Oops, Kathy Griffin did it againEmmy-award winning comedian Kathy Griffin is in the hot seat again, this time for using foul language on the live broadcast of CNN's New Year's Eve coverage in New York City with Anderson Cooper.
As the show was about to go to a commercial, a man in the crowd began to heckle Griffin and she responded with the comment, "Screw you. Why don't you get a job, buddy?" You know what, I don't go to your job and knock the d**** out of your mouth." Blogger Michael K on dlisted.com noted that the joke was originally told on the "GloboChem" skit on the HBO sketch comedy series, Mr. Show, but we have to give Griffin credit for making the most of a perfect opportunity. If you want to see the magic as it unfolds, watch the clip below.
CNN made this official statement about the incident: "We recognize that the comment made by comedian Kathy Griffin during the live broadcast was inappropriate. She did not know she was on the air at the time, and we removed it from the rebroadcast." Griffin has a history of making news by being mouthy. In 2007, she won an Emmy award for Outstanding Reality Program for her Bravo reality series Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, and in her acceptance speech famously said, "A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus.Suck it, Jesus. This award is my god now." The remarks were cut out of the television broadcast and some religious groups were outraged (Griffin later released a statement of her own, asking "Am I the only Catholic left with a sense of humor?"), but there didn't seem to be any lasting fallout from the incident. Griffin won again in the same category in 2008. I'm a huge Griffin fan and I love it when the reigns are off and she shakes things up by saying whatever she's not supposed to say. Her Emmy award speech is my all-time favorite, and I think the CNN controversy sort of pales in comparison. Do you think she crossed the line this time? Submitted by on January 5, 2009 - 3:00pm. |
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Wow
I don't understand all the
I don't understand all the fuss about this incident. and now that I have finally seen a clip I understand it even less. it's hilarious. it's who she is. if you don't want stuff like that to happen don't hire her. there is plenty of people who like what she does. :P
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that depends
are u a fan of her or not?? cuz if ur not.... sure it'll cross the line....
me thinks it was pretty funny....
probably accurate.people needa sense of humor especially now....
meawr.
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Nope
Kathy Griffin is a foul-mouthed, feisty goddess!
Good Lord
Ha!
Well, I am glad now I have the whole story.
I just caught the comment she made on TMZ last night...complete with a bleep...and I had no idea she was responding to some heckler...plus I was sleepy...
so I kept wondering...what did Anderson do to p!ss Kathy off?!?
lol
Glad to have a clue now. lol
Kathy did exactly what comics do...handle a heckler.
Good for her.
She did nothing wrong.
Me too
Clay Gayken.
Yeah, I thought Kathy was using a not-so-veiled reference for AC. Like she used to regarding someone else. lol But at the same time Anderson looked too calm.
And while I like scandal...I am glad Kathy didn't burn her bridge with Cooper...she seems to genuinely like him.
CNN should not blackball her for this "incident."
No Way!
She did not cross the line and she is so FRIGGIN hilarious!
She can do no wrong!
That was so funny! "Knock the D *** S out of your mouth"! LOLOL! Instant classic!
Love her.
Kathy doesn't discriminate. Anyone could potentially be a victim of her comedic wrath.
Inkblots
She probably knew she was still on mic
I thought it was funny
I was actually watching the show when it happened and I laughed out loud for like a minute. She's funny. The two of them are hilarious together.
:-)
I find K. Griffin...
annoying sometimes but this definitely raised her a bar in my book or my bar marker measuring thing or... you know what I'm saying.
-has a boy crush on a. cooper
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I would have knocked the
I would have knocked the dick out of his mouth.
They're shocked??
They hired Kathy Griffin and now prentend to be shocked that she said something they deem inappropriate? What did they expect? If they were looking for boring and tame, they should have gone with that Hasslebeck (sp?) chick. Of course, not one of the viewers - even in the Pacific time zone - would have made it to midnight.
