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Kathy Griffin

lines on the record: 90
first: 2019-03-13
most recent: 2019-03-13
sittings or episodes: 1
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“I do have a joke because the number one I filmed it and then I was in such a rage because the company was CLS Empire and I called the vice president and he was really cool about it and fired the guy and all this stuff because I said I'm not going to be able to live with myself if I read a month from now like some woman got her fucking tongue cut out you know and so I filmed me reading him the riot act and it's like a really fancy hotel and I'm screaming at him oh yeah say it again say you want to cut my tongue off if you can get there first I'm gonna cut your dick off first so it's gonna be a fucking horse race and Admittedly, I look very ready for 5150, but I'm glad I did it.”
2019-03-13 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Kathy Griffin · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I mean, it's still shit I have to deal with. Like when I went to England, there was a driver dude that took me from London Heathrow to the hotel and he said he was Moroccan and that if we were in Morocco he would cut my tongue off. So this was a month ago. And of course I thought I could talk him out of it. And I said, are you aware that President Trump called all of Africa shithole countries? And he said, I don't believe it. He's the greatest president in the history of America. So that's what you're dealing with. So, I assume he gets his information from social media. I mean, I'm assuming that. And so, yeah, it was just all about, but that's my new normal, trying to get to a hotel before this guy cuts my tongue out.”
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“And I'll tell you why all the things that I've done that a bunch of old white guys told me I shouldn't have done are the things that made me successful. And that's why I proudly say I bought my house $10.5 million cash because I'm friends with Susie Orman and Susie says, girlfriend, if you can pay cash, that means you can't afford it, denied. And, you know, I like it. The ultimate President Ormond 2020. That's my dream. But also, I just think it's important that women sort of come out of the shadows about money and talk about how much they make because that's how you'll know what your market value is. You can't just believe the value is telling you.”
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“One of the things in this movie, which I think is also very, there's sad parts of it. You can feel a sadness in it is, and I want you to just comment on this and then we can get going and go to our parties and finding you a date At the”
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“No, because I have enough money and I don't want hardworking people to give their money. You know what I mean? So I did it. I also did a lot of charity stuff like I did a tie-in with Trevor Project. And American Cancer Society and Time's Up. So I would do shows where ticket sales went to those events as well. And I'm actually going to start a run in LA at the Laugh factory, which is really how I got my first sort of big break. And even though I said I would never do clubs again, I'm going to do, there's five Mondays in April, and it's literally just going to be a new hour every week. And the show is called Kathy Griffin, a new hour every week. Because if nothing else, I'm prolific. And so maybe that will make the industry people go, oh, she's not like these guy comics that need like two years to come up with 20 minutes.”
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“I'm Hanoi James. Like, in the way that Hanoi Jane, that photo is with Jane to this day. I'm very cognizant that that photo will be with me.”
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“Where I used to just go and make fun of the housewives, so you know, this last tour had a specific sort of message, and they would put me in banner ads with like Toby Keith. So I hired a DC marketing company. I started my first mailing list at the ripe age of 57 and text list. And that's really what sold out the tour. And I then started”
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“And I think time's up is great, but I think frankly, under this administration, it's struggling because it's hard to get movement when you've got these two movements happening, me too and time's up, and then you've got this whole umbrella of complete sexism and Don Jr. like making fun of me too, et cetera. So I just say, you know, know that you got to work harder and get in there and dig in and do whatever it takes. And it's a lot of figuring out, like for me, I can't get in the front door, so I figure out a way to get in the side window. But I would also say educate yourself. Like I took over my own promotion of my tour business because the white boys at Live Nation weren't happy when I said, you know, I'd like to start promoting my own shows. And they said, you know, you think you're a better promoter than us? And I said, no, you have to accept that picture overnight made me a totally different type of artist. I can no longer play the Count Basy Theater in Redbake, New Jersey.”
