Hot Mics with Billy Bush

Wayfarer Fires Back at Blake's $8M Bill + Amy Griffin's Ghostwriter Speaks + The Temptation Island Connection

July 17, 2026·49 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Justin Baldoni's legal team responds to Blake Lively's $8 million legal fee request, calling itbloated, poorly documented, and stretched far beyond the actual defamation claim —including hundreds of thousands in redacted charges and expenses with no receipts. Plus,Wayfarer Studios chairman Steve Sarowitz breaks his silence in a new podcast interview,addressing the toll of the legal battle. Then, the Amy Griffin saga takes new turns: sworndeclarations from Griffin's ghostwriter and a new witness surface, conflicting localaccounts from Griffin's hometown emerge, and Billy uncovers the surprising reality-TV pastof Dominic Price, the man at the center of the alleged story-gathering scheme. Plus, Billypreviews Peacock's "Five Star Weekend" and the moral dilemma at its core. Hashtags:#HotMics #BillyBush #BlakeLively #JustinBaldoni #AmyGriffin #TheTell #podcast

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