Keira Knightley Gets Caught In Controversy! | Blinded by the Item

Keira Knightley Gets Caught In Controversy! | Blinded by the Item

Justin Baldon’s former agent, Danny Greenberg, he weighed in on uh the case between Blake and Justin, and he described it in a deposition. Uh TMZ dug up these reports. Uh he compared it to extortion, saying that all of the behavior and mounting pressure from Blake Lively that both the studio and Justin were managing felt like extortion to him. that if uh Baldoni didn’t give in to her demand to take over control of the project, he’d be sidelined. So, that’s some news that uh we haven’t heard about anything. It’s been sort of quiet with this case. And I guess maybe I don’t know, Justin side says, “Let’s keep us in the headlines.” Called up TMZ. Yeah. I I like none of this was surprising to me at all. It’s basically what we’ve assumed and I think most people on the internet who are paying attention to the story which I know a lot of you are and welcome because if you uh are a fan of the the I shouldn’t say a fan but a follower perhaps is a better term of the Justin Baldoni Blake Lively Escandal uh or legal shenanigans. you no doubt felt like either she was totally right. Okay. Or that she was trying to extort and by that I mean that Justin did the behavior she accused him of. Or conversely if you don’t believe her, you are more likely to believe that um Justin and Wayfair were the victims of her attempt to take control of the film. Actually, I think in a certain world, both things could probably be true. But my point is that with this development, it doesn’t seem like there’s anything that earthshattering. It’s just that there are people in fact, and maybe to your point, Don, this solidifies it or illustrates it, there are still people in involved who believe that Justin’s telling of the story was correct. Right. Because up to this point, we’ve had a lot of people backing up uh Blake Lively, which presents its own series of problems and like motivations as to why they would do that. But I think, you know, to your point, this may very well just keep his side of the story in headlines, right? And we always have to pay attention to when things like this come out, what is coming next? Are they trying to get ahead of something else? So, we’ll just have to Yeah, that’s true. I don’t like trial stuff that might be on the horizon, but we are getting you guys. I know it felt feels like we’ve been on this train for a long time. It’s coming. Yeah, that trial is coming. It’s going to be here before we know it. Yeah. Not until next year, but it’ll be here before we know it. Like Brad says, we’ll have Christmas and then couple of months of some downtime and then it’ll be then Christmas again. Christmas and then it’ll be second Christmas in March. Easter Christmas. Yeah, love it. We’ll see. Uh, you guys ready to do some blind about the item? Let’s do it. Let’s dig into it. It’s the juicy bits of gossip with the names left out. Like, subscribe, hit that notification bell right there if you’re watching us along on YouTube. And if you’re not, why not watch us on YouTube, too? Yeah. And if you have friends, by the way, if you’re new here, welcome. Uh, you got some friends you think would enjoy this content, we’d love a free mention. Yeah. With purchase, cuz we don’t have a huge budget. I’m sorry. I was eating at the beginning of the show. We had popcorn and all of a sudden the music’s playing. I’m like, I love how he apologizes while putting another piece of popcorn to do that. Yeah, I need to apologize for what I’m going to continue to do. This foreignb born A minus franchise actress knew all about the controversy that her new role would bring. She just doesn’t really care and needed the work. This foreignb born a minus franchise actress knew all about the controversy that her new role would bring. She just didn’t really care and wants the work. Controversy. Mhm. Foreign. Yep. Actress. Correct. Foreign. A minus franchise actress is how this person is being described. Is is the controversial role a franchise? Uh yes. Okay. By controversial, do you mean that it’s her? She’s not the controversy. Got it. Is there someone else in the film, a person, an an actor? Although the franchise, and let me answer this. Um, although the the role involves a franchise film, the role in question is not actually a film. Oh, really backwards way. Is this some sort of superhero thing? No, it’s not. Okay. Is it like a James Bond thing? Nope. The controversy is around a project that is not a film. Is it a TV show? No. Okay. Is it a Broadway show? No. What? What is it? Carnival School performance. Kabuki. Kabuki Carnival. Um, okay. But it is based on a franchise film. Is it a concert? Mm-m. amusement park ride. Come see this foreign porn a minus. Let’s ride this roller coaster from the Superman movie. What? But