If Kathy Griffin wins another Emmy, she promises "No more Jesus comments" – à la her infamous "Suck it" remark last year upon winning the Emmy for best reality program for her Bravo show My Life on the D-List. "Offending groups is fine as long as you don't offend the actual Academy," she says with a laugh. However, "If I'm lucky enough to be nominated again, and to win, I do like to plan something."
It's her way, she makes clear, of contributing to the show. "I love awards shows. I love to watch them with my gay guys. I live for the moments when someone shows up drunk or makes a ridiculous political statement."
She goes on, "Political correctness is the enemy of comics. My hero is George Carlin. I've been loving watching all the tributes to him -- a lot from people who, when he was alive, said he went too far and he was outrageous. But he never ruined anybody's life. He never ruined anybody's career. He never took down any religion. And he did it, God love him, 'til he was 72. Oh, this was a brave dude."
"The people I look up to are the troublemakers -- the Bill Mahers, the Howard Sterns, the Roseannes," Griffin quips. Being compared to Joan Rivers is "an honor," Griffin says. "I love her! I can't stand the sticky sweet."
Did her political incorrectness have anything to do with the breakup of her relationship with Steve Wozniak?
"Oh, God no," she responds. "Steve is the most open-minded guy in the world. There's nothing I could say that he'd find inappropriate or shocking -- which is one of the things I still just adore about him. He says controversial things all the time," she adds. "He's constantly getting in trouble with Mac, like when he criticized an element of the iPhone. There was such outrage on the Web site. What does he care? He's got a billion dollars; he doesn't work for Apple anymore. He doesn't have to give a f---."
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