2019-03-13 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Kathy Griffin · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I give advice that is probably not welcome, but it's real. And I say, first of all, in comedy in particular, don't do it unless you love it because you're going to bomb more than you do well. And if you don't have a burning desire to do it, it's probably not your thing. If you're just using it as a stepping stone. But what I also tell young women, especially women of color, is I just am honest and I'll just say you're not going to get equal pay. These chicks that get 87 cents on the dollar, God love them. I get like a nickel on the dollar, you know? And it's been like that my whole life. So I just tell them you're going to have to work harder and jump higher and you're going to have to watch the guys get paid more and they may be better the same or lesser than you in their work capacity. And I just think it's better to be honest about that because I'm chairman of the new Times Not Up Yet campaign.”
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“I don't dislike her. I don't like when she goes off. Do you really want to be Venezuela? Like, okay, girl, calm down, you know. Like she does those fox buzzwords”
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“Well, I would naturally have Lindsay be the CFO because she is someone you can count on. And the little dancing. So I spend my days working and producing and writing and pitching. I mean, I have had more meetings and I have met with every network and streaming service. And I actually like, you know, I can't believe I'm. So”
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“Oh, the other neighbor stands at the wall and he calls me cunt and a bitch, and oh, trumpet the heat on you, you bald dyke, because I had to shave my head in solidarity with my sister who had passed away from cancer two days prior to the incident. So anyway, I wrote a thread about it and I ran it by all my very expensive lawyers and I really was kind of inspired by the Bezos Medium thing. And I just thought, you know, he's a CEO of a very powerful company called KB Holmes. And I thought, boy, I thought those name is Jeffrey T. Mesger. Anyway, that's all covered. It's all covered. So I thought, you know, just I have so many friends that have been so much braver than I and the Me Too in Times Up movement that I thought, well, what am I being quiet for? This guy? So, you know, I'm about putting it out there.”
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“Okay, really quick. All right, so get this. Okay, so Kim is dumb as a box of rocks, but she's super sweet. And like really sweet. Like one day I called her and I said, my mom's really depressed. Can you send the kids over? And she did. And it was really sweet and stuff. So the husband's, you know, crazy. I call him Pob's because he thinks he's Pablo Picasso. You know, and he writes Pablo on all his designer clothes. And so anyway, he went on one of those 5150 cycles, which I'm this close to doing. And that's where you go to the nut bin and just rest. And so he came back and I never heard from Pobbs. He's not a talker. And my then boyfriend runs in the kitchen and he goes, holy shit, you're not going to believe what Kanye just did. Well, who wouldn't react to that? So I go, what? And so Pobbs comes home, and of course I'm not going to bother him. It's a serious day. He goes in the backyard and he goes, ah, like that. Loud. And then at level 10, he blares up fucking end.”
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“But they were my next door neighbors during this whole thing, which I hope if you see the film. I mean, the stories that got cut, can I tell one story?”
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“He actually inspired me because I actually wrote a thread. I have a next door neighbor that I'm in a civil suit with, and he's a trumper, and he stands at the wall. We have a shared wall.”
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“Right, me too. I was like, I don't care how sick you are, turn it off. All right, so I'm a very good nurse. I'm a very good nurse. Anyway, so my mom that day calls me, and it's a crazy day, and I'm crying and all this other stuff. And she calls me and she was watching Fox, but her hearing aids weren't in because they would have hid the pedals in her hair. It's an old person thing, and her vision was really going. So she goes, I was watching my boyfriend Sean Hannity, and he says, you joined Al-Qaeda. And out of all the clubs you could have joined, god damn it. Why'd you join Al-Qaeda? So my own mother thought I had joined El Qaeda, as she says it, and then wanted me to take up like Sam collecting or a normal hobby. So it took like a good week to talk to my own mother out of the fact that I'm not in ISIS.”
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“No, not at all. Not at all. I mean, I have a ton of relatives that don't talk to me. I will say that my ex's parents are big trumpers and they had news bands outside their house. Because his dad and he have the same name. So, you know, that didn't help. But I will say, well, this is the only funny story. But the amount of people that legit think I'm an ISIS to this day is sort of funny now, but it's also shocking. But that day, my mom, my beloved mother, who I am sorry to say is now in the throes of dementia, but I'm sure you know her and she's a national treasurer. Watch us, what the fuck”
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“If it would help my career, I would turn fluid in a heartbeat. Heartbeats, binary fluid. Oh, and bipolar is very trendy. Yes. That's my announcement. I'm bipolar.”