only in the amusement park. This is a little This is a convoluted one. I don’t think we’ve actually talked about a person person taking a role like this. So it’s not a movie. It’s not on stage. It’s not a play. It’s not a TV show. Is it a commercial? What other ways can you consume media? Closer. Oh, it’s an ebook. No, it’s exclusive. It’s a YouTube channel. No, you’re getting You were warmer. When you said book, yes, technically yes, it’s a book comic. No. How can you consume books? Eat them. You can read them or you can listen to them. Audiobook performance. Audio book. Okay. So, this foreignb born A minus franchise actress knew all about the controversy that her new audio book role would bring. She just doesn’t care and needed the work. Can you think of any high-profile audio books that have had some controversy tied to them that are on the way? The Oh. Oh, this is not like a Blake and Ryan experience like Colleen Hooper. Controversial franchise series, franchise movies as well. It’s a book. It’s also a movie. Fifty Shades of Gray. A lot of controversy around it because of the creator of it. Oh. Oh, this should be obvious. Is Yeah. Mhm. Do you know when you’re aware that your brain is not providing what it should? This is like top five biggest franchise of all time from a movie standpoint and also has done pretty good as a book. In fact, it might be the highest and it’s the Bible. The Bible Jesus. The Bible. The Bible for some the book of Boba Fett. Uh so it’s not a Star Wars thing. Think of a very contro No, it’s not very controversial book series that was turned into one of the biggest franchises of all time. Harry Potter. Oh, JK Rowling. Oh, but we still have a foreignb born a minus franchise actress who took a role in the new Harry Potter audio book series. She knew it was going to bring controversy. She didn’t care because she needed the So, it’s not one of the people that has come out against JK Rowling. No, I do not believe. Okay. Okay. So then, but it is somebody that was in the film. No. Oh, again this audio book series has been mostly um but she was in another massive franchise. Okay. Is she a young actress? It’s really what she’s known most for. She’s playing a role. I hate when you ask me that question. No. Okay. Here’s Algadote. Like somebody in their 20s, like a new upcoming actress. Somebody who’s an A minus foreignb born actress who was known for Millie Bobby Brown. Known for one movie franchise role. Oh, her big breakout. Her big breakout. She just turned 40. Cynthia Revo. She has something in common with Galgado. She’s from Israel. She’s also illiterate. Oh, Natalie. Oh, Natalie Portman. No, Natalie. But many people say that she’s like her doppelganger. Oh, Kate Winslet. Oh my gosh. Uh, wait. It’s illiterate. And by the way, for the audience, illiterate means first name, last name, same, not illiterate. We’re not calling Galgadote illiterate. In fact, in one role, she literally was Kate Winslet, her doppelganger. Oh, she played Natalie Portman’s daughter. No, I think her like was nemesis. She faked her. She was her double. Oh, who is that’s another massive franchise she was also in. Is she British? Yes. Oh, Kira Nightly. Yes. Oh, Portman’s like right in the Star Wars Star Wars Phantom Menace. Yes. Oh, I was thinking of Kira Nightly initially. Well, you should have said it initially. It would have been Yeah. No, I’m just kidding. Uh, nicely done. You got there. But according to the blind items, Karen Knightly knew all about the controversy that her new role would bring. She just didn’t care and really needed the work. Okay. again she is uh this is coming out because she’s recently come out saying I had no idea that there was controversy around this role and Okay, honey. Yeah, it does. Yeah. Yeah, it’s a lot. It is a lot. It is a lot. But you’d think you’d have people in your team to say, “Okay, like here’s what you need to be aware of.” And then you get to choose, right? Like it’s your career, right? But don’t like are you really going to be that surprised if there’s a reaction? You know, you take the role, you do it, it’s over with. And then you can go, I didn’t know. Yeah, but not in this case. Yeah, to be fair, these are the same people who told her doing The Woman in Cabin 10 uh was a good decision. Okay, I know you say that. Was it a bad movie? Did you see it? It was an objectively bad movie. That makes me sad because I liked the premise. I bet the book is amazing. People say the book is fantastic. They also say the book is very complex. This is the Ruth Wear book. The woman in cabin 10 has just been turned into a Netflix movie starring Kira Nightly. Hannah Wattingham’s in it. Guy Pierce is in it. Can you fumble this? They did. Oh, that’s a bummer. So, Don, the premise, and maybe for the listeners who I I don’t know anything about that. It sounds amazing. Like this