PopUps: Kathy Griffin Dishes on Her Feud with Ellen DeGeneres
Only Kathy Griffin could get in a feud with Ellen DeGeneres!
The comedian spilled the tea, explaining her feud with the daytime talkshow host, according to a report from Variety.
During her three hour set in Los Angeles from her Laugh Your Head Off world tour, Griffin told her fans that she got into it with DeGeneres after Joan Rivers died.
"One of the things that really hurt Joan, and we talked about it at our last meal together, was that Ellen always shunned her and Ellen thought she was vulgar and not funny," Griffin said, adding that DeGeneres thinks she's also too vulgar, according to Variety.
When Rivers died, Griffin said she wanted to reach out to the talkshow host.
"I just called her and I just said, 'Look, woman to woman, comic to comic, I think you need to let go of your hatred for Joan Rivers. She's passed away, just do a fucking tribute, be cool,' " Griffin said.
Griffin went on to say that DeGeneres didn't have the best response. The comedian said DeGeneres told her "there's a difference between mean and funny" and Rivers was mean, according to Variety.
"That fucking set me off," Griffin said. "So we had a fight in which I used inflammatory words like, 'Look you fucking untalented hack.' ... You know when you're fighting with someone and you can kind of laugh at a point? Yeah, not that day."
After a few days, Griffin texted DeGeneres and said she couldn't stop thinking about the fight they had.
"It was so 'Dynasty' that I demand to be Alexis as long as you're Krystle," she said. "I think we should do a scene in the pool, I think there should be big hats [and] that bitch didn't even respond! But that was a good idea!"
Click here to read more about Griffin's set in Variety's lengthy report, which details the comedian's reactions to Roseanne Barr, Kim Kardashin West and her husband Kanye West, and, of course, Donald Trump.