JOURNAL: Kathy wins an Emmy!

Kathy Griffin My Life On The D-List Wins First Emmy Award
from Reality TV Magazine, Posted by Joe Reality on September 10, 2007 at 09:16 PM

At the Primetime Creative Emmy Awards ceremony on Saturday, September 8th in Los Angeles, Kathy Griffin received her first Emmy Award for “Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List.” The show won an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Reality Program category.

Other shows in the category included "Antique Road Show," "Dog Whisperer with Cesar Milan," "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" and "Penn & Teller: Bull****." In her acceptance speech Griffin said, "A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this. He had nothing to do with this…. this award is my God now."

The only cable network to dominate this category, Griffin's Emmy marks Bravo's third win in five years for the Outstanding Reality Program category, ("Cirque Du Soleil: Fire" in 03 and "Queer Eye" in 04).

"We're simply thrilled for Kathy," said Lauren Zalaznick, President Bravo Media. "We may call the show D-List, but she's always been A-List to us and Saturday night confirmed it."

"D-List" is produced by Picture This. "Cirque Du Soleil" is a Productions Conte Inc. production in association with Bravo Network and CBC.

Oh, about the "controversy"... I found this in post-Emmy interview article EW did with Kathy:

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And when you did win, you pointedly did not thank Jesus in your acceptance speech, right?
Here's what I said exactly: "A lot of people get up here and thank Jesus for helping them win this award, but I have to say nobody has been less helpful in getting me to this moment than Jesus. I don't know what I ever did to him, I just think he doesn't like me that much, and if he had his way, Caesar Milan would be holding this statue right now, but he's not and I am! So I guess all I can really say is, 'Suck it, Jesus! This statue is my God now!'"

How'd the crowd react when you said that?
They actually laughed! So that's been so great about the D-List show. It's so great that people know, like, I'm actually kidding. So it was great to not get booed off the stage and have people throw burning crosses at me. I don't think you can bring a burning cross to the Emmys. It was like, "Oh good, they're finally getting that I'm just kidding." [Apparently, not everyone outside the room was laughing — following complaints about her speech by Catholic League President Bill Donohue, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said in a statement Monday that "Kathy Griffin's offensive remarks will not be part of the E! telecast" of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, scheduled for Sept. 15. Responded Griffin in a statement sent to EW.com via a rep: ''Am I the only Catholic left with a sense of humor?''] I'm looking at that statue right now and I just...I carry it everywhere. I take it to the bathroom when I pee. It's always in my hand.


I say: "Congratulations Kathy!" ~Cedric

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And for the heck of it, here's a video for Justin Timberlake's Emmy-Winning "Dick in a Box".

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