woman gets on a like mega yacht. I also found out that like they didn’t really get to touch anything on this mega while they were on it. There were like all these cuz it was a real mega yacht that they filmed this. Basically, she shows up for some, you know, big get together, all right, with a bunch of mucky mucks on this super yacht, and a woman in the room next to her goes overboard. And she’s like, “Oh my god, woman overboard.” And they’re like, “There’s no woman in that room.” Oh, is that spooky? Well, no. They’re like, “You you just saw that. That didn’t happen.” Or, “You didn’t see that. It didn’t happen.” Gas lit. Yeah. It wants to be a psychological thriller. Okay. And I’m sure the book was great. Did you watch it, Mike? The show was the movie was just that makes me sad. They had every I think the worst part about it is that they had every they had the makings of great of greatness. The because the concept is so good and it’s like how could you mess this up? And you’ve got Anna Wattingham and you’ve got Guy Pierce and you’ve got Kieran Knight. How can you mess this up? Was were was the acting at least good? I’ll share my I mean I’ll keep my opinion to myself on Kieran Knightly. I think there’s a reason we don’t see her in much. What about Hannah? Hannah was wonderful and so was Guy Pierce. They’re both award-winning actors and protect they should. Kira Knly, I think we need Elizabeth Swan back and so does she. All right, fire. That’s just if you don’t know, you don’t know. But if you know in Pirates of the Caribbean, she screamed fire and it was like, okay, she was yelling fire, but it’s weird. You hear that? You can’t unhear it. Of Kira Nightly. I’m sorry. Drop a note in the comments. Like and subscribe. I don’t think I need to worry. Let’s do another one here. While speaking of people fans or people that are maybe a little polarizing while bending in pretzels trying to defend their polarizing friend in quotes, this A minus list celeb/model couldn’t even come up with a good reason why she never hangs out with the higher on the list celeb and why their kids never spend time together despite being neighbors. Well, that’s because they’re only friends when the PR suits them. H while bending in pretzels trying to defend her polarizing friend in quotes. This A minus list celeb/model couldn’t even come up with a good reason why she never hangs out with the higher on the list celeb or why their kids never spend time together despite being neighbors and the same age. It’s because they’re only friends when the PR suits them. Are you saying that the model is bending in pretzels? She is bending in pretzels trying to defend a higher on the list celebrity friend in quotes. Is that celebrity friend not an actor? Um, they have acted, but they’re most known for their celebrity. Oh. Uh, is this Chrissy Tegan and Megan Markle? Yeah. Okay. I was going down either that side of the neighborhood or the Kardashian side of California. You went down the right Calabasos. You went down to Monaceto, which is You went down the right road on Monaceto. Uh, while bending in pretzels trying to defend her polarizing friend Megan Markle, Chrissy Tegan couldn’t even come up with a good reason why she never hangs out with Megan Markle or why their kids never spend time with each other despite being neighbors. Uh, it’s because they’re only friends when the PR suits them. Yeah, I wouldn’t I saw this um article. I don’t know what it was in but Chrissy Tegan talking about how lovely Megan Markle is and I thought I if I were Megan I’d be like let’s sh just like I don’t need you to speak about me cuz you’re you have a worse reputation. Yeah. But don’t you think that might endear them to each other in the sense that they both have suffered at the hands I mean and you can agree or disagree if you think rightly or wrongly but like they both have been sort of you know Mhm. they have strong reactions online to put it mildly. That’s true. But it doesn’t surprise the the angle that I sort of came at it is like I don’t I’m not surprised by any of this. It just seems like a lot of work to try to maintain those relationships. You know what I mean? Like I Yeah. I don’t know how they do it. I mean, she had Chrissy on her show this season. Yeah. So, it makes sense that they’re Yeah. But what but what is the criticism that we’ve had of that show is that like we are you actual friends because it doesn’t appear it feels like you’re just getting to know each other which I thought these were your friends but you know some people like that who just they don’t have those kinds of friendships they have those superficial super I yeah I would call them superficial too uh friendships where they don’t go that deep but that’s fine for them because they don’t want to let anybody in but that’s Not I don’t feel like that’s going to attract a No, you can