker 3>we were hearing drips and drabs of what they were,

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<v Speaker 3>what they were going to be. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 3>the New York Times did a big article on this.

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<v Speaker 3>So Justin Baldoni countered pretty quickly with the defamation lawsuit

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<v Speaker 3>against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds and the New York Times.

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<v Speaker 3>But a judge this past summer threw all of that out,

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<v Speaker 3>and then just last month, that judge dismissed ten of

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<v Speaker 3>Blake Lively's thirteen allegations, including the big one harassment and defamation.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so she had only two or three three last

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to say they weren't the biggest claims,

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<v Speaker 2>but ropes. After all of this that was going on

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<v Speaker 2>and the only things that were left that they were

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<v Speaker 2>going to go to court over in a couple of weeks,

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<v Speaker 2>they pretty quickly determined, Yeah, this ain't worth The damage

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<v Speaker 2>is about to be.

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<v Speaker 3>Done exactly because we were going to see Blake Lively testify,

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<v Speaker 3>we were likely going to see Ryan Reynolds testify, we

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<v Speaker 3>were going to see Justin bell Dony testify. That would

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<v Speaker 3>have been huge. This already grabbed and dominated way too

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<v Speaker 3>many headlines. I think most of us got really sick

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<v Speaker 3>and annoyed and sometimes confused by the back and forth,

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<v Speaker 3>but to have this publicly paraded on trial in Manhattan

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<v Speaker 3>that was going to be one of the biggest trials

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<v Speaker 3>of the year. It was set to take place May eighteenth,

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<v Speaker 3>so we're talking they settled exactly two weeks before court

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<v Speaker 3>was set to begin. And yeah, those three claims breach

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<v Speaker 3>of contract, retaliation and aiding and a betting in retaliation.

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<v Speaker 3>So those were the three claims that were in this

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<v Speaker 3>civil lawsuit. And yeah, I think for her if the

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<v Speaker 3>harassment and defamation got thrown out, that was the meat

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<v Speaker 3>of her lawsuit. That was what she had even written

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<v Speaker 3>about on social media that she cared about the most.

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<v Speaker 3>And we should point out it wasn't thrown out because

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<v Speaker 3>it didn't rise to the level. It wasn't that there

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<v Speaker 3>weren't merits to her lawsuit. The judge said that this

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<v Speaker 3>is really specific that under federal and state law, Blake

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<v Speaker 3>Lively would have had to have been classified as an

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<v Speaker 3>employee to bring these claims of sexual harassment and defamation.

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<v Speaker 3>And the judge said that she instead operated as an

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<v Speaker 3>independent contractor in this movie, so she had more power

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<v Speaker 3>than someone would have if they were just an employee.

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<v Speaker 3>So if she were an employee of Justin Baldoni, she

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<v Speaker 3>would have had a legal claim to this lawsuit, but

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<v Speaker 3>because she was basically an independent contractor and kind of yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>on the same level as him, it changed her ability

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<v Speaker 3>to make these claims in court.

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<v Speaker 2>These were logistics. He made no determination one way or

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<v Speaker 2>another about, like you said, the merits of the case.

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<v Speaker 2>But Robes, this is a long way to get to

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<v Speaker 2>finally then realize I'm in the wrong place to sue.

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<v Speaker 2>That was odd, fine, But Robes, the three that were left,

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<v Speaker 2>if those were her three claims initially, would this have

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<v Speaker 2>gotten this far, which she had gone this hard after

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<v Speaker 2>a lawsuit, if those were her three.

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<v Speaker 1>Issues, probably not.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, But Rob, we've been doing this for a year

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<v Speaker 2>and a half because we don't know everything that's in

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<v Speaker 2>the court documents. What have people been doing leaking? And

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<v Speaker 2>this has been an ugly tabloid story that really exposed

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<v Speaker 2>Rose what we kind of got a little lesson in

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<v Speaker 2>but the behind the scenes, in the back and forth,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's not reporting, its leaking and planting stories.

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<v Speaker 1>It is so bizarre how this works.

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<v Speaker 2>And we got in the most of the world start

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<v Speaker 2>seeing all these people and seeing these background these texts

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<v Speaker 2>and these plans and these missions to literally bring people down.

