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She was a comedian who kind of got in at the right time in the 90s when "alt comedy" was booming. She also did some improv and even appeared in the show Whose Line is it Anyway? (the American version, and not as a main cast member) which was pretty big in its first run when Drew Carey hosted. A lot of her comedy basically appealed to the Los Angeles wine mom and gay guy (and I mean the types one would refer to as 'fags' not regular gays) crowd; a lot of it is "So I know this famous person and... okay, so I was at an event and this famous person, you know this person... oh my God everybody, let me tell you about this time I was around this famous person from this show..." She's had a few reality shows, most notably My Life on the D-List (if you haven't noticed a theme, she's always wanted to be famous.) If social media had been a thing when Sex and the City was running she probably would've had herself one of those after show things (like The Talking Dead for The Walking Dead) on one of those channels like Bravo or E! or something.I still have no idea why she was famous in the first place.
You know the epitome of a bitchy mediocre Twitter post? Kathy Griffin shat those out in front of a microphone at a comedy club before those they/thems and other reprobates could tweet it out on an iPhone. I would sum up her comedic styling as: a want-to-be Joan Rivers, lacking the charisma, wit and self-respect. For a long time she was kind of that annoying woman that would be like your weird neighbour who would want to stop you to tell you some inane story that you don't care about, but now she's like that lonely post-menopausal aunt dealing with the existential crisis of dying alone with a pharmacy's worth of meds in her medicine cabinet who you just hope doesn't bring up the topic of abortion or worming her way into trying to troon out your kid while visiting at Thanksgiving.
Fun little fact: you know the scene in Pulp Fiction where Marsellus Wallace gets run over by Bruce Willis at an intersection? Kathy Griffin is in the crowd and helps him stand up and points out Willis' crashed car to him.
Edit: didn't realize @Haramburger beat me to it.

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