A Hot Cup of Somethin'... Kathy Griffin is a stand-up comedian, actress and voice actor known for celebrity gossip such as plastic surgery, eating disorders, and substance abuse on Kathy Griffin: A Hot Cup of Talk and her reality show on Bravo, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List.
Griffin grew up in a Chicago suburb and a nearby Forest Park, Illinois. Her father worked in electronics retails; her mother was a hospital administrative assistant. She is the youngest of three brothers and two sisters.
Griffin began her comedy career in the 1980s with a Los Angeles comedy group called The Groundlings. Soon she began performing stand-up comedy with Janeane Garofalo in the comedy act "Hot Cup of Talk." Her acting debut was the role of "Connie" in The Unborn. Later she began assuming television comedy roles such as Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful, HBO's Madonna: Truth or Dare, and as Susan Klein on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Griffin's first real taste of fame came in 1996 when she played the colleague of Brooke Shields' character on Suddenly Susan. Then in 1998 she was able to successfully start her career on HBO's Kathy Griffin: A Hot Cup of Talk where she found a career making fun of Hollywood celebrity lifestyle and hierarchy. She has done voice over work in projects including Dilbert and Spider-Man.
Griffin started her solo reality show, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, in 2005, which was nominated for a 2006 Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Reality Program. She admits to being a liberal and makes it known that she opposes the war in Iraq and George W. Bush.
Griffin and Matt Moline met on a blind date in 1999 and were engaged on September 23, 2000. They were married in Los Angeles in February 2001. However, Griffin filed for divorce in 2005, citing irreconcilable differences; later she claimed that Moline stole more than $72,000 from her during their marriage. | |
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David A Cool, CA | Posted at 5:00pm on Sunday, February 21st, 2010 | My wife loves her. I think my wife might be gay.
I tried to laugh at Kathy's stuff, but all she does is down-talk others. Anyone can do that? It's called getting a laugh at others expense.
Oh well it takes all sorts.....
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Devans00 Silicon Valley, CA | Posted at 12:00am on Saturday, December 1st, 2007 | Not everyone's cup of tea. I find her hilarious as hell. One of those bluntly truthful comedians. Great storyteller. Very real and sweet at the same time.
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