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<v Speaker 2>It's ugly. And to think Blake Lively, Okay, justin Baldoni's

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<v Speaker 2>starting that movie. Fine, he's a successful guy. But Blake

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<v Speaker 2>Lively under oath having to answer questions about her life,

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<v Speaker 2>her finances, her friends, her husband ropes, that's tough. No

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<v Speaker 2>way that we're going to let an attorney from the

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<v Speaker 2>other side get a hold of her under oath.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And when the judge made that ruling on April second,

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<v Speaker 3>they were already her lawyer was already starting to talk

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<v Speaker 3>settlement talk, So there was already a notion of exactly

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<v Speaker 3>what you're saying. There's no way it would have been

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<v Speaker 3>worth it for her to put herself exposed herself like

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<v Speaker 3>that under cross examination, to not really even have that

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<v Speaker 3>much of a reward if the judge were or the

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<v Speaker 3>jury were to have sided with her, it just wouldn't

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<v Speaker 3>have made any real sense from a reputational standpoint. And

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<v Speaker 3>you remember, her reputation was the reason why this all

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<v Speaker 3>bubbled up. Do you remember our daughters talking about, Oh,

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<v Speaker 3>Blake Lively in the promotion of this movie. It is

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<v Speaker 3>that she wasn't taking the movie seriously enough. The movie

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<v Speaker 3>deals with elements of domestic violence. That's at the crux

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<v Speaker 3>of this movie. So it isn't a rom com, it's

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<v Speaker 3>a rom drum basically. And there were all of these

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<v Speaker 3>people online pointing to the fact that she was talking

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<v Speaker 3>about girls' night out, Girls' night Out, and look, this

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<v Speaker 3>is a novel that a lot of girls read together

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<v Speaker 3>and had book clubs about, so I understand what she

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<v Speaker 3>was saying. But then she claimed all of that negative

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<v Speaker 3>press harping on what she said came from the Baldoni camp,

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<v Speaker 3>and that is when we started to get word that

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<v Speaker 3>there was something else going on, that there was some

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<v Speaker 3>other undercurrent of some other story that was bubbling up

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<v Speaker 3>between these two, and that's when it all exploded.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't remember claiming that that side is responsible for

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<v Speaker 2>something that just took off on TikTok. Maybe they can

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<v Speaker 2>go back to it, but I remember her getting criticism

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<v Speaker 2>because at times when these were heavier themes and conversations

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<v Speaker 2>people were trying to have whether there's a red carpet

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<v Speaker 2>or in whatever press junket she was promoting her product

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<v Speaker 2>and things like that. I can't remember what her products were,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe fashion, something beauty, maybe, but it felt tone death.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't see this stuff. I just remember that being

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<v Speaker 2>the reporting of how she handled throughout everything felt off.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah I didn't undertand yeah I didn't understand how what

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<v Speaker 3>she did and what she said which was being criticized,

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<v Speaker 3>had anything to do with Justin Baldoni. But their claim

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<v Speaker 3>is that they were getting people to print these things

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<v Speaker 3>and to take it to another level and to really

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<v Speaker 3>drum up this criticism against her, to retaliate before even

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<v Speaker 3>any of the allegations came out, to kind of damage

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<v Speaker 3>her reputation before she made any allegations.

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<v Speaker 1>And they all came out ugly in this, all of them.

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<v Speaker 3>You know that what they say, when you start throwing mud,

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<v Speaker 3>everybody gets dirty, and that is exactly what happened. Nobody

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<v Speaker 3>came out of this looking good, not a one.

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<v Speaker 1>So now here we are robes. We have a settlement,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think you have the statement in front of you.

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<v Speaker 2>I did, okay, And we're going to say before we

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<v Speaker 2>read it, like the preface and give context. This is

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<v Speaker 2>as perfect this is going to ever get. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>how carefully worded this thing is rogues. And with the

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<v Speaker 2>thing here we went through all this for what do

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<v Speaker 2>you or have you seen anywhere a breakdown of what

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<v Speaker 2>each side actually got, if anything, out of a settlement,

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<v Speaker 2>or did they both just wave white flags at each

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<v Speaker 2>other and say we quit because there's no money that

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<v Speaker 2>exchanged any settlement of that kind that I saw. But

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't see that anybody conceded this or gave that,

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<v Speaker 2>or exchanged this, or here's the extra movie profits or

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<v Speaker 2>here's the rights to this script.

