{"id":4912,"date":"2006-06-07T07:32:39","date_gmt":"2006-06-07T11:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=4912"},"modified":"2022-10-10T09:38:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T13:38:25","slug":"i-was-wrong-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=4912","title":{"rendered":"I Was Wrong. Again."},"content":{"rendered":"

So I admitted <\/a>my EGREGIOUS mistake in blowing off Patrick Dempsey for 20 years. I’m still in shock at my own moronic lack of judgment.<\/p>\n

And now I must admit how unbeLIEVABLY wrong I was … again … in thinking Kathy Griffin was annoying. I was so MEAN to her <\/a>when she did the red carpet thing at the Oscars, 2005. She was fired from that job, by the way. As was Star Jones. (My opinion of Star Jones’ awfulness remains intact.) But now Kathy Griffin has basically taken over the Bravo channel – and I cannot get enough of her. I love her. I love her SO MUCH. Again: what was my problem???<\/p>\n

Alex <\/a>tried to explain to me why I was wrong. She did so gently, and with tremendous patience. (Uhm. Not.)<\/p>\n

For whatever reason, Griffin rubbed me the wrong way. And now I am literally a HUGE fan.<\/p>\n

Her observations, her fearlessness … Can’t get enough.<\/p>\n

There’s a moment in one of her stand-up routines when she talks about how nervous it makes her to be around white people who NEED to pretend they are black. She says she doesn’t know where to look, or … all she wants to do is glance at a nearby African American and check in with THEM to see if it’s okay … All of this came about because she was in Eminem’s Slim Shady video – and she said Eminem’s entire entourage is black, but Eminem was the blackest-acting person there. “Eminem is so black – now that<\/i> is a black man. But Justin Timberlake … Justin Timberlake is practically Nubian<\/i> right now.”<\/p>\n

Favorite stories of hers:<\/p>\n

— Her imitation of Gwyneth Paltrow on David Letterman (and everywhere else, actually) – amazing imitation – how does one imitate Gwyneth?? Watch Kathy Griffin – it’s spot on.
\n— The moment backstage with Celine Dion, where Kathy Griffin was so nervous she realized at one point that she was petting Celine Dion’s long hair
\n— The humorlessness of the Destiny’s Child girls – hahahahahaha
\n— “Justin Timberlake is practically Nubian<\/i> right now.” Nubian?? sooooo funny
\n— Getting a call that Steven Spielberg was “personally upset” with her and her response (“He’s personally upset<\/i> with me? So … that means I won’t be starring in any more Spielberg movies?? Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck you!”)
\n— The whole story of Barbra Streisand on Oprah (I wish I had seen that interview!) – and then Kathy Griffin’s moment with Oprah a couple months later – GENIUS!!!
\n— Her saying, “I’m so far to the left that I’m basically a Sandinista.” hahahahahahahahahahaha
\n— Her stories of going to Afghanistan and basically losing it – going right up to a group of local men and saying, “Hi! LOOK AT ME. LOOK AT MY FACE. YUP. HERE IS MY WHORE-FACE. PLAIN AND CLEAR. I’M AN AMERICAN WOMAN! LOOK AT MY FACE.” Forcing them to shake hands with her, even though they didn’t want to. “THIS IS HOW WE DO IT IN AMERICA. SHAKE MY HAND, YOU FUCKER.” And some kindly Marine basically dragging her away ….
\n— She’s done a couple USO tours – awesome stories all along the way … Standing on the platform in the middle of the desert, with a huge audience, saying, “Can’t we have our next war in, oh, St. Lucia or something??”
\n— Her whole obsession with Clay Aiken – and seeing him backstage at his show in Vegas. HYSTERICAL. Her observations about him … I mean, she loves him … but he gets NO slack from her!!
\n— Saying to the audience, “You guys are actually nervous<\/i> that I’m making fun of Oprah right now.”<\/p>\n

The woman is a breath of fresh air.<\/p>\n

I was wrong, wrong, wrong.<\/p>\n

(What’s next? I’m going to suddenly realize that Jewel has been an awesome singer\/songwriter all along? I’m going to suddenly develop a deep appreciation for Mischa Barton’s phenomenal acting? What next??)<\/p>\n

But in this case, it’s a PLEASURE to be proven wrong – because Kathy Griffin is just a JOY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I admitted my EGREGIOUS mistake in blowing off Patrick Dempsey for 20 years. I’m still in shock at my own moronic lack of judgment. And now I must admit how unbeLIEVABLY wrong I was … again … in thinking … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4912"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179280,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912\/revisions\/179280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}