Posted on 12/06/2010 10:14:10 AM PST by roses of sharon
Comedian and self-proclaimed D-lister Kathy Griffin hosted VH1 Divas Salute the Troops which was taped for an audience of servicemen at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, California, and aired last night. The ribald and unconventional comedian set the tone for the night when she joked about Bristol Palin and her supposed weight gain while competing with Dancing With The Stars. But the joke fell flat, as the military men and woman in attendance lustily booed the host for taking a shot at Sarah Palins daughter.
Ms. Griffin has used the Palin clan for her comedy material before. Last summer, while filling in for a vacationing Larry King, she had on as guest Sarah Palin grand-baby daddy Levi Johnston. This was a follow-up to Johnstons attending the Teen Choice Awards as Griffins guest the night before. She later revealed that the romantic relationship between Johnston and herself was merely a publicity ploy (duh!)
Griffin may have been guilty of misjudging her audience on this particular joke, but she went with it, even challenging the audience to boo more (which allowed her to own the failed joke.) Watch the clip from VH1 below, which includes a subject-changing introduction of Jersey Shores Snooki and Mike The Situation Sorrento.
She was in a Muppet movie? Hopefully , she wasn’t one of the puppets.
Someone disgusted by the idea of saluting the troops who decided to make a protest pick.
Worse, she was “acting”. She’s (I think) a guard who gets attacked by Animal ... and then you see her going after Animal instead IIRC.
Buy a vowel and guess the puzzle.
She is just as ugly on the inside as she on the outside.
Bristol is a beautiful young woman. Kathy Griffin was never a beautiful young woman. Hence the anger and ugliness on her part.
I didn’t like it when they went after Chelsea Clinton when she was an awkward 13 year old kid and I don’t like this. To go after teenage girls(especially about their weight) is a very immature and classless thing to do. These people really make me want to vomit.
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