Kathy Griffin to Co-host CNN's New Year's Eve Show
Vulgarian comedienne Kathy Griffin will once again co-host CNN's New Year's Eve show.
TVNewser reported Sunday:
Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin will again co-host CNN’s New Year’s Eve celebration from 11pmET to 12:30amET. “Get ready, America. Pull up a chair and a box of your finest wine, because you’ve never seen a New Year’s Eve show like this,” said Griffin. “Kathy Griffin scares me. I’ve said this often to CNN management directly and through my attorneys,” joked Cooper.
Griffin is infamously remembered for dropping an F-bomb during the 2009 show and directing a vulgar oral sex reference to a heckler the year before.
As a result, she was excused from the 2010 event.
Yet despite joking in March 2010 that Sarah Palin had performed a sexual act with John McCain, saying days later she'd like to push Palin down the stairs, claiming in June that "strong conservative" means "idiot," calling Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) daughters "prostitutes" the following month and later saying it was a "fantastic career move," and blaming conservatives for gay teen suicides the following month, Griffin was invited back to co-host the 2011 show.
This year, Griffin mocked Palin while depicting Tea Party members as homophobic birthers on Glee.
And this is who the folks at CNN - the "most trusted name in news" - think should co-host their program ushering in the new year.
Don't they care that almost 50 percent of the nation is offended by this woman and wouldn't consider watching the show as a result?
Actually, if CNN cared about ratings all of its programming would be far more politically neutral.
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LOL!!!!
Submitted by NC Cop on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:21am.
This woman is such a joke. I think it's hilarious because it truly shows how desperate CNN is!!!
Love it!!
And the only people watching will be
Submitted by ohio granny on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:22am.
The only ones watching this poor excuse for a New Years Eve show will be the relatives (maybe) of kathy griffin and anderson cooper. They will be dead last in the ratings.
Who wants to ruin their New Years Eve by watching a vile, sexist, filthy mouthed leftist pretending to be funny?
And I will once again...
Submitted by KyWriter on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:25am.
...avoid ruining my New Year's celebration by watching something else.
Thanks for the warning
Submitted by c5then on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:36am.
Now we know at least one show not to watch.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
She is what she is
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:41am.
It's apparent that CNN is seeking to lock ooto a specific demographic for New Year's Eve: the "LBGT" community. Why compete with the networks when one can say/do things on cable that they can't, and appeal to a niche audience?
Griffin has a strong fan base among gays, and Cooper is . . . well . . . androgynous?
If it wasn't for the gay fans, Griffin would be nothing but a memory on the comedy circuit.
You left out the "Q"
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:50am.
The newest version (2.1?) is LGBTQ
Thanks
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 12:39pm.
I'm assuming that "Q" stands for a word other than quaint, quiet or quick. :-)
Not what you think.....
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 2:44pm.
Actually, it's for "Questioning."
Oh
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 4:21pm.
I hadn't thought of that one.
"Vulgarian" suffices. She is
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:48am.
"Vulgarian" suffices. She is not, and never has been funny.
Maybe "vulgarienne."
CNN
Submitted by NewLife56 on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:51am.
CNN wonders why it's the lowest rated News Channel now? Someone explian to me how any exec at CNN retains his or her job?
The shareholders need to take over, fire everysingle person at that idiotic network and start over.
Wasn't Spock
Submitted by BBallleaper on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:55am.
a vulgarian?
That would be logical
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 11:00am.
I can't believe my ears either, Captain.
Can't stand that woman
Submitted by ArcherB on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 11:04am.
Her politics have little to do with my disdain for her. Not that I agree with her at all, but I disliked her before I knew of her politics.
Kathy Griffin is the female Andy Dick.
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary."
--Ernesto "Che" Guevara
she's a female dick...?
Submitted by wizardjr on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 11:55am.
seems to be a pretty limp one then
At least he used to be funny, back in the News Radio
Submitted by WhoIsJohnGalt on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 12:42pm.
days, before he went over the edge. I don't recall Ms. Griffin ever being funny, or even mildly entertaining. Her closest rendezvous with humor was when she guested on the old Jerry Seinfeld show, and then her character was intentionally uncomfortable (but not offensive) to watch, in that she was supposed to be not funny, yet got laughs at Jerry's expense anyway.
Can't wait for her to fade completely.
Pulp Fiction
Submitted by Schofield Kid on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 5:00pm.
The zenith of her career for me was appearing as a bystander when Bruce Willis ran over Ving Rhames and she said something like " that drunken maniac just ran you over and I'm glad to be a witness" Then Ving pulls out a gun and starts randomly shooting people in an attempt to get Willis....I guess she was also in the mildly popular show "Suddenly Susan" with Brooke Shields, never watched it though......
Not On News Radio
Submitted by stratman on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 7:54pm.
I commented the same thing on NewsBusters a year or three ago. The funny actress on News Radio is Vicki Lewis. By far more talented.
The Communist News Network actually has a New Years Eve show?
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 11:26am.
Who knew?
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
New Years
Submitted by Agnostic on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 12:49pm.
There has to be a New Years or there is no way to tell when to start the next 5 year plan
Why am I not suprised,
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 11:36am.
Every year she makes cnn look like the losers they are, and they like it. Stockholm syndrome anyone?
great
Submitted by wizardjr on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 11:53am.
a potty mouthed skank hosting a live TV show... yeah, I'll be sure to tune in. (/sarc, for those who needed it)
Don`t Care
Submitted by NVRAT on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 12:12pm.
I don`t watch CNN. Stopped since the first love fest between them and the Arabs. Kathy who? appearing with what is that other guy`s name? Oh well, who cares.
So no one will be watching.
Submitted by Darks Shadow Show on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 12:39pm.
So no one will be watching. CNN and MSNBC just keep making the most brilliant decisions!
She is SOOOOOO disgusting
Submitted by griv on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 12:52pm.
But typical for CNN. They like scum because they are scum.
Frankly does anyone actually
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 4:12pm.
Frankly does anyone actually watch CNN's new Year's Eve show? And have the suits at CNN ever hear of a 7-second delay?
No offense
Submitted by John Francroix Jr on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 5:11pm.
But you're kind of a loser if you're home watching cable news on New Year's Eve anyway.
offense taken*
Submitted by cajun2 on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 5:40pm.
My family and I will be at home to save money on food, gas, booze and NOT be on the highway with a bunch of drunk drivers.
Put me in that "loser" category.
I have a better idea
Submitted by John Francroix Jr on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 8:48pm.
I'll put you in the "reads too fast to wholly collect details" category.
Unless your plans include watching cable news. Hey, you want to break in the new year with your favorite TV news personality, so be it.
An even better idea, Francroix---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:04pm.
Lighten up on categorizing someone you don't know.
MD
Well Matthew*
Submitted by cajun2 on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:21pm.
We have already learned a lot about Mr 4 week poster. He has a tendency to put people in "stereotyped boxes" where "losers" only watch cable news.
Ever since.......
Submitted by jon_torlin on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 5:34pm.
Ever since I had the misfortune of seeing Griffin in a bikini, there's nothing about her that would that would convince me to watch her in any venue.
My Rods! My Cones!(beware)
-Jon
Other than the fact that
Submitted by ChicagoSteve on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 11:35am.
Other than the fact that she's not funny, attractive, popular, family-orintated in her shows, happy, joyful, married, a mother, and sensitive, she really has a lot going for her. Who is she?