'She Was a Total Embarrassment to the Network'

Considering we're talking about CNN here it takes a lot to embarrass them judging by the abysmal lineup and slanted "news" they offer up. But I guess having a D-list hack cause enough grief two years running is enough even for the low-rated cable wasteland.

Kathy Griffin won’t be allowed back on CNN’s New Year’s Eve show after two consecutive years of profanity-laced jokes, AOL.com’s PopEater blog reported Tuesday, citing executives at the news network.

A year after ringing in 2009 by trading barbs with a heckler on live television the comedian one-upped herself with a series of adult-themed jokes while standing next to straight-laced anchor Anderson Cooper.

“She was a total embarrassment to the network that calls themselves 'The Most Trusted Name in News.' Even Anderson thinks it's time to say goodbye to Kathy,” a CNN insider told PopEater.

Of course it's OK for Anderson Vanderbilt to tell teabagging jokes. I guess his bloated contract is too much for them to swallow.

In a comedy bit with Cooper approximately 40 minutes before the ball dropped in New York’s Times Square, Griffin mispronounced the name of six-year old “balloon boy” Falcon Heene, replacing his first name with a profanity that begins with the same letter. Cooper averted his eyes and mumbled “You’re terrible," before quickly switching to a new topic.

Later, she asked Cooper “How do you not just stare in the mirror all day," adding another adult reference. He responded tersely that he’d be jobless by the morning.

I doubt the trust fund baby would ever have to working about paying the rent if he did get the ax.

CNN is the "total embarrassment" here, not just the idiots who signed off on having this clown on again after she "embarrassed" them last year. They're so desperate for ratings and trying to be hip and edgy and it just blows up in the faces.

Maybe next year they can hire someone with talent, assuming they're even still in business.

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