smell it audience. Yeah, you can just smell it when you’re watching it and it’s not her house. So, I mean, I get that she doesn’t want a crew of 50 in her house where her kids are, but Yeah. I don’t know. It’s a little weird. Yeah. Yeah. They asked Chrissy, why don’t the kids ever hang out? You know, they’re like the same age. They should just like hang out and have fun. And she’s like, “I never leave the house ever.” That’s what Chrissy Tegan said. Well, I never we kind of know why though because she’s she’s been through it. Yeah, this is true. So, there you go. That is uh you guys that one. Nicely done. Remember, remember, like, subscribe, hit that notification bell as we’re rolling through some Blinded by the Item today. How about this one here? If you think it’s a little odd and strange that this A-list musician who is notoriously private is publicly dating a woman whose entire life is getting attention on social media, that’s because it is. They are absolutely not for real. Oh, if you think that it’s a little odd and strange that this A-list musician who is notorious private is publicly dating a woman whose entire life is getting attention on social media, that’s because it is. They are absolutely not real. Oh. So, who’s the musician dating somebody who’s chronically online? We got a new public relationship here. New. And we haven’t talked about them. We have not. What? And he’s a musician. Jean is an A-list musician who’s notoriously private. Is he foreign born? Giving a lot there. He is not foreign born. Uhoh. Notoriously private. Stay away from me. Okay. I’m notoriously private. Okay. Okay. Um Um not also same. Um let’s see. No. Okay. He you said musician or Aless notoriously private musician. I will say despite the blind leading him to being notoriously private, he is absolutely not a stranger to public relationships. In fact, he might be the goat of public relationships. Oh, goat. Greatest of all time. Yeah. Not like a farm animal. No, I I would say when it comes to public relationships, he is I would I he would get my first round hall of fame vote. Really? Lenny Kravitz? Nope. Okay, we can debate we can discuss that after this uh this Well, that’s interesting because musicians don’t pop to mind. When you say musician, you don’t mean singer. Nope. A singer. He’s a singer. Music, but he’s a musician. Solo performer mostly. Yeah. Bob Dylan. I shouldn’t say he’s not exclusively solo. He does work and has worked more recently with a group, but most people know him as a solo artist. Wow. Okay. Oh, Joe Jonas. No, just kidding. Oh, if you think it’s a little odd and strange, Bruno Mars. Nope. I literally don’t. Pop. Um, I wouldn’t say I mean rock. Yes. Like like a Maroon Five experience. I mean, I know it’s not Maroon 5, but like that kind of ex like Not that musician. No, not that poppy. Rocky more rocky than poppy. Not hip-hoppy. Not hip-hopy. No, Rocky. Let’s just say he shares he shares something in common with one of your guesses before that. Um, Joe Jonas guess. Oh, okay. Nick Joe. No, not that much in common. He has famous siblings. Um, no, he has a wife. They share a um they share a um past relationship. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Well, he dated everybody. Taylor Swift. Well, this guy dated more people. And yes, Taylor Swift is the connection. Okay. Okay. It’s not Harry Styles. It’s not He’s not foreign born. Nope. Okay. So, again, let’s figure this out. We’ve got uh it’s a little odd and strange that this A-list musician who is a relationship uh hall of famer and notoriously private has been dating a woman whose entire life is getting attention online. That’s because they’re not actually dating. This isn’t real. Oh my gosh. Who’s American? The data Taylor Swift who’s private. All the ones I’m thinking of are like like you know Tom Hson. Yeah. Not singers. Uh Jared Leto. Oh. Oh. Nalmal. Oh, John May. Sexual Napal. Yeah, sexual napalm is the correct answer. That’s Jessica Simpson. Yeah, that’s because she is on the long long list of those former and to your point. Yeah. Um chief public relationship officer. John Mayer’s with a woman right now. Okay. John Mayer uh is with and actually you might know her from a um for social media reasons. Again, let me fill in the blank with what we have. Did you think he was with a man? Is that why you said that? And Cohen. Oh, well they’re like besties for sure. Yeah. And that’s been discussed in the blind items quite a bit. So I don’t know if the blind item is leading us to believe this is just another relationship for John Mayor. I don’t know. I mean friendships can be relationships. No, no, no. I’m saying that there might be a reason for those public relationships. Oh, sure. Yes. According to the blind items though um and we’ll obviously uh but let uh it’s a little odd that John Mayer, who’s an A-list musician who’s notoriously