Surgically-altered Kathy Griffin at the 2005 Emmy Awards. On the red carpet to the point of no return, becoming her generation's Joan Rivers, plastic surgery horror.
Is this comedy?
I don't think so.
At the Creative Arts Emmys, that witty Kathy Griffin delivered an oh so funny acceptance speech.
And the Bravo network's "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List," won the prize for best reality program, prompting one of the more colorful speeches of the night from the star and executive producer.
"A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this. He had nothing to do with this," Griffin said. "Suck it, Jesus. This award is my God now."
From Brutally Honest:
Nice eh?
I'd like to see Ms. Griffin take on the Muslims with her shock attempts to offend and ask Muhammad to suck it. Takes a little more chutzpah to do that I'm thinking, chutzpah I'd say she possesses not.
Yes.
How well do you think this would go over?
"A lot of people come up here and thank Allah for this. He had nothing to do with this.
"Suck it, Allah."
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Ken notes that when the award show airs on Saturday, Griffin's remarks will be "censored" by producers.
MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell described the controversy this way:
These days it seems no awards show can escape controversy, and in this case, it’s the creative arts Emmy. And comedienne Kathy Griffin, she picked up the award for Best Reality Show last weekend. But when the show airs on Saturday, her acceptance speech is going to be censored. In her speech, Griffin said, quote, "A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus."
Well, according to the TV Academy and the E! Channel, Griffin remarks will be shown in a quote, "abbreviated version."
Excuse me. Where's the "Suck it, Jesus" part?
O'Donnell's account makes Griffin seem like a victim of heavy-handed censors, rather than guilty of stepping over the line of good taste.
It appears that Bravo's parent company NBC wants to bury the truth, and MSNBC is obliging.
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