EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Kathy Griffin To March On DC Over "Don’t Ask Don’t Tell"; Talks Backlash Over Sarah Palin Joke
Posted on Mar 14, 2010 @ 07:58AM
Kathy Griffin was honored Saturday night by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) at its star studded gala at the Hyatt Century Plaza in Los Angeles, and RadarOnline.com was on the red carpet talking to the outrageous red-headed comedienne.
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The always outspoken Griffin – who was given the HRC Ally For Equality Award for her work on behalf of the LGBT community –broke the news to RadarOnline.com that she will be traveling to Washington, D.C. this week on behalf of the HRC.
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“We’re going to do a really exciting protest on Thursday, March 18th on behalf of overturning Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Griffin told us exclusively.
We also asked Kathy about her recent trip, along with Levi Johnston, to Alaska to film an episode of her Emmy Award winning reality TV series, My Life On The D-List -- a story first reported on RadarOnline.com.
We wondered why Levi – whom Kathy calls her “lover” -- wasn’t with her at the HRC event?
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With her trademark razor sharp humor, Griffin quipped, “Levi actually is in his igloo crying over me because I’m doing ‘The Rules’. If I give him too much at once, then he takes me for granted, but sometimes I come back to these events, and then I’m sure he’ll read about it in the paper.”
When we asked for a sneak preview of what the episode will be about in Alaska, Kathy said, “Here’s what I can say about Levi. Levi might not be at this HRC event with me, but believe me, he’s done more for the gay community than he will ever know.”
We also asked if she really said during a recent standup routine in Alaska that she wanted to push former Alaska governor Sarah Palin down a flight of stairs.
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“Oh my gosh, I got so much delicious hate mail about that. I don’t remember if I said it because, you know, my act changes so much I don’t know remember, but I hope I did because it’s outrageous and it got me a lot of ink and I got a lot of really funny hate mail, from you know, the tea partiers, the birthers, and the Palin fanatics, and I love stuff like that, so anytime I can say something outrageous to get myself in the papers is a good thing.”
Then, as Kathy was being hustled along the red carpet and into the ballroom where she was about to be honored, she added, “Besides, I have a long list of people I want to throw down the stairs, not just her. There’s about a hundred people off the top of my head, I’d like to throw down the stairs.”
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Simon Cowell and Ellen Degeneres, Kathy Griffin and Levi Johnston, Ellen and Portia- INFphoto.com
Sarah Palin - Splash News
Levi Johnston - WENN
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Reader31. Name any other public figure that Kathy Griffin has said she wanted throw down the stairs. That is violence and it is not funny. Kathy is making a fortune using Levi to create more CRUDE REMARKS that she calls jokes.
Posted Mon, 03/15/2010 - 1:03am
Oh pulleeeezzzeeeeee!!!! People make comments about politicans all the time. But, for some reason, SP is off limits. It's either people are child molestors or sexists or "liberal" media. Can't take the heat...GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN
Posted Mon, 03/15/2010 - 10:58am
While in DC Maybe Kathy Griffin will give Obama a BJ? Just a joke. I forgot she is gay and goes down on women only. HAHAHAHAHA
Posted Sun, 03/14/2010 - 3:12pm
What trash she is.
Posted Sun, 03/14/2010 - 7:56pm
You people need to lighten up. Kathy's a comedian. I realize Sarah Palin and her flunkies take offense to any little thing anyone says about her, but that's too bad. That's what happens when you are in the public eye
Posted Sun, 03/14/2010 - 2:13pm
Hmm Reader...'lighten up'? I don't consider myself a 'flunkie', but I assure you Griffin dragging my grandbaby's father around as a joke...hope Griffin doesn't get too close to the Capitol Steps. Put her on a battlefield w. warriors...heh!
Posted Sun, 03/14/2010 - 5:37pm
My point is I don't think Kathy or anyone else means she's going to throw SP down the stairs literally.
Posted Mon, 03/15/2010 - 10:56am
I get it, in order to feel justified in saying very horrible and nasty things, that aren't even funny, people like Griffin and Behar hide behind the title of "comedienne". Pitiful excuses for human beings.
Posted Sun, 03/14/2010 - 2:03pm
I am all for gay rights but am against Kathy Griffin. She is rude, crude, and NOT FUNNY. Levi said Sarah was like a MOTHER to him on Tyra Banks but after Kathy Griffin brainwashed Levi, he started lying about the family of his SON.
Posted Sun, 03/14/2010 - 1:46pm
This, and I hesitate to call her a woman, is a female dog. She is the lowest of the low.
Posted Sun, 03/14/2010 - 1:38pm