Comedienne Kathy Griffin is the embodiment of the adage — if you lay down with dogs, you’ll get up with fleas. CNN has once again used poor judgement in its choice for a comedian. First, D.L. Hughley gets his own show, which is packed with stereotypical jokes. But, what did they expect when they hired Kathy Griffin to co-host the New Year’s Eve broadcast with Anderson Cooper? She’s a potty-mouth who doesn’t deserve to be on prime time. I think that they got the message this time. She’s doomed to the s-list after answering a heckler with a shrieking, vulgar tirade during the network’s live New Year’s Eve broadcast. “Screw you,” she told the heckler. “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.”
The raunchy exchange, which occurred long after the ball dropped at midnight, was received with guffaws by the camera crew. As the night progressed, Anderson Cooper seemed to become increasingly uncomfortable with Griffin’s off-color remarks, including her request to “get a pap smear from [CNN medical reporter] Dr. Sanjay Gupta,” and her description of former CNN host Glenn Beck as a “heroin addict Mormon.”
Making outlandish comments is nothing new with Griffin. As you will recall, while she was accepting an Emmy for her Bravo show in 2007, she 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. So, all I can say is, ‘Suck it, Jesus.’ This award is my god now.” Her speech was denounced by Christian groups and largely edited out of the later broadcast.
What Kathy Griffin did on CNN yesterday morning was priceless and they deserved every minute of it. I would venture to say, she won’t be invited back for the next New Year’s Eve broadcast.
Filed under: Anderson Cooper, CNN, Comedienne, D. L. Hughley, Glenn Beck, Kathy Griffin, New Year's Eve, Rough Humor
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