Kathy Griffin: I "Don't Know if I Got Canned" by CNN
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Kathy Griffin says she isn't sure she still has a job at CNN after she accidentally cursed on-air.
"I don't know if I got canned," she said when Craig Ferguson called her up on his Late, Late Show Tuesday.
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She then joked, "I don't feel I have really done a job well until I get fired. Am I getting fired from this phone call? Tell me what's going on."
Griffin, 49, came under fire when she dropped the F-bomb on a New Year's Eve special of Anderson Cooper 360° while discussing the "Balloon Boy" scandal.
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She told Ferguson it was all "really a miscommunication" when she swore. She said she was just trying to explain how she was "amused" at how the boy's first name -- Falcon -- sounded like a cuss word.
"His own mother has an accent and there were times that it sounded almost as if she pronounced the name of her own child Falcon as a verb that adult film actors use when they're *******," she said.
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"It's like what Shakespeare did - I am a wordsmith," she added.
But she said she's learned to watch her mouth since the slip-up: "I'm really on my best freaking behavior - it's killing me!"
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Griffin may not need to worry about her future.
Shimrit Sheetrit, a CNN spokesperson, has said: "Stories about Kathy Griffin being banned from CNN are incorrect. No decisions have been made regarding next year's show."
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13Why is it when some of the stars get so unbearably boring and think they are soooooo cute and try to be so knowing on all subjects. Kathy Griffin isn't funny she is just has a sick mouth and is very stupid acting. I don't find her interesting enough to watch or listen to what she has to say. I was always told that when you talk trash or say ugly words it is because you aren't smart enough to have a conversation without those words. I also found when you have a big mouth and try to be funny you are really insecure and just wind up making a butt of yourself. Well Kathy you opened your mouth and now everyone knows you aren't smart enough to act decent or even know how to be a lady. Oh I forgot you aren't a lady?
@12:48PM - err... ummm I couldn't have said it better myself. I thought I did back on January 1st but I am in err. Anyway, Kathy is the BEST!! Look at all the publicity she got for CNN -- meanwhile, nothing in the rags about Dick Clark or Ryan or Carson. CNN knows a good thing (I hope) and if I was the spokesman who was quoted, I'd get Kathy on contract ASAP for next year and get even more press. Maybe some other network has thought about having a NYE program and wants guaranteed press/publicity. Kathy gets on all the tv talk shows and rags -- so it'll be a hit. Why doesn't Bravo or some other network counteroffer? Time is of the essence... I'm sure US and other media outlets will run the story so we'll know where to watch Kathy next year! Strike while the iron is hot and everyone is talking about Kathy. Any smart TV execs out there? Get her NOW and don't let the sun set on this.
YA right, and Janet didn't know that JT was going to rip off her nipple shield
Like the saying goes, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all" so, No Comment.
Kathy and Anderson are the only reason to watch New Year's Eve TV - all the other shows are so lame - this one is a little lame too - but by far the best.
Kathy gets it. All the others are pathetic. Anderson never had it so easy as when Kathy keeps the attention away from him.
KATHY GRIFFIN IS THE "BEST"EST"!! KATHY'S doin' the show w/ Andy IS too purrrfect!! KATHY makes the show!! BacheekS to KATHY GRIFFIN & MAGGIE GRIFFIN, TOO!! May KATHY GRIFFIN continue to make this world laugh out loud forever!!!!!!!!!!
Unadulterated pig, Griffin!
my husband and I stayed in this year for New Year's EVE the minute we heard Kathy would be co-hosting with Anderson. We LOVE her and laughed nonstop. Let's face it, the major networks are branded as offering more of a NYE prgram, whereas CNN is quite a stuffy bunch. The CNN event isn't going to get the kinds of ratings among by competing with titan programs that have been on for yeeaarrss. But, CNN can show itself as more edgy and that you don't always take yourselves too seriously. Kathy is a gift that will only do better by regual appearances on each NYE, and by having her make the rounds of talk shows/magazines to promote the CNN event. If CNN loses Kathy it will forever be in last place for ratings. KEEP KATHY, she's GREAT and just says what most of us arre thinking. Kathy, need a new manager? You have so much talent I'd LOVE to work with you, You'll go much rarther than evven Joan, I'm thinking TV, talk show,etc...
I love Kathy Griffin esp. b/c she's not afraid to attack celebs. I howled when she said that Rihanna was going to give one of her "fake performances". She needs her own talk show, I'd listen to that evry day!
can't stand kathy griffin. she is a leach, mean spirited person.
LOVE ME SOME KATHY GRIFFIN!
i love anderson cooper and love kathy griffin, and i thought their show was the best and funniest, the way she makes him blush is the greatest, so CNN keep her with him this year and many years to come and i will watch