Today in Dumbassery

So recall that Dick in a Box won an Emmy? Well, at the same ceremony Kathy Griffin's show, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, also won. In her acceptance speech, Ms. Griffin reportedly said:

"Can you believe this shit? Hell has frozen over. Suck it, Jesus, this award is my god now."

It's also reported that she said: "a lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus."

Now enter Bill Donahue, attention whore.

The comedian's remarks were condemned Monday by Catholic League President Bill Donohue, who called them a "vulgar, in-your-face brand of hate speech."

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The Catholic League, an anti-defamation group, called on the TV academy to "denounce Griffin's obscene and blasphemous comment" at Sunday's ceremony.

He really is a pathetic one-trick pony, isn't he?

Thus far, the Academy has no plans to address anything during the ceremony Sunday. They are, however, planning on censoring Griffin's acceptance speech for the Saturday broadcast of the creative awards on E!:

"Kathy Griffin's offensive remarks will not be part of the E! telecast on Saturday night," the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said in a statement Monday.

According to the article, the parts of her speech that may be left in will include "some language [that] may be bleeped". Sounds like Ms. Griffin won't be saying much at all come the edited broadcast.