Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List Takes Her Act to Baghdad

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List Takes Her Act to Baghdad by Roxanne McDonald

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List episode 4 in the second of two seasons thus far is a bittersweet study of the lengths the comedienne goes to make a living, keep her reputation growing, and, even, to show some support for others – in this case, the troops in Baghdad.

On tour with Karri Turner, Michael McDonald, and husband Matt, Kathy is filmed getting ready in the modest hotel bathroom. As she is putting on make-up, bombs report nearby. Her husband lies, and tells her that it was, uh, an OUT-going bomb, but Kathy looks at the camera with a “yeah, right” look, and later comments that she knew otherwise. She add that they must have heard her Gwyneth Paltrow jokes and didn’t appreciate them.

Asked if she will want to cancel, she says the American soldiers deserve a performance. And with respect to performing for the American troops, Kathy discusses how she feels doing so. She says, “Let me tell you something. I never felt more attractive – guys who hardly see women at all –I never felt more sexy, more beautiful.”

She introduces Michael McDonald,

who does a brief Stewart set (Stewart is the latest and youngest recruit), which makes the troops roar as the over-grown baby is approached by Griffin and does his standard “get awayyyy!” thing.

Heading home and readying for the week-long (or longer) visit of her niece and nephew, Kathy says that being in the war zone was kind of a dream compared to being with her the kids. Griffin feigns hating kids, but does a decent job of hosting and entertaining them – asking little Johnny what kind of beer he likes and bringing home a surprise hunky guest for her niece, Claire.

And ever keeping with her show’s premise, that she must do anything and everything to get off the D-list, Kathy agrees to a special “Diet along with Kathy”

segment for the ever-popular STAR magazine… though she of course loves food, hates to diet, and, after losing 12 or so pounds goes back to her favorite homemade recipe, two slabs of cake put in a beater bowl with ice cream, which she calls cake soup and which she scarfs with all abandon as the trainer being interviewed elsewhere can be heard to say he hopes she can keep up the diet and exercise regime.

That’s Kathy Griffin, keeping to no rigors but her own.

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