private, is publicly dating a woman whose entire entity is gaining attention on social media. That’s because they’re absolutely not real and dating. He is rumored to be and actually now sources are running with it. He’s dating Cat Stickler. Oh my god. I thought you were going to say Cat Perkins and I was about to pick up the phone and call her immediately. Please get over here. Go ahead and Google Cat Stickler. She is um 17 years. I love that name. Younger than the She’s 30, but she I thought you were going to say 17 years old. I was like, why are we That’s a future blind item coming up. Um Cat Stickler. She is She has like sounds like a character on a Strickler. Stickler. Stickler. I kind of love it. She has uh she has such a massive social media following. She does a lot of like just fun Tik Toks and fun social media videos. She has tens of millions of of followers. So, well, and last year she was dating some hottie named Jason Tardic. Who’s that? He was a former Bachelor contestant. Yeah. So, she also is not a not opposed to a public relationship. Yeah. For for the uh audience who may not have heard the term publicationship before, it’s just a relationship for publicity as used by celebrities. It might be genuine. It might be a real relationship, but they benefit from publicity and some of them are not real. Yeah. And just a reminder because I mentioned it, um John Mayer, now these are just the high-profile confirmed ones. There are plenty of rumored, but Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Simpson aka Sexual Napom, Minka Kelly, Jennifer Aniston, Taylor Swift, Katie Perry. I think that puts you in the conversation. I think you’re allowed to have that name in contention for Yeah. chief publicationship officer. Oh my goodness. So, CPO, there you go. John Mayer again for whatever reason uh they don’t give you can speculate or whatever you want to do but it sounds like he might be in a um another pubationship something that he has got a lot of experience with. Yeah. Let’s keep rolling on with another one here. This A-list speaking of social media people we’re trying to broaden your guys’ horizons a little bit with some of these social media stories. This A-list social media/reality star has now officially fully cut off their parents from their life because they would not stop asking for money and favors. The older sibling is trying to broker peace, but isn’t willing to risk the same fate, so will always be siding with the sibling. This A-list social media/reality star has now officially cut off their parents from their life because they won’t stop asking for money and favors. The older sibling is trying to broke her peace, but isn’t willing to risk the same fate, so will always side with the sibling. My mind first went to Jojo, but she doesn’t have an older sibling that I’m aware of. And if she does, they’re not only child. There you go. Yeah. Uh Addison Ray. Okay. A Dilio. Oh, good. Good. Oh, Charlie. You nailed it. Oh, Charlie Deilio has now officially cut off her parents. Heidi and Mark Dilio. According to the blind items from her life because they would not stop asking for money and favors the older sibling um Dixie is trying to broke her peace but isn’t willing to risk the same fate of her parents. So she is always going to side with her sister Charlie. Yeah. Wouldn’t you be terrified of that as a parent? Like Yeah. getting too close to the sun or like whatever analogy you want to use like what kind of Frankenstein you’re going to create. What kind of Frank I’m just saying like you could pick the metaphor but like I’d be real careful before I ever got a child of mine involved in that you know side of the world that business. True. Because you know a lot of money can do things to people. Yeah. And I mean I wouldn’t know you we can look at I mean look at Britney’s parents. Look at Justin Bieber’s parents. Look at the parents of all of these super massive uh stars. Um they’re usually not either or have a really good lawyer. Yeah. Well, Lindsay Lohan’s parents. What are I mean? Yeah. Yeah, for sure. I mean, that’s kind of sad. Yeah. The Simpson sisters, speaking of Mhm. So, there you go. You guys um absolutely crushed it today. I’m very proud of both of you. I do feel a little bit better than our performance yesterday. So, I would like to thank you for uh providing us blinds that served our brain power. Mhm. Best thing about blind is there’s always another one tomorrow. Exactly. Which you can listen to on the radio on my talk or download wherever you get your podcast. And of course, we have a whole curated YouTube channel full of surprises and daily content. It’s called Blinded by the Item. Like and subscribe. Bye. Blinded by the item. Honey. Hey.

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0:03:07 – Blind Item 1
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