Kathy Griffin: I've Been The Girl In The Room When A Famous Comic 'Whips His Dick Out'
Kathy Griffin has a big mouth. It’s so big that when you get her on the phone for a 30-minute interview, you’ll probably have a hard time getting more than a few words in. But because she’s such a quick-witted and genuinely hilarious storyteller, you really won’t mind.
The “A Hell Of A Story” star, who has been tearing up the comedy world ― and the rest of Hollywood ― for close to four decades and is one of only three women to win a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, also has a filthy mouth. It’s so filthy that when I asked her to stay on the phone for an extra five minutes for this interview, she refused because she was late for a teeth cleaning. (Though she quickly added, “But you can say I’m going over to Kim Kardashian’s house instead!”)
Before the two-time Emmy winner and New York Times best-selling author dashed to her date with her dentist, she chatted with HuffPost about what life has been like since the release of that controversial photo of Donald Trump in 2017, her thoughts on comedy in the era of Me Too and “cancel culture,” and why Tina Fey did us all a big favor by impersonating Sarah Palin.
You recently hosted the Str8UpGayPorn Awards. Do you personally find gay porn hot?
I do find gay porn hot. I think I’ve only seen two in my lifetime. Years ago, I hosted a different awards show called the GayVN Awards and, luckily, it was captured on “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List.” At the GayVNs, my beloved friend Sister Roma gave me a sword from the Naked Sword porn company, and when the Trump photo scandal broke open and a federal investigation was opened, that sword was suddenly federal evidence.
Oh my God.
Right? When the fever was running so hot and — by the way, it hasn’t really calmed down that much. I’m assuming it was Jeff Sessions himself along with POTUS who initiated the opening of the federal investigation on me by the Secret Service as well as the U.S. Attorney’s Office. But when all of that...
