So...Kathy Griffin. Or "Catty Gargoyle," as I like to call her.

I really should be thankful she exists, or I wouldn't have a suitable villainness for my skits. In fact, some of the best fiction writers out there probably couldn't come up with a character as odious and ugly as she. Or as...how did Clay put it?..."rotten on the inside?" The only one who currently comes to mind is Cruella de Vil, and even she seems a little tame by comparison in terms of the damage she could do.

Forcing myself to sit through her standup special on Bravo the other night (hey, somebody had to take one for the team!), I found myself wondering if I'd wandered into a time warp and was back in the 80s. Have we really not progressed since then in terms of our prejudices? And who were those mopes in the audience who actually paid money to see her, and were apparently enjoying this appalling spectacle? Well, there must've been delusional folks who enjoyed Hitler's pre-WWII Nazi rallies, too.

I guess I've lost too many wonderful gay friends over the years, and seen too many vilified, rejected and discriminated against, to find her homophobic "humor" amusing. I have a hard time believing that her "gay friends" (she HAS some?) help her write her material -- if they do, they're either pocketing big checks while trashing her behind her back, or they should be ashamed. Her whole schtick seems to be "outing" celebrities who are not gay. Just because they"re bigger than she is (and who isn't?) and she thinks it's funny to do it. And her vocabulary -- "That's the GAYEST thing I ever saw" or "He was so GAY" or "I'm not saying she's GAY or anything, but..." is right out of junior high.

She�s clearly a pathetic insecure wannabe who probably hates herself, and gets all that plastic surgery because she thinks it'll make her feel better about herself. In another ten years she's going to look like Joan Rivers -- another viper whose mouth is about to meet in the back of her head. She already looks like a giant Pez dispenser.

She seems to be obsessed with Clay, and not in a good way. Someone over at the CH suggested, judging from the fact that she sprinkles compliments in with the gay jibes, that she actually likes him. That may very well be true, and she would probably like nothing more than to be friends with him. But it's all about HER and what SHE wants, and she doesn't give a rat's ass whom she slanders to get it. (No wonder Clay's throwing up his hands and hurrying back to NC. Happy trails, Clay!) Mostly, I wish she didn't have a forum for her poisonous rhetoric. Shame on you, Bravo.

Speaking of which...someone at the CH posted a list of her sponsors. Let me know if you want it. Rather than sending her nasty emails or hitting her website, this is something that might actually make a difference while withholding the very thing she clearly craves: personal attention.

Clay probably (and rightly) feels it's expedient to be nice to her, as I'm sure he and his people are perfectly aware that she's a dangerous, unstable loose cannon. But if she's serious about attending one of Clay's JBT shows, it would be fun to see what happens if Clay "innocently" points her out to the fans in the crowd. I'd pay to watch clack of that!

As you are so fond of saying, Catty Gargoyle,"let me walk you through it:" it wouldn�t be pretty.