The Viall Files
E872 - Bachelor Cast w/ Mayim Bialik, Baldoni Footage, Special Forces Billy + Rudy, LIB Split, and RHOBH
Thu, 23 Jan 2025
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Chapter 1: What is the latest pop culture news discussed?
what's going on everybody welcome back to another episode of the vile files reality recap edition i'm your host nick and uh well justin released a video we've officially reached the stage of people have uh cemented themselves in the position that they uh have it really feels like
If you're on Justin's team, it feels like every time he releases something, it seems like his side's like, oh, smoking gun. And then you have Blake. What was the statement that Blake's team made?
Her legal team slammed the It Ends With Us footage and said, The video shows Mr. Baldoni repeatedly leaning in toward Miss Lively, attempting to kiss her, kissing her forehead, rubbing his face and mouth against her neck, flicking her lip with his thumb, caressing her, telling her how good she smells, and talking with her out of character.
Every moment of this was improvised by Mr. Baldoni with no discussion or consent in advance and no intimacy coordinator present. Mr. Baldoni was not only Ms. Lively's co-star, but the director, the head of studio, and Ms. Lively's boss. The video shows Ms. Lively leaning away and repeatedly asking for the characters to just talk.
Any woman who has been inappropriately touched in the workplace will recognize Ms. Lively's discomfort. They will recognize her attempts at levity to try to deflect unwanted touching. No woman should have to take defensive measures to avoid being touched by their employer without their consent.
I don't even think you need to be inappropriately touched in the workplace. I think any woman who's been in a bar and a man has like tried to dance with them or made advances, did anything that made you uncomfortable. And like, I think a lot of women struggle with like embarrassing a man or like standing up for themselves and being like, I don't want to be touched.
So they try to be as like polite as possible and be like, that's why a lot of women say I have a boyfriend when most of the time they don't have a boyfriend because they don't want to give their number away. You know, like I think People are going to read this how they want to. You know, I read this as definitely how Blake said it.
You know, I see an uncomfortable woman who just is constantly trying to be like, I think we should talk. Let's just talk. Like, if this part was supposed to be kissing and touching and... neck smelling and whatever, then they would have had an intimacy coordinator because that's all intimacy. So I think Blake being like, let's just talk. Let's have conversation. And I don't know.
I see it how Blake says it. I'm sure people are going to see it how Justin describes it.
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Chapter 2: What are the controversies surrounding Justin Baldoni?
Based on that, sounds like she caught him in a lie.
And it seems like whatever she was trying to protect, and he's not making it any easier, in my opinion.
Well, she wrote hard for him. She came on this show, and she was fighting with the entire internet. And she was very adamant about believing him and trusting him.
Giving him the benefit of the doubt.
So it probably didn't even have to be a big lie. It just probably was just another little who knows.
Who knows.
Or maybe it was a big lie. I don't know. But they are over.
Wishing them both the best. Well, speaking of another relationship that the Internet has strong feelings about, Justin Bieber claims someone unfollowed his wife, Haley, on his Instagram. You say someone like you don't believe him. No, that's it's it's in quotes. That's why I was just putting emphasis on the quote. It was my dialect.
Do you think the same person who he's alleging unfollowed Haley was the same person that liked the posts from Beyonce's mom and commented that from Josh Allen's ex? There is one freak out there.
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Chapter 3: What happened between Ashley and Tyler from Love is Blind?
I honestly personally wish Pearl Harbor would have gotten more of the history of Pearl Harbor, less the love story, but that's just my take on the movie.
All right. Latia, venture capitalist from Salt Lake City, is an incredibly fast swimmer. Loves a good personality test.
By whose standards?
Personality test. Loves being outside, but hates hiking. Like, truly loathes it.
Because she's such a fast swimmer. Why hike when you can swim?
Exactly.
Why would you hike?
I do think hiking's a bit overrated. So do I. Especially in LA. People talk about hiking as if it's like some sort of...
I mean, Salt Lake City's got a lot of mountains. Like, good hiking there. Yeah, I'm sure, but it's just.
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Chapter 7: How does the episode address workplace dynamics and consent?
That was definitely a producer thing. That was not Kyle being like, I want to go right after her surgery.
I mean, either way. Either way, fine. Forget about post-surgery. Kyle went to Bose to try to get Bose on her side. And she's the one who brought Bose into the drama. And Bose isn't buying Kyle's bullshit. Yeah. And so, yeah, is it a little messy for Bose to say, show me the text?
But again, Kyle is adamantly trying to convince these women that she's not wrong and to take her side and they're not buying it. So they're like, well, fine, prove it to us. If you want us to back you up and believe you, you have to show us, you know? So I don't know. I don't have a problem with it.
And I feel like Bose said something just like about just like working in the workplace and like whatnot, where it's like this type of reaction. Not only is it giving guilty, but it's also like, Just be able to stand still and have a conversation about it. The bigger the reaction, the more you seem guilty because it's like you're trying to deflect from what's being said when it's as simple.
I don't think what I said was wrong. But instead, it's like, let's blow up. Let's make a whole thing so we don't have to continue this conversation anymore. And it's just like. I don't know. It's just the deflection for me where I'm like exactly what you said. This could have been solely handled with a singular conversation between two people.
And instead you're reading text messages at a pizza party. I'm really sorry.
I got your back going forward. That was wrong of me. If it were me, I'd be upset. So I totally get it. End of conversation. That's literally all that has to be said.
She did blame production, too, which was interesting.
That was interesting. She said it was because of all of this. And it's like, then why wouldn't you say it? Every single one of those housewives were like, nope, I have sent text messages being like, I can't say what you said on camera or I won't do this in front of production. And it's like for you to leave that little bit out in your message to PK, it's suspect.
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