A quick Q&A with Kathy Griffin...
Had time for a quickie with the awesome Kathy Griffin at the GLAAD Awards last night and, as always, she was a hoot! Here is our little conversation which ended quickly as "handlers" pulled her away...
Kathy: Hi, remember me?"
Greg: Yes! How could I forget you? It was at the Chateau Marmout."
Kathy: At a power luncheon."
Greg: The gays love you, obviously, so is this like your prom?"
Kathy: Yeah, this is the prom that no one asked me to when I was actually a senior. Now I get to come, I finally have the dress that I also couldn't afford when I was in high school. This is my prom, yes."
Greg: Why do you think we love you so much?
Kathy: I think maybe, what I'm told by my gay friends, is they like it that I just go there. I believe the phrase 'sick sense of humor' has come up several times which I embrace."
Greg: You've just exploded in popularity with the 'D-List' show getting so big.
Kathy: Back June 12 (on Bravo). This year, it's ridiculously gay. I do a gay cruise in Bora Bora, I perform on Pink flight which is an all-gay flight between San Francisco and Sydney for Gay Mardi Gras, I do the Bearfest with the boy bears. I mean, it's good stuff this year.
Greg: You're so not afraid.
Kathy: Oh no! I'm not afraid of a hairy back!
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.