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Video: Kathy Griffin <i>Did</i> Say That On CNN
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Jen Chung
Published Jan 1, 2009
Modified Jan 2, 2009
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Kathy Griffin proved to be the perfect co-host yet again for CNN's New Year's Eve countdown coverage when she yelled back at a Times Square heckler. The self-proclaimed D-List comedienne, co-hosting with Anderson Cooper, was so fed up with someone (we're not sure if it was a man or a woman, but we hope he/she emerges!) that she yelled—on air— "Screw you. Why don't you get a job, buddy? You know what? I don't go to your job and knock the dicks out of your mouth."
The NY Post, which suggests that Griffin could be on CNN's S-list (ha!), says she was not available for comment, but noted that her fans were voicing their support on MySpace: "Best way to bring in a New Year EVER" and "Kathy, you can come to my job and knock the dicks out of my mouth anytime!!!! LOVE YA"
After the jump, some montages of Griffin and Cooper's coverage. And Entertainment Weekly's Popwatch was also amused by how Cooper "admit[ed] he can't properly pronounce double Ts, especially embarrassing as he lives in 'Manhadden.'" (P.S. Cooper's resolution is to blog more.)
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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