I have noticed a lot of weird edits when I have Rawdog on waiting for R&F, as if they further shorten clips just to fit them within a certain block of time. I bet it was just shortened to fit into a certain block of time, better to remove the banter before his song than cut out any of the song. It's like Opie accelerated, sometimes the cut is in a natural spot so they can move on to the next show, sometimes they cut out practically in mid discussion.
If Opie and Jim were advised by SXM that they are no longer allowed to mention Ant then I would believe there was something to this. This just seems like some paranoid Reddit shit, nothing to see here move along.