The Kathy Griffin Interview: Part 2
More of the terrific Kathy Griffin. Don't worry, this isn't some long miniseries. Just part 2 of 2. If you missed part 1, click HERE and give it a read then proceed...
Greg: For some reason, I like your [on-air] relationship with Larry King.
Kathy: I don't know why he likes me but he just woke up one day and had me on the show and I'm so grateful and he's just a pistol. And what's so cool about him is that show is where it's all happening. I always say 'Larry King Live' and 'The View' are where it's all going down and yet these are shows that have maybe a little older demographic and yet the craziest stuff happens on those shows. I love it.
Greg: You went on "The View" like right after the big Elisabeth-Rosie fight. Barbara Walters was trying to be all proper and you kept saying, 'Can we talk about the fight now?'
Kathy: Well of course! Who doesn't want to talk about something like that? My gosh, it was on every news channel and everyone was talking about it. It was the number one video on You Tube. \
Greg: Did you pick sides?
Kathy: Yeah, I would be team Rosie. I love her. I think she's a hero and I think she's smart and provocative and evocative and does her own thing. Honestly, I think there's nobody like her. I think she's really great.
Greg: Did you ever get into it with Elisabeth [Hasselbeck]?
Kathy: Oh, I get along fine with Elisabeth but I just have a lot more in common with Rosie.
Greg: Did you want that co-host gig?
Kathy: I don't think that show would be appropriate me. But I enjoy doing that show very, very much. I get a huge kick out of Barbara. But you know, I would probably be getting into trouble a lot. I don't think I could censor myself that much.
Greg: And you have a new boyfriend.
Kathy: Yes.
Greg: And what's his name? I know he founded something big.
Kathy: (Laughs). Steve Wozniak. He founded a little company called Apple.
Greg. Well how's that going?
Kathy: I just adore him. He's brilliant and he is truly an altruist, just travels the country and the world helping people and giving out computers to underprivledged kids, he's just constantly doing good. He's totally the opposite of me. He is good and I am evil. He's the angel on your shoulder and I'm the devil.
Greg: Is he changing you at all?
Kathy: No. He's trying to make me good and he can't do it. I'm going to stay evil and negative. And he's good and positive.
Greg: What are your plans for New Year's Eve?
Kathy: I'm actually going to be on CNN with Anderson Cooper so I'll be right there in the middle of Times Square. I'll be right there, freezing my butt off.
Greg: What do you think of Anderson?
Kathy: I adore him, of course. This is a guy, comes from money, comes from status and yet takes the camcorder, goes to Rwanda and just does the story. He goes to those hot-bed places i don't know how he does it. I've actually known him for awhile and he's a good guy - a very, very smart guy.
Kathy and I wrap up our chat and go on to mingle with others. A few minutes later she comes back and has to tell me something. I turn on my tape recorder: "It's Kathy Griffin again," she says into the recorder. "I'm doing two nights at the Kodak Theatre [in Hollywood] January 10 and 11. Come see me live because that's where the fur really flies."
I am so there.
Greg Hernandez has covered the entertainment industry for the Daily
News since 2001. He's considered a bit odd by some for his obsession
with box office numbers, has been known to camp out near the kitchen
at premieres for first crack at the hors d'oeurves, and Greg's never
seen a red carpet he didn't want to stroll down.
Comments
For all that I have done and devoted to her, with Denis and Tony being "Her Gays" and that she wouldn't even look at my application for "Her Gay" let alone a second string B List of the D List Gay I had to pack it up and move back to Las Vegas. (At least Westenhoefer treats we well.)
Oh, the shame, the shame...
Posted by: chandler in lasvegas | December 14, 2007 10:50 AM
Such a fun interview! I'm so jealous ...
Posted by: kenneth | December 16, 2007 4:21 PM