Kathleen Mary "Kathy" Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comic, actress, and televison host known for her crass, story telling like-humour which focuses on celebrities and her self-appointed status as a D-list celebrity.

Since 2006 she has co-hosted Creator/{{CNN}}'s New Year's Eve coverage with best pal and frequent humiliation target Creator/AndersonCooper (why he agrees to do it with her every year is a mystery to everyone, up to and including Anderson himself). Every successive broadcast requires her to go to even further lengths to kill him from embarrassment; fortunately, she has yet to succeed, despite (among other antics) spray-tanning his face with no warning, painting stripes in his hair, and getting her kit (mostly) off on live TV. Repeatedly. Though its ratings are far lower than that of the famous "New Year's Rockin' Eve", it does have a loyal fanbase.

* ''Series/MyLifeOnTheDList'': Her reality show, which lasted 6 years.

* TheArtifact: Her Status as D-list celebrity. Nowadays she hosts Fashion police and the New Years Eve show on CNN, she has won several awards, she's a household comedy name and is also friends with very, very famous people. This is one of the reasons why she didn't continue with her reality show, as in her own words "[She's] too famous now"

'''Kathleen Mary "Kathy" Griffin''' (born November 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comic, actress, and televison host known for her crass, story telling like-humour which focuses on celebrities and her self-appointed status as a D-list celebrity.

* MrsRobinson: She is 54 and her current boyfriend is 33.

'''Kathleen Mary "Kathy" Griffin''' (b. November 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comic, actress, and televison host known for her crass, story telling like-humour which focuses on celebrities and her self-appointed status as a D-list celebrity.

* OddFriendship: Would you believe wacky, brash Kathy Griffin is good friends with straight-laced, stoic newsman Anderson Cooper? It does veer into VitriolicBestBuds, however, since it seems a good chunk of their dynamic seems to be Kathy [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZswCUiAM9E pushing Anderson's buttons.]] Fortunately, he seems to react with bemused affection and mild annoyance as opposed to genuinely being angry about it. Even more oddly, she is also extremely close to Anderson's ''mother'', Gloria Vanderbilt; he inadvertently introduced them by phone after one of their New Year's Eve broadcasts, and a genuine, close friendship was born.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: {{invoked}} She has mentioned in her specials that she moves the line and then crosses it.

* FagHag: Self described.
* {{Hatedom}}: {{invoked}} Kathy revels in this, reading hate mail in her standup act.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: She has mentioned in her specials that she moves the line and then crosses it.

* {{Hatedom}}: Kathy revels in this, reading hate mail in her standup act.

* ''Series/FashionPolice'': She became the current main host after Joan Rivers' death.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: In her most serious interviews, she has talked about how as a child she was called a dog and barked at for four years straight during her years at a catholic school, the severe beatings she got from the other girls, and how her brother was a paedophile of whom she was scared until the day he died.

* TheTeetotaler: Kathy proudly claims to be one of these, as her response to growing up in a house with many alcoholics when she was a chid.

Also, since 2006 she has co-hosted Creator/{{CNN}}'s New Year's Eve coverage with best pal and frequent humiliation target Creator/AndersonCooper (why he agrees to do it with her every year is a mystery to everyone, up to and including Anderson himself). Every successive broadcast requires her to go to even further lengths to kill him from embarrassment; fortunately, she has yet to succeed, despite (among other antics) spray-tanning his face with no warning, painting stripes in his hair, and getting her kit (mostly) off on live TV. Repeatedly. Though its ratings are far lower than that of the famous "New Year's Rockin' Eve", it does have a loyal fanbase.

* OddFriendship: Would you believe wacky, brash Kathy Griffin is good friends with straight-laced, stoic newsman Anderson Cooper? It does veer into VitriolicBestBuds, however, since it seems a good chunk of their dynamic seems to be Kathy [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZswCUiAM9E pushing Anderson's buttons.]] Fortunately, he seems to react with bemused affection and mild annoyance as opposed to genuinely being angry about it.

'''Kathleen Mary "Kathy" Griffin''' (born November 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, actreess and televison host, known for her crass, story telling like-humour which focuses on celebrities and her self-appointed status as a D-list celebrity.