Kathy Griffin's Fat Jokes Hurt Her Chance at Getting New Year's Job Back

By Rob Shuter Posted Dec 8th 2010 01:44PM

By now, you know that comedienne Kathy Griffin put her foot in her big mouth again over the weekend, getting booed by the troops at VH1's 'Divas Salute the Troops' event for telling fat jokes about Bristol Palin. Now, after the ensuing fallout, I've learned that any hope she had of getting her old job back on CNN's New Year's Eve special has been seriously diminished.

An insider at the cable network tells me that executives had recently softened on Kathy after initially shunning her after her F-bomb-throwing gaffe on last year's special, co-hosted by Anderson Cooper.

"CNN executives ... were considering giving her another chance," my source reveals. "That was until her Bristol weight comment a few days ago that reminded everyone exactly why they had barred her in the first place."

Now, the "Most Trusted Name in News" is likely to sideline any chance of bringing her back. It seems Kathy picked a scab off CNN's wound, reminding them that not only did she drop an F-bomb on live TV, she also made not-so-family-friendly jokes about needing a "bump" of cocaine. And then, yes, she also asked Anderson if he pleasured himself while looking in the mirror. So there's that.

However, even worse than that sordid minute on TV was the fact that it didn't exactly help in the ratings department. CNN's special drew far fewer viewers than Dick Clark's 'New Year's Rockin' Eve.'

When I asked a CNN publicist about the matter in early January, they said, "No decisions have been made yet regarding next year's show."

What do you think? As our friend Heidi Klum would ask on 'Project Runway,' should Kathy be IN or OUT?

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Wednesday 08 December

By Steven Ball

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Bristol Palin's brother is a serviceman. It is beyond poor taste to insult her in front of the troops. Kathy Griffin, Margaret Ho & Chelsey Handler are 3 of the oldest, foul mouthed skanks in Show Business. They are all well into their 40's yet they constantly are attacking a 20 year old unwed mother. I thought liberal dipsticks were supposed to be more considerate

By kevinbgood621

No Kathy Griffin on New Years ? Then it will be a " Happy : New Year after all !

By Jenni

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To think this no talent makes ALOT of money doing what she does and for what? This, while the rest of us work our butts off every day and get paid a mear fraction of what she does. There's never a time that she is being interviewed (why I don't know) that she doesn't start running her big mouth putting someone down that doesn't deserve it. She has no room to talk about Bristol Palin or anyone else for that matter as she is certainly NOTHING to look at or brag about.

Thursday 09 December

By c4246

If depravity is your form of humor, or style in journalism,that is the result.

By nellsussman

I remember watching her reality show a long time ago. And she was crying after an appearance on the "Tonight Show" w/ Jay Leno. She was talking about her plastic surgery and he made a crack about her appearance. She knows first hand about how hurtful it can be to be made fun of. I wish she would think about that before making fun of other people. And Bristol is NOT fat...

Monday 13 December

By james

Lets hope we don't have to see or hear her again.

Tuesday 14 December

By JOSE ANGULO

all of you people are ignorant.!!

By Sam

She used to be funny... I think she´s out of jokes...

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