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“58. Are there any like 50 year old? I want a 50 year old attorney CPA. Like, I want a real job, not you fucking venture capitalist with your apps. I want a dental plan.”
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“I am single, and I gotta say, my boyfriend was a rock star during the whole thing, and it sucks. We just broke up four months ago. So, I don't know why. All I can say is a relationship works until it didn't. But he was a great guy. And what's ironic is I referred him quite a bit in the film because he was with me for so many things. Right.”
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“On social media I would like them to first get rid of bots, which they can do. Because the bots do gin up. You saw during the Samantha B. Roseanne Barth thing. Yes. It was really interesting. The bots don't care what side. They just want to create Discord. They were doing the Rosanne is terrible and they were doing Sam B is terrible. And then humans join in.”
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“For absolutely social media. On social media first. And frankly, I would like to see how it works there before you impose it on people and being a comedian, you know, we live in fear of free speech being limited in any way. And journalists, of course. So I kind of want to have them try it online.”
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“Honestly, I think if she regulated on social media first, I actually think they should be the pioneers because, as you know, anonymity is very different than if you, A, Yell Fire in a theater, which is breaking the First Amendment. What I did is not breaking the First Amendment.”
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“I think the thing that's great is that I'm obviously a Democrat. And I think the thing that's great is I think we have an amazing stable. And I think what's fucked up is that already social media is contributing to the right-wing notion that we have a bunch of horrible choices. And I think we have an embarrassment of riches. So I personally would like to see a smart competent female president before I die. So that's where I'm coming from. But the good news is, you know, I think there's many, many stars in there, many stars.”
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“Hey, I just came from a Nazi rally. How are you? I'm embellishing, I'm an artist What's your question, you fucking dike bitch? I play a character! I'm blaming character! How do you like my beard? I'm in Zizi Top And then what”
2019-03-13 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Kathy Griffin · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Really quick. Then we have questions. All right, you're going to play Kara Swisher. Yeah. Okay. I'm going to play Jack Dorsey. Okay, you ready?”
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“Okay, so how does that work? We're like, let's say that they want hashtag mute Hillary. Like, that's got to be some fucking group.”
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“The right to vote when they get out, stuff like that. So I don't even understand how stuff trends on Twitter. Like, is that manipulated? Are those actually the top 20 things people are talking about?”
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“Now you're talking down to me. So, anyway, one of the reasons I am here is obviously I was the first of many, but I mean, if they're stripping John Brennan of his fucking security clearance, they will stop at nothing. And, you know, my story is unique in that I did and do have the means to defend myself, but I've also met many, many people. As you know, this inaugural had more protesters actually arrested and put in jail than any other inaugural. So those folks got to show up for a trial. They got to pay for hopefully legal fees. And because you need a lawyer in those situations. And so that's one of the reasons I want to get the message out. It really is not a showbiz story. It's all fields. And that's where I also think there's the ageism, sexism, misogyny tie-in. So I think, you know, the more younger elected we get, we can talk about unionizing Indigenous women, women that are forgotten, women that have been incarcerated, getting people that have been incarcerated.”
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“You know, I mean, worldwide. So the idea that Nazism is on the rise in Germany, where, as you know, it was the only European country I know of, where it was at least technically illegal. And Poland is now an autocracy. And even Italy is getting kleptocracy. And so I blame them for all of that. I was in London a month ago where I gave a speech on the First Amendment at Oxford University. Fuck off. They're like, you guys are like this. Went there. Yawn, yawn. I didn't even go to college. That's a big deal.”
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“You sure? Have you seen blood or is it ice? Seen it. All right. Remember when on summer when you annoyed a bunch of normal people and went to their house for dinner and thought it was a big treat for them? Can you imagine? Knock knock. It's me, Jeff Zuckerberg. Okay. Oh, sorry, Mark. I'm thinking of Jeff Zucker. I have residual anchor. But I wouldn't even let him in. I'd be like, get the fuck out, you fucking cheater because I actually think they are as complicit or rather responsible for manipulating worldwide elections.”
