I already love Kathy Griffin. Glad to hear she won the Emmy. Now that homophobic, racist William Donohue is attacking her, I love her even more. Leave it to Donohue to get riled up by a comedian. Also, very, very weak of E! to censor Kathy Griffin. Yes, the channel that brings us "The Girls Next Door" (where we can "Join Hugh Hefner and his three lovely ladies—Holly, Bridget and Kendra—as they expose the secrets of the Playboy Mansion") is going to censor Kathy Griffin for making Jesus jokes. Pathetically weak:
"Kathy Griffin's offensive remarks will not be part of the E! telecast on Saturday night," the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said in a statement Monday.Congrats on the Emmy, Kathy. (By the way, I'll be at your show here in DC next Wednesday.)
In her speech, Griffin said that "a lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus."
She went on to hold up her Emmy, make an off-color remark about Christ and proclaim, "This award is my god now!"
The comedian's remarks were condemned Monday by Catholic League President Bill Donohue, who called them a "vulgar, in-your-face brand of hate speech."
According to the TV academy and E!, when the four hour-plus ceremony is edited into a two-hour program, Griffin's remarks will be shown in "an abbreviated version" in which some language may be bleeped.
And as for that buffoon, Donohue, let's all remember South Park's "Fantastic Easter Special" when "Ninja Jesus" took out William Donohue, who had made himself Pope and proclaimed he was the voice of God. Kinda what Donohue thinks in real life, too:
