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12-06-2010, 12:26pm
Troops Boo Kathy Griffin for Bristol Palin Fat Jokes
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The troops at the Marine Corps Air Station in California booed Kathy Griffin at 'VH1 Divas: Salute the Troops' for a lame joke taunting Bristol Palin for seemingly being the "only contestant in the history of ['Dancing With the Stars'] to actually gain weight" during the show.
As criticism for Kathy mounts a day after the special aired, sources tell me VH1 nearly cut the ugly moment out of the show.
"There was talk at VH1 about editing out the joke and the reaction to it but in the end we decided to leave it in," a network insider tells me.
"It made the event feel live and Kathy is a big girl.
It's not the first time one of her jokes have failed."
In case you missed it, the failed joke went like so: "We got two words: Bristol Palin." Griffin began, which almost instantly was answered by jeering.
"You're gonna like this ... [Bristol is] the only contestant in the history of the show to actually gain weight. ... She gained like 30 pounds a week.
I swear to God, it was fantastic -- she's like the white 'Precious.'"
Cue the cat calls and escalating booing.
This isn't the first time Kathy has used the Palin clan in her act. Last year she walked the red carpet with the father of Bristol's baby, Levi Johnson, at The Teen Choice Awards and even announced/joked they were dating. She also took Levi along with her to Sarah's hometown of Wasilla, Alaska to poke fun at the former Governor.
During the failed bit, Kathy seemed unsure of what exactly the crowd was booing.
"I'm sure Kathy was surprised by the reaction," a friend of Griffin tells me.
"She's not sure if it was the fat part or the Palin part of the joke that the troops protested.
However, if you think one audience reaction is going to get her to stop telling Palin jokes you are wrong.
That family is comedy gold.
Even if our men and ladies in uniform don't seen to think so."
Video inside ~
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.popeater.com/media/2010/12/bristol.kathy294-1291652805.jpg
Personally no, I don't think Bristol is fat ... however she is sport'n thunder-thighs and a big booty ... I'd say she's *rotundo* and give it year before she's look'n like, say, Christine O'Donnell (who was once a hot-body) chubby ...
:lolsmile:
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Today
Troops Boo Kathy Griffin for Bristol Palin Fat Jokes | PopEater.com (http://www.popeater.com/2010/12/06/kathy-griffins-teasing-bristol-palin-vh1-divas/)
The troops at the Marine Corps Air Station in California booed Kathy Griffin at 'VH1 Divas: Salute the Troops' for a lame joke taunting Bristol Palin for seemingly being the "only contestant in the history of ['Dancing With the Stars'] to actually gain weight" during the show.
As criticism for Kathy mounts a day after the special aired, sources tell me VH1 nearly cut the ugly moment out of the show.
"There was talk at VH1 about editing out the joke and the reaction to it but in the end we decided to leave it in," a network insider tells me.
"It made the event feel live and Kathy is a big girl.
It's not the first time one of her jokes have failed."
In case you missed it, the failed joke went like so: "We got two words: Bristol Palin." Griffin began, which almost instantly was answered by jeering.
"You're gonna like this ... [Bristol is] the only contestant in the history of the show to actually gain weight. ... She gained like 30 pounds a week.
I swear to God, it was fantastic -- she's like the white 'Precious.'"
Cue the cat calls and escalating booing.
This isn't the first time Kathy has used the Palin clan in her act. Last year she walked the red carpet with the father of Bristol's baby, Levi Johnson, at The Teen Choice Awards and even announced/joked they were dating. She also took Levi along with her to Sarah's hometown of Wasilla, Alaska to poke fun at the former Governor.
During the failed bit, Kathy seemed unsure of what exactly the crowd was booing.
"I'm sure Kathy was surprised by the reaction," a friend of Griffin tells me.
"She's not sure if it was the fat part or the Palin part of the joke that the troops protested.
However, if you think one audience reaction is going to get her to stop telling Palin jokes you are wrong.
That family is comedy gold.
Even if our men and ladies in uniform don't seen to think so."
Video inside ~
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.popeater.com/media/2010/12/bristol.kathy294-1291652805.jpg
Personally no, I don't think Bristol is fat ... however she is sport'n thunder-thighs and a big booty ... I'd say she's *rotundo* and give it year before she's look'n like, say, Christine O'Donnell (who was once a hot-body) chubby ...
:lolsmile:
http://i54.tinypic.com/id7p5j.jpg