I do remember that they were on good enough terms for Matthews to guest host once.
Yeah, Rush took major heat for giving over the golden EIB mike to Chrissy for the day.
That being said, this was something else. Matthews was calling into the show.
Again, if I remember correctly, this wasn’t even Rush’s normal brilliance. Another caller had earlier reminded Rush of Matthews duplicity, and Rush asked Matthews about it on air.
Matthews just went silent with an unstated “you got me” when Rush asked him for an explanation.
Then both of them just continued the conversation as if nothing significant had happened.
I probably wouldn’t remember any of the exchange at all if it hadn’t been for the bizarre way they both seemed to treat Matthews actions as if he was just playing a part in some theatrical production instead of influencing public opinion.