Comic Begs Clay Aiken for Forgiveness

Kathy Griffin, She Who Coined 'Gayken,' Talks to the Hand

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(Dec. 4) - Kathy Griffin pulled a "Say Anything" backstage at Rosie O'Donnell's Thanksgiving variety show last week in an attempt to reconcile with one of her favorite stand-up targets: Clay Aiken.
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    LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 05: Actress and host Kathy Griffin on stage during Bravo Network's 2nd Annual A-List Awards at the Orpheum Theatre on April 5, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kathy Griffin

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    LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 05: TV personality Kathy Griffin and TV personality Aubrey O'Day attend Bravo's 2nd annual A-List Awards held at the Orpheum Theater on April 5, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kathy Griffin;Aubrey O'Day

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    LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 05: TV personality Kathy Griffin and TV personality Aubrey O'Day attend Bravo's 2nd annual A-List Awards held at the Orpheum Theater on April 5, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kathy Griffin;Aubrey O'Day

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    LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 05: TV personality Kathy Griffin and TV personality Aubrey O'Day attend Bravo's 2nd annual A-List Awards held at the Orpheum Theater on April 5, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kathy Griffin;Aubrey O'Day

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    LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 05: TV personality Kathy Griffin and TV personality Aubrey O'Day attend Bravo's 2nd annual A-List Awards held at the Orpheum Theater on April 5, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kathy Griffin;Aubrey O'Day

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    LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 05: TV personality Kathy Griffin and TV personality Aubrey O'Day attend Bravo's 2nd annual A-List Awards held at the Orpheum Theater on April 5, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kathy Griffin;Aubrey O'Day

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    LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 05: TV personality Kathy Griffin and TV personality Aubrey O'Day attend Bravo's 2nd annual A-List Awards held at the Orpheum Theater on April 5, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kathy Griffin;Aubrey O'Day

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    LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 05: TV personality Kathy Griffin and TV personality Aubrey O'Day attend Bravo's 2nd annual A-List Awards held at the Orpheum Theater on April 5, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kathy Griffin;Aubrey O'Day

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    LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 05: TV personality Kathy Griffin and TV personality Aubrey O'Day attend Bravo's 2nd annual A-List Awards held at the Orpheum Theater on April 5, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kathy Griffin;Aubrey O'Day

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    LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 05: TV personality Kathy Griffin and TV personality Aubrey O'Day attend Bravo's 2nd annual A-List Awards held at the Orpheum Theater on April 5, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kathy Griffin;Aubrey O'Day

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"I held up one of those ghetto blasters playing one of Clay's songs, and I begged him to take me back and he said no," Griffin told E! Online at last night's Grammy nomination concert. "And then I walked out of the room and Gloria Estefan said to me, 'I told ya -- you shouldn't have gone in there alone.'"
For years, the brash jokestress has poked fun at the "American Idol" alum, calling him "Gayken" and urging the singer to come out of the closet -- which he ultimately did in September.
"There were no words of thanks or even really any words at all, for that matter," Griffin said. "I would have to say he was not very nice."
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