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“Yeah, well, first of all, we have to get more people in elected positions that know what social media is and know how it works. Because So they don't know the questions to ask. And I thought Zuckerberg's testimony was frightening. I mean, seriously, those BDIs, I know it's a joke. That's not human. So I don't necessarily think he's real. Oh, come on.”
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“Yes, I fill in a thing and I send it. Oh, is it true? I want to ask you this Is it true that the way I think it's a robot? I heard a rumor that if you follow them for a minute and then block them, it kills them with their robot. Is that true?”
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“Chinese, it's all about maybe some Americans, you know. But that is something that I fear because I don't see them making any moves and their testimony in front of the Senate was just really embarrassing for the Senate because they didn't know an iPhone from Google. For real, Gomert. And so, you know, I just see them signaling anything that they want to protect their users.”
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“I do. I call Marty Singer. He's one of the attorneys that would go after the Me Too victims and threaten them. So I also called one of the Nazis from Charlottesville, the crying one, Chris Cartwell. And I was like, hey, it's Kathy Griffin, bitch. How does it feel now, motherfucker? And just hang up. By the way, it's very smart of me to identify myself. Like, it's not a jail now. Shit. I didn't think of that part. Okay. But the thing with the social media thing is, you know, I thought Cheryl.”
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“Well, first of all, he should resign So the first order of business he needs to resign. Because I got sucked into, remember when he was covering Ferguson? I remember thinking like, oh, he's like this forward-thinking guy and he's going to document the riots in Ferguson, and that's good for him. Next thing you know, he's like not banning any of these Nazis or super far right QAnan folks and stuff. And I don't believe they don't have the capability, but you could answer that question. Is it really truly out of their hands? Well, what the fuck?”
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“So, anyway, as I was taking such an online beatdown, I was also learning at the same time some of the non-robots coming after me. Like I said, I had to educate myself about all these trumpers and the subgroups and the rise of Nazism among young people because I'm from Oak Park, Illinois, and it was this really big deal. I don't know if you guys remember the Nazis and Skokie. And it was like a civic event. Like the whole city talked about it for years and people protested and they never came back. So it blows me really sad that there's now a whole new generation getting misinformation that turns them into full-blown Nazis. And they don't care for me. And so you've got all like the Breitbart folks and tied in with that group. And I did not know that some of them have large social media presences and that their followers have no”
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“Well, I do because I now have a little bit of understanding, but this is your area, that I was put into the beyond memosphere, right? And so there, you know, I didn't know that these tech companies had agents ready. And I know that I remember seeing that guy in 60 Minutes, Brad. That fucker is dirty. All right? He should be in front of the grand jury. Oh, by the way, I want to be on that grand jury. Okay.”
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“That's right. The civilian gaze are on my side. I mean, there was, I got a couple of days after the photo, one of the gays sent me a photo of all the gays dressed like me on Fire Island with like mock heads doing a parade and all the other gays are like, hey, go, girl, go. So I was like, oh, I was almost crying. So emotional. So, I mean, that I think is my kinship with the LGBT community. I think we share a being on the outside looking in, liking to be subversive, having to fight harder for everything, jump higher, fight harder, that sort of thing. So I think that's kind of the natural relationship. And yeah, I don't know what's going to happen. I can say none of the power gays have given me a gig or anything, but they might be just scared to. I don't know. I'm blacklisted like everywhere. I don't know what was going to happen.”
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“Yeah, he actually did send me one text that wasn't particularly nice and I just wrote back and honestly I just said it's okay if I reach out to your mom because I really was friendlier with his mom Gloria Vanderbilt or as I call her glow vandy you heard me and he said yes and so I wrote I just wrote her an email and you know I just said I appreciated her friendship and I said however you want to proceed is fine with me and I just really wanted to gush over her because she was a really good friend to me so”
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“You see that shitfest New Year's Eve? Whoa, woo! Oh my god. I watched every minute. I hate watched it. It was a disaster. Oh, I was in heaven. Talk about chemistry.”
