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Kathy Griffin (x4) at the Paramount

Posted Nov. 24, 2008 at 9:18 am by Erika Hobart

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Who: Kathy Griffin

Where: The Paramount Theatre

When: Thursday, November 20 - Saturday, November 22, 2008

I was a little bitter toward Kathy Griffin in the weeks leading up to her Seattle shows. She refused to allow press any access to review her show. Her publicists had no interest in allowing me to interview Griffin unless SW made it a cover story. Normally, I wouldn't find any of this annoying. But I think that when your entire act is based upon your being a "D-List celebrity" desperate for fame, then well, you should probably be one. Griffin has won two Emmys for her BRAVO series My Life on the D-List. She lives in a sweet ass pad in Los Angeles. She has three assistants. She sold out FOUR shows at the Paramount this weekend. At this point, Griffin is pretty far from a D-List celebrity. Will the Jolie-Pitts ever want her over for dinner? Probably not. But Griffin isn't struggling for success and should probably update her act.

That being said, what I love most about Griffin is not her self-proclaimed D-List status, but her unabashed willingness to talk shit about celebrities. The night started off a little slow with Griffin talking politics—not really her forte. But after about 30 minutes, she launched into the Hollywood gossip we'd all been waiting for.

Griffin had plenty to say about Lindsay Lohan, Nancy Grace, and of course, Barbara Walters. She also talked about being fired from appearing on Hannah Montana following her now infamous "Suck it, Jesus" Emmy acceptance speech. "MILEY CYRUS IS A WHORE!" Griffin screamed, to which everybody applauded.

The funny woman also talked about getting Larry King to rattle off his social security number live on air—something he couldn't fathom was a problem even after the entire production team started freaking out at commercial break.

"How can someone steal my identity? Everyone knows who I am," he reasoned.

Griffin ended by sharing with the crowd that Mary Tyler Moore is sort of a bitch and that Betty White is funny as hell. When Griffin asked Don Rickles jokingly if he'd ever hooked up with Moore, White interjected and said "Oh, I fucked him."

Who would've thought the lady from Golden Girls would have a potty mouth? That sort of backstage dirt is what makes Griffin so damn funny. I'm not buying that whole D-list crap anymore. But I love to see celebrities get pushed off their pedestals. And that Griffin does all too well.

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