Kathy Griffin apologizes for being ‘vicious’ to Anna Nicole Smith in comedy act: ‘She was so abused by the business’
https://ew.com/kathy-griffin-apologizes-vicious-anna-nicole-smith-comedy-11798483
Kathy Griffin apologizes for being ‘vicious’ to Anna Nicole Smith in comedy act: ‘She was so abused by the business’
https://ew.com/kathy-griffin-apologizes-vicious-anna-nicole-smith-comedy-11798483
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> The entertainer went on to call the era a “terrible time for women,” and cited things like wet t-shirt contests as rampant examples of men fetishizing women without quesiton.
> “So, I was vicious to Anna, and I also witnessed a lot of tough times with her because when she was messed up, she could be nasty, she could be rough,” Griffin continued. “I know, in her heart, she was so abused by the business.”
“She was so abused, so I abused her more”
Just try rewatching The Anna Nicole Smith show; it was worse than you thought. Hollywood and we (as watchers) treated her like trash. I’m not sure who got it worse, Anna or Monica Lewinsky
She’s only apologizing because people hate her now too.. 90s comedians should stay hidden!
One thing I really respect about Kathy is that from what I’ve seen she has been really open and willing to take criticism and reflect on her past actions.
Apologizing to someone who has been dead for 18 years. Very meaningful. Definitely not a gimmicky attempt for attention.
I saw some type of Autopsy TV show. After death she was diagnosed with the auto-immune disorder Hashimoto’s disease. How sad it wasn’t diagnosed in her lifetime and treated. It probably caused her a lot of problems.
Anna Nicole got shit on for decades. You can say it was for drug abuse or was somehow deserved, but it wasn’t. If you remember her life, you’ll realize the thing she got the most shit for was her weight. It was obnoxious and pathetic.
I’m ashamed for how much bs i believed simply bc of headlines. I guess the internet has helped with some of that
Kathy is a total piece of shit. Always has been.
“I feel really bad for following the trends back then, but following the trends now is totally different”
Well now that both she and her son are dead, I’m sure Kathy’s apology is appreciated.
She ripped on her cuz she was just dyyying for fame. Playing 2nd fiddle to Brooke shields musta been hard for this annoying one. I’m left wing af but why won’t she go away??
I’ll say it. Better late than never. You’re all absolutely right that it’s incredibly late, and has odd optics like she needs attention, but isn’t it better to admit fault and apologize than not at all?
To everyone saying “she was abused, so let’s abuse her more”, is that not exactly what Griffin is talking about + apologizing for? Not a fan of hers in the slightest, but I’d rather people come around to being better people and admitting they were at fault than not. 🤷🏻♂️
Does Griffin have a tour or some other project coming up soon?
Why is she in entertainment news suddenly?
lol apparently no one listened to the source of this which was her YouTube show. She doesn’t say she was vicious to her, she said comedy in the 90s and 2000s was vicious. She talks about her encounters with Anna Nicole. Which are hilarious. You couldn’t not talk about her at the time, it was too good. She’s not making fun of her post-mortem or apologizing for making jokes. She’s a comedian whose material is her life, celebrities, and her encounters with celebrities.
A little fucking late for that one, aren’t you? Even if she was being nasty and rough like you said, you didn’t have to participate. She made the choice to go at a clearly mentally unwell woman. No one forced Kathy to say these things. Only her need to get attention.
By the way, this was in the era of [Craig Ferguson refusing to do Britney Spears jokes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZVWIELHQQY) because she was clearly having a mental health crisis and Craig was steadfast against punching down on her. He even says Anna was a major reason why he won’t. You can’t blame it all on the era when even back then people were capable of having a platform and being empathetic at the same time.
Oh, shut up, Kathy.
Who ever paid attention to Kathy Griffin?
And ..why??
I’ll take “a failed comic starving for media attention” for $100, Alex.
Her career is punishment enough.
Kathy’s plastic surgeon should apologize for being vicious to her face.
Is “the business” the name that Kathy Griffin has given herself?
Too little too late.
It’s interesting because I was just watching an Anna Nicole reality show yesterday for the first time in maybe 18 years. That Howard K Stern and others had her bombed out on drugs (he was high AF too). And of course the folks at E! Entertainment and TMZ thought it would be a good idea to film all of it. No one stepped up to help her. I am glad the era of reality shows is largely over.
It’s a shame because she seemed like a genuinely nice person when sober. She got wrapped up in fame/money and then got hooked and kept on drugs. Sad. Very sad ending for her.
I thought Kathy Lee was dead. Anyway…. Monica was treated horribly. Imagine what would have been if not for saving the dress. Would have been a much shorter story for sure. Good on Linda Tripp for telling her to save it.
As to Anna being a whore….. That was literally the job that she chose. She was not very kind to J. Howard. I used to feel a little bad for him but it worked out.
Seems like Kathy Griffin often finds herself on the wrong side of history. It’s good of her to apologize but maybe she’s somewhat of a nasty person
“she was so abused”…Kathy, you totally had a hand it it too, don’t think you can make that sound so passive.
Anna Nicole Smith was a notorious grifter though. She was a Playboy centerfold before that but everyone knew her for marrying that living corpse because he was worth billions of dollars and then getting nothing when he died, She kind of earned the ridicule. The person who really deserves an apology from 90’s comics is Monica Lewinsky, she wasn’t an Angel having an affair with a married man but she was also young and impressionable and was seduced by an older charismatic man of power. She didn’t deserve a fraction of the public shame and ridicule she received.
Does kathy griffin know anna nicole smith is dead?
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