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Why Couldn't Jeffrey Katzenberg Get Biden Out?

Megyn Kelly says she met Jeffrey Katzenberg in Hollywood in 2015 and 16. He told her he would personally make sure Hillary Clinton won and would donate whatever it took. She asks Ari Emanuel what he thinks. Ari Emanuel says he hopes that, in most of his career, he does not punch down. Early on, his partner David Greenblatt put a television package together at Endeavor and sold it to DreamWorks, and Jeffrey Katzenberg would not pay the package. Ari Emanuel calls the package a lifeblood when a firm is starting out.

Ari Emanuel is a Democrat, and his brother worked in the White House. He says their eyes were not lying about Biden, and he had called him Ruth Bader Biden a year beforehand. Jeffrey Katzenberg was raising money and offered to set a meeting if Ari Emanuel gave a million dollars. Ari Emanuel refused. He said he did not need Jeffrey Katzenberg to take the credit, because his brother had worked in the White House. He was also screaming about Karen Bass. Jeffrey Katzenberg kept saying he had the ear and could do everything. Nothing happened. He could not get him out, and he could not get him on the phone.

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The Mystery of Talarico's DISAPPEARANCE, and Ari Emanuel on Secrets of Hollywood, the Value of "Rage," and Meghan Markle | Ep. 1415 ·

The Megyn Kelly Show

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  1. Why Did Megyn Kelly Turn Down Ari Emanuel?Megyn Kelly tells Ari Emanuel she learned a lot from the story of him rolling the calls. Years earlier he called her nonstop, trying to represent her.
  2. Why Did Dyslexia and Rage Give Ari Emanuel an Identity?Megyn Kelly says Ari Emanuel is the youngest brother. Rahm Emanuel has been on the show.
  3. How Did Ari Emanuel Answer Michael Ovitz in the Office With a Chair?Megyn Kelly says Ari Emanuel moved to Hollywood, got a mailroom job, and first worked for an agent who impressed him. He listened in on the phone calls.
  4. Why Does Ari Emanuel Say Rahm Emanuel Would Stand Out?Megyn Kelly asks whom Ari Emanuel likes. He says he is praying his brother is one of them, and that it is going to be 31 flavors. He lists the record.
  5. Why Did Ari Emanuel Send Roger Ailes a Shovel?Ari Emanuel sent Roger Ailes a shovel to respond to an insult from Roger Ailes.
  6. Why Does Megyn Kelly Say She Does Not Want an Agent?Megyn Kelly tells Ari Emanuel she likes the man and respects the agent, and that agents in general have brought her nothing but bad experiences.
  7. Why Did Ari Emanuel Stop Thinking About Meghan Markle?Megyn Kelly sets Larry David aside and asks why Ari Emanuel told the Sunday Times it was a great thing that he no longer had to think about Meghan Markle.

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