You won't be seeing Kathy Griffin on the Today show to promote her new Bravo talk show, Kathy (launching April 19 at 10 ET/PT on Bravo).
"I just found out, I'm very excited, I'm re-banned from the Today show," Griffin told USA TODAY on Friday in her Kathy dressing room in Los Angeles. "I just want you to know, over the years since Suddenly Susan in 1996, I have been banned and re-banned from the Today show by several people. Katie Couric at one point. Matt Lauer at one point. This time my camp heard that it was actually Natalie Morales - who is on the show, I don't even know if she's the co-host, I think she reads the news."
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So, how did the feud begin? "I know her," says Griffin. "I've actually been on The Marriage Ref with her and I've met her at (the Today show) before. What I heard from their team is that I was rude to her at the Golden Globes. Which is funny because I didn't go to the Golden Globes. But I did go to Golden Globes parties which I didn't really belong at, so I know for a fact that I did a few interviews there, but I really knew that it wasn't my place to even be there." Griffin says she doesn't remember seeing Morales at the Globes parties, or turning down an interview request.
Despite a rocky past, Griffin says she's on friendly terms with current and past Today personalities, including Couric ("She wasn't a fan for awhile and finally came around … we e-mail") and Lauer. "Lauer was over my crap, I made fun of him so much … and then (I) ran into him later at an NBC event and I think he finally got it: 'Ok, it's a joke, she's kidding.' "
NBC and Bravo are both owned by Comcast. "Synergy in action," says Griffin.
The Today show did not respond to a request for comment.
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"I just found out, I'm very excited, I'm re-banned from the Today show," Griffin told USA TODAY on Friday in her Kathy dressing room in Los Angeles. "I just want you to know, over the years since Suddenly Susan in 1996, I have been banned and re-banned from the Today show by several people. Katie Couric at one point. Matt Lauer at one point. This time my camp heard that it was actually Natalie Morales - who is on the show, I don't even know if she's the co-host, I think she reads the news."
So, how did the feud begin? "I know her," says Griffin. "I've actually been on The Marriage Ref with her and I've met her at (the Today show) before. What I heard from their team is that I was rude to her at the Golden Globes. Which is funny because I didn't go to the Golden Globes. But I did go to Golden Globes parties which I didn't really belong at, so I know for a fact that I did a few interviews there, but I really knew that it wasn't my place to even be there." Griffin says she doesn't remember seeing Morales at the Globes parties, or turning down an interview request.Despite a rocky past, Griffin says she's on friendly terms with current and past Today personalities, including Couric ("She wasn't a fan for awhile and finally came around … we e-mail") and Lauer. "Lauer was over my crap, I made fun of him so much … and then (I) ran into him later at an NBC event and I think he finally got it: 'Ok, it's a joke, she's kidding.' "
NBC and Bravo are both owned by Comcast. "Synergy in action," says Griffin.
The Today show did not respond to a request for comment.
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