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“So, yeah, everyone is. And so that one just really hurt because I always say I don't have a punchline for that. And, you know, I mean, Zucker didn't surprise me because he's just a douchebag. He's also not smart enough to run a news agency. Jeff Zucker, Z-U-C-K-E-R. Although he wants to pronounce Zucker like Hooker. He said that to me once. It's Zucker like Hooker. I was like, okay You got me. Anyway, it's just, you know, even though I was like exonerated, it's just those two guys don't roll like that. Like, wouldn't be inside them, I don't think, to say, oh, it turns out this was kind of a smear campaign and we kind of know what this is. And there was a lot of manipulation of the image and all this stuff. And the Anderson thing hurt just because I really loved him as a friend. Nobody gave me a heads up or call or anything like that.”
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“I mean, are you kidding? I don't care if she gives someone a concussion. That's nothing compared to Trump whipping his dick out and everybody else whipping their dicks out. Can you guys keep your dicks in for one second? Jesus Christ. All right. I'm not going to let anybody see my Volvo once. I know that's crazy. And I also think, I mean, knowing the Donald likes to be addressed as the Donald, which is the weird in itself. And he's such an idiot. But, you know, I think that he is the type of man that thinks and resents the audacity that I at my age would even dream of staying in the game. And, you know, my Inner Joan Rivers, I want to basically die on stage and I don't ever really want to retire. And I love what I do. So, yeah, you know.”
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“There's so much to unpack there, not the vagina part. But this sex, the same thing with Amy Klobajar, she was just talking about this, the idea that she's a bad boss and gets it 20 times more than other”
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“It's actually really scary. They take your passport and they take your device, you know, your phone, and they put you in a detention room, like the breakfast club, I guess. And I was Jen Nelson, apparently. And they don't tell you what they're doing, but their eyes would like all turn into saucers. So to this day, I don't know what's on my passport. Right. But it's bad. And then they call the supervisor and they take my passport and my phone and they go away. Sometimes it would be 20 minutes. Sometimes it would be two hours. And you're just sitting there not knowing what's going to happen. What are you doing?”
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“And by the way, they can take your phone and SIM card at airports in America. So that was a rumor that I also heard. So I was then put on the Interpol list. So when I went overseas, my first show was in Auckland, New Zealand, and that was the first time I was detained. And I was then detained at every single airport, which is...”
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“I don't, because number one, he really has a coming. Like he really deserves, I mean, he deserves what he has done to others. You know, I mean, probably most of us probably agree the most egregious thing is the zero tolerance kids in cages thing. But it's also, you know, moving the embassy to Jerusalem was stupid, not to mention, right? I mean, that's just caused violence. And he did, you know, there's just so many things that, like I said, at 58, I just thought, okay, this, you know, if you're not going to take a stand now, what the fuck are you waiting for? So I was just, I just wanted to get the story out there.”
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“Bat an eyelash. In fact, everywhere I went, and you guys know this if you've traveled, like if it was a cafe or anyplace, pretty much they'd hear an American accent and be like, what the fuck are you guys doing? What's going on? You know, you were the bastion of liberty. And so, you know, I would deal with that. But the audiences were really hungry. And I think the fact that I know Trump sort of was like another layer and the extent of the investigation and the extent to which they're willing to go to. And I was obviously just a shiny object. I mean, my photo was days after Robert Mueller had been assigned. So you guys have all seen it. When he's in trouble, there's some new shiny object that they'll dangle. And I was the shiny object.”
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“I'm hoping they'll come around and I'm hoping that whether it's the All My Dollar or they see possibilities or they see like at least the historic value of the show. Although I try to make the show funny first, but it's not all funny. It's not all funny because some of the shit was really scary. And I also feel a real need to tell people, you know, when I was finally exonerated, I knew I could only do concerts overseas. So the cool thing is I did really well overseas.”
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“And the agent goes, I would call that a priority client. And my friend goes, Well, that guy is Kathy Griffin. And he still was like, nope, nope, nope, toxic, too scary. So, you know.”
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