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<v Speaker 1>I have nothing.

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<v Speaker 3>Nope, I have not. I have not heard any single Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>I haven't seen any single report. I haven't heard anyone

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<v Speaker 3>talk about what these two possibly gained or got out

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<v Speaker 3>of this lawsuit. Not a one.

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<v Speaker 1>But we got a hell of a britten statement.

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<v Speaker 3>It's it's and this was a joint statement, by the way,

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<v Speaker 3>which I feel like is is an interesting thing. The

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<v Speaker 3>fact that they were able to come together toward this

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<v Speaker 3>is pretty remarkable.

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<v Speaker 2>I would like to see the drafts and the red

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<v Speaker 2>lines in the back and forth they had in putting

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<v Speaker 2>the statement together.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my god, between the lawyers, back and forth. Oh

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<v Speaker 3>my goodness. Yeah, here it is in part. This is

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<v Speaker 3>the meat of it. We acknowledged the process, presented challenges

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<v Speaker 3>and recognize concerns raised by mis Lively deserve to be heard.

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<v Speaker 3>We remain firmly committed to workplaces free of improprieties and

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<v Speaker 3>unproductive environments. It is our sincere hope that this brings

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<v Speaker 3>closure and allows all involved to move forward constructively and

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<v Speaker 3>in peace, including a respectful environment online.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, okay, and that's it, and we all move back

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<v Speaker 2>to our respective corners and jobs and families and homes

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<v Speaker 2>and movies and.

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<v Speaker 3>It huh it It kind of feels like this was

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<v Speaker 3>all for nothing. If anything came out of it, it

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<v Speaker 3>was just the exposure of this underbelly of Hollywood that's

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<v Speaker 3>ugly and it exists. And a reminder to people when

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<v Speaker 3>you read things to not believe what you read that

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<v Speaker 3>there is usually a motive behind a lot of what

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<v Speaker 3>is being said, especially when it's being said negatively about

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<v Speaker 3>someone in the spotlight.

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<v Speaker 1>And yeah, a lot of times it is just a

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<v Speaker 1>flood out lie.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely absolutely all right. When we come back, we're gonna

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<v Speaker 3>tell you how Blake Lively bounced back real quickly afterword

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<v Speaker 3>of this settlement became public. Welcome back everyone to this

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<v Speaker 3>episode of Amy and DJ. We are finally well, we're excited,

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<v Speaker 3>and we're frankly We're relieved. We don't have to cover

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<v Speaker 3>a confusing and a circus of an that was set

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<v Speaker 3>to take place in Manhattan on May eighteenth, the Blake

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<v Speaker 3>Lively Justin bell DONI lawsuit. It is over. It's not happening.

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<v Speaker 3>At least the trial is not happening. And apparently everybody

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<v Speaker 3>is joining hands, releasing joint statements, and all is well

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<v Speaker 3>in the world. Apparently not really sure what anyone got

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<v Speaker 3>out of this lawsuit. But the good news for those

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<v Speaker 3>of us who were trying to understand it, it's over.

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<v Speaker 3>You're relieved, aren't you? You did not want to cover

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<v Speaker 3>this trial?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I wanted to cover the trial. I didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'll be honest, we're up. There have plenty

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<v Speaker 2>of mornings we skipped on a morning run adding this

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<v Speaker 2>story because we one didn't understand it. It was a hard

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<v Speaker 2>to get you caught up on what was happening. What's

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<v Speaker 2>a real story, what's not a real story? Where are

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<v Speaker 2>we in the legal process? It was just trying to

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<v Speaker 2>keep up with the headlines in the back and forth.

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<v Speaker 2>Was it wasn't fun and it is ugly and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know either one of these folks, But I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want I know what this feels like robes and you

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<v Speaker 2>could say, oh, he deserved it or she deserved it

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<v Speaker 2>to take a side or whatever. But this, it's just

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<v Speaker 2>human ugliness on display, and these people were trying to

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<v Speaker 2>destroy each other, to destroy each other publicly.

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<v Speaker 3>It did feel like that. It felt like they both

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<v Speaker 3>had huge PR machines behind them doing everything they could

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<v Speaker 3>to make the other side look worse than they did.