I don't think she crossed any line. However, networks are so terrified of being the next "Nipplegate" that anything outside of what the conservative right is comfortable with is considered inappropriate.
Being that it was Kathy Griffin, CNN should be thankful that this is the worst she said.
"That which you believe becomes your world."
kathy griffin
I hope
Oh please
Omg! Kathy said dick! Let's fall all over ourselves and repent. *eye roll*
Whatever.
Kathy Griffin is amazing, and CNN had the best NYE show with her and Anderson 'Oh Honey' Cooper. I hope they'll do it again next year.
HAHA
Haha this is so funny... CNN should have been ready for it she is known for her vulgarity
"The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." ~Marcel Proust
I. Love. Her.
End of story, this woman is fantastic.
She has the greatest attitude toward her fame. I love it.
if they bleeped it out
if they bleeped it out what's the problem? and i feel like there are way more "scandalous" things being broadcasted on television than kathy griffin..
omg, inbd
I LOVE Kathy
I LOVE Kathy Griffin!
She says exactly what is on her mind (and everyone else's) and that's what makes her awesome. I think she's hilarious.
dang i love her. she should
I don't like her. In my
I don't like her.
In my opinion, she's just a loudmouth.
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The 4 winged dear with the metal tongue knows what it takes to get things done.
i didn't catch it!
I was eating lunch and watching the CNN countdown (It was already 1pm(1stJan) in my country when NYC hit midnight) and let me just say that Kathy Griffin was hilarious. I don't know if she's usually that funny cause i never watched her show or any show she has been on, but she was funny for her countdown with AC!
And the first thing that came to my mind when i heard her yell was that she was directing it to a heckler, it never crossed my mind with it being related to AC until i read it online! lol guess i'm innocent in that way :)
D***?
OK, it took me a few seconds to work out what you'd self-censored there...because I was trying to work out what really obscene, shocking four letter word that begins with D would be censored. Dick? Seriously? You censor the word "dick"now? This must be one of those cultural things. Here in Australia, "dick" is a most inoccuous word. It must be about, oh, five minutes since I jokingly called someone a dickhead or asked them to stop dicking around. "Dick" is not rude; it's slang. Fair enough, insinuating that someone has a dick in his mouth has more "adult" connotations...but is this like the nipple incident at the Superbowl? IE something that only the US-Americans are flustered by and the rest of the world looks on slightly puzzled?
Anyhoo, Kathy Griffin fucking rocks. (I can say that, right?)
Chin, chin and happy new year folks.
Not Only But Also
they should've known
On AC360 the day before They mentioned needing a first amendment lawyer.
she started the show on the edge and was ready to drop off at any second.
love her
Cooper and Kathy are totally the gay dude and fag hag couple.
Reading is Fundamental
Hilarious!!!
ha!
She's awesome. I just love her. She always jokes around about being undesirable... but... well, obviously, she hasn't received any of my postcards, letters, faxes, emails, IMs, texts, answering-machine-hang-ups or candy-grams.
{sigh} guess I should try harder.
You know it had to happen
Quite tame really if you listen to her standups hey they knew exactly what could happen having Kathy Griffin on live tv then that's CNN's fault.
I could listen to her all day!!!!
I Love Kathy Griffin
I don't think she went too far. I think people just need to lighten up and have a sense of humor. Kathy Griffin is hilarious I love how she just says whatever comes to mind. I've grown up around that sort of biting sarcasm so nothing she says is offensive to me.
I wish I had been watching the New Years Eve coverage on CNN because I would have loved to watch/hear that when it actually happened, but I would probably have woken everyone in the house up from laughing so hard. Come on it's Kathy Griffin she has to say at least something she'll get in trouble for.
"Oh Yes for the sh*t I say about people I am lawyered up. Oh yes, oh yes I have a Coterie of attorneys around me at all times. All my attorney's kids are going to college because of me. Oh yes you wanna sue me bring it I got a f*ng army Come on"
From her Everybody Can Suck It special. I think she says it within like the first 20 mins of the special.