11/09/2009
Kathy Griffin: Levi Johnston Needs 'a Very Large Fig Leaf'
Kathy Griffin appeared on Joy Behar's show on Friday and much of the conversation revolved around - guess who - Levi Johnston (who actually called in to the show) and the media frenzy surrounding his Playgirl shoot. Griffin says she's seen the goods.
GRIFFIN: I would say he's going to need a very large fig leaf to cover it up, because it's something to behold. And women and gay men everywhere are going to be thrilled.
BEHAR: Do you think he realizes that Playgirl is not really read by women?
GRIFFIN: I don't think he cares. He's getting in great shape. He's getting a paycheck. And Levi enjoys being in on the joke. He likes playing along. He likes anything, I think that is a middle finger to Sarah Palin, and I'm with him on that one.
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...
Posted 9:10 AM EST by Andy Towle in Joy Behar, Kathy Griffin, Levi Johnston, News | Permalink
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She has NOT seen it. She has to wait just like the rest of us. And why are we doing that again?
Posted by: Phil | Nov 9, 2009 9:23:05 AM
You know --- once I saw him with the D-List guy I realized that he was just a cool guy who really does not care if guys are jacking off to him --- as long as it pays, is fun and makes other people happy.
Just like the Wrestling Champs who got outed as posing on Sean Cody.
This is part of their new generation --- and what I think progressive people hoped for a fun way of dealing with sexuality.
I still think he should waited longer to show the Johnston Johnson --- but who knows what the negotiation was.
AND as a middle-finger to Sarah Palin and her anti-gay Christian Fundamentalist bs -- he is sticking it WAY up.
Posted by: RJP3 | Nov 9, 2009 9:27:14 AM
"I still think he should waited longer to show the Johnston Johnson"
whose side are you on, anyways?
Posted by: Wes | Nov 9, 2009 10:04:01 AM
I have to agree with her, anything that pisses of Palin is great to me. More power to him and his 15 minutes, rather him than those two douche bags Kate & hair plugs.
Posted by: patrick nyc | Nov 9, 2009 10:49:08 AM
We know she hasnt seen it, she knows we know, its part of the joke people..
Posted by: rovex | Nov 9, 2009 10:51:22 AM
Oh, for Christsakes! She'll do and say ANYTHING for publicity! This plastic, unfunny twat needs to SHUT THE F**K UP!
Posted by: TPL | Nov 9, 2009 12:01:20 PM
TPL: #1--get a grip; and #2--Kathy's doing a hell of a lot better than you are.
Posted by: mike | Nov 9, 2009 1:34:37 PM
@TPL... have you ever seen a Kathy Griffin show? You're right, she will say anything and do anything that will get her attention. That is all part of WHO Kathy is.
If you don't like her, don't watch or listen to anything she says and you will be just fine.
I for one love to watch and listen to her. She is funny, smart, and nine times out of ten, right on the money.
TTFN for kiddies, Xochial Crash
Posted by: Crash | Nov 9, 2009 1:54:33 PM
Levi is the poster child for what is wrong with American families today - no shame what-so-ever and no responsibility for a child that he helped create.
And Kathy Griffin is more starved for media attention than Jon Gosslin. What a loser!
Posted by: Edd | Nov 9, 2009 2:42:08 PM
@EDD: I wanna know what Levi has and hasn't done that indicates that he is not responsible for his son.
What, a part of being responsible for your kid is to never out his grandmother when she lies and manipulates the people of America?
Posted by: Philip Wester | Nov 9, 2009 2:53:54 PM
Hey Edd & TPL - Go fuck yourselves.
Posted by: Tralfaz | Nov 9, 2009 3:10:56 PM
My complaint about this is simply that it aired on a network called Headline News. Misnomer, much?
Posted by: Daniel | Nov 9, 2009 5:08:56 PM
The thing I like about Levi is he is a thorn in Palin's ass. As for him being a 'fit' father, compared to the Palins? There is a good reason Alaska has the highest meth rate, as well as alcoholics in the country.
From what the media says, Levi has been fighting to see his kid, the Palins will not even let him take him out of the house. Huffington Post says this afternoon that he is going to sue for joint custody.
As for Headline News, they are the people who go on for months about a pretty blond missing, but not a word about the hundreds of girls of color who fall off the map.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/09/levi-johnston-to-file-for_n_350972.html
The reason this is news to some, Palin is seen as a 'leader' in the GOP. A fact that is a joke with her ordaining Hoffman in the congress race last week here in Upstate NY. A district that has voted red for over 150 years is now blue.
Levi was privy to the behind the scenes for a few years, Palin would be wise not to push him so far. He is not the brightest bulb on the porch, but he is not a total fool either.
Posted by: patrick nyc | Nov 9, 2009 7:17:26 PM
Ew, it's kathy griffin! How singularly unfunny. Of course the gays love her because she's an over the top tacky fag hag...who realizes that gay men are a market for nonhomophobic comedy, and she continues to cash in. Yes, she's done more than a lot of celebrities to raise money and awareness for hiv/aids...but she's made a lot of money of teh gays, too. Kathy Griffin and Mario Cantone should be forced to fight to the death.
As to this piece of trash blowing through a trailer park (levi and the whole palin family hodown), BFD. But if it makes palin look bad, why not? I just wish they'd all die in a plane crash so they could no longer pander to the LCD.
Posted by: TANK | Nov 9, 2009 7:41:07 PM
Stop being such arseholes (pun intended). He's a cute guy, with a big dick who likes being naked. Why can't we appreciate it for what it is, instead of criticizing the guy's character and analyzing his motives and his aptitute for being a good father. He's hot, staight and hung shutup and let those of us who find him attractive whack-off in peace.
Posted by: gregg | Nov 10, 2009 6:55:16 AM
Kathy Griffin only wishes she was on the D-List
Posted by: Jere Rhine | Nov 10, 2009 11:00:51 AM