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<v Speaker 3>But hey, Blake Lively, the announcements made hours later, shows

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<v Speaker 3>up looking glam and fabulous at the met gala, I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>within hours of this announcement all smiles. Frankly, it was

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<v Speaker 3>pretty shocking. She hadn't been, I believe since twenty twenty two.

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<v Speaker 3>She was the co chair, so she hadn't been for

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<v Speaker 3>a couple of years, and it was not anyone people

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<v Speaker 3>were expecting to show up, especially with that announcement. She

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<v Speaker 3>also showed up without Ryan Reynolds. That was interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder what the plan.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously she had planned to go to the Met, the

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<v Speaker 2>dress was done, all these plans had been made. I

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<v Speaker 2>wonder though, if it mattered, if they hadn't settled in

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<v Speaker 2>the announcement yesterday, would she has still gone out there

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<v Speaker 2>and done this.

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<v Speaker 3>Probably, yeah, you know what, I hadn't even thought. Of course,

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<v Speaker 3>she had this crazy beautiful dress, a pastel Versachi gown

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<v Speaker 3>with a thirteen foot train that didn't just show up

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<v Speaker 3>a few hours ago. This obviously was planned, and she

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<v Speaker 3>also this was sweet. She had a custom handbag featuring

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<v Speaker 3>water color drawings by her four kids, so she said,

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<v Speaker 3>she told the cameras, I'm shy. I just like to

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<v Speaker 3>have my kids with me. So she had her bag.

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<v Speaker 3>She had the water colorings from her kids on full

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<v Speaker 3>display there with her beautiful gown. But no Ryan Reynolds.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess maybe he was home with the kids. I

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<v Speaker 3>mean they were eleven, nine, six and three, so they've

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<v Speaker 3>got a brood of girls and probably someone had to

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<v Speaker 3>stay home with. Obviously they could have afforded babysitter, but

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know, New.

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<v Speaker 1>York, it's hard defines in my last minute.

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<v Speaker 3>That's hilarious. But no, and I don't know. If Ryan

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<v Speaker 3>had gone, maybe that would have been more of a spectacle,

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<v Speaker 3>given the announcement, and given he played the protective husband,

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<v Speaker 3>and I don't want to say played. He was very

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<v Speaker 3>publicly a protective husband during this process. He seemed to

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<v Speaker 3>be obviously in solid support of his wife throughout it all,

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<v Speaker 3>and thankfully for him and for them and for pretty

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<v Speaker 3>much everyone involved. He won't have to testify now in

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<v Speaker 3>two weeks, so thank god for that, and we just

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<v Speaker 3>hope we don't have to talk about this anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I don't even know this is a federal case.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure if there would have even been cameras allowed.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think there would have been, but we would

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<v Speaker 3>have had the sketch artists and all of the gaggle

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<v Speaker 3>of reporters. Can you imagine the scene outside of that courthouse.

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<v Speaker 3>It would have been like Diddy pretty much.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know what, they would have had a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of big names probably had to show up and testify

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<v Speaker 2>in that case. But the first thing I thought of

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<v Speaker 2>was the remember how damaging that hole the ember heard.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, Johnny Depp, Amberherd.

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<v Speaker 2>Watch that thing every day and hear these people go

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<v Speaker 2>and just say some of the most just to hear

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<v Speaker 2>about their Oh that was awful. A repeat of that

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<v Speaker 2>with two people who have different reputations frankly than Johnny Depp.

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<v Speaker 2>No offense to Johnny Depp, but he does not have

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<v Speaker 2>the same reputation as of Bryan Reynolds.

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<v Speaker 3>No, and these people all still want to keep making

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<v Speaker 3>movies and they want people to come and watch their movies,

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<v Speaker 3>and you kind of need to like them in order

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<v Speaker 3>to go to the theaters to cheer them on. And

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<v Speaker 3>so hopefully, hopefully everyone can put this behind them, maybe

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<v Speaker 3>some lessons were learned, and again we can stop talking

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<v Speaker 3>about them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I was really rushing out to see Simple Favorite three.

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<v Speaker 3>I do like that franchise. He's a friend of ourselves, yes, yes,

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<v Speaker 3>all right, And with that everyone, thank you for listening

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<v Speaker 3>to us. As always, I'm Amy Roboch alongside TJ.

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<v Speaker 1>Holmes.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll talk to you soon.