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Comedy legend Kathy Griffin  sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to reflect on her "Hollywood Firsts," from the first time she stepped on stage, meeting Robin Williams, winning her first Grammy and more.

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00:00On My Life on the D-List, I didn't know that, like the Kardashians, I should have been renting

00:05another freaking house and then lying and saying it's my house. I let strangers in my house like

00:10constantly. Hey everybody, it's me Kathy Griffin with The Hollywood Reporter and I'm going to

00:17share my Hollywood first with you guys. The first thing I watched that was so funny it made me want

00:25to actually go into comedy was Joan Rivers because I hadn't seen anyone like her and my parents

00:32thought she was a riot and my siblings thought she was a riot and you know inappropriate humor

00:38of course had its place. The first time I stepped on stage it was at the comedy store. I have this

00:45magical set like I'm not saying I get a standing ovation but people are legit laughing and like

00:50clapping everything. Okay I swear to god after that one freaking few minutes at the comedy store

00:56I bombed for two years. Two years! The first person I met, this is really hard because now I'm so old

01:05I've kind of met everybody, but who left me really starstruck may have been Robin Williams who later on

01:11became a mentor and I will always owe him and be so grateful to him. He would take time and give me

01:17notes and one time we were both on, if you remember a show, there used to be a show called Comic Relief

01:22and I bombed so horribly that like people wouldn't even talk to me and Robin came over and he's like

01:28I'm so sorry I think I touched on one of your topics before you said I didn't know you're going to talk

01:33and I was like you don't have to apologize at least you're talking to me. So I'd say he's probably the

01:39first person that like knocked my socks off because he was he was so magical whether he was on camera or not.

01:47The first major award I won was honestly probably one of my gay awards. I have a Gracie which is the

01:55women's awards which I'm proud of. I have two Emmys and I have a Grammy and I'm one of only four women

02:02to win the Grammy for best comedy album in the entire history of the Grammys. I'm quite famous for getting

02:08in a lot of trouble for when I won my first Emmy when music artists or bimbo actors go up and thank

02:17God and thank Jesus for choosing them to win the award that night and I just think it's funny that

02:25that's what people think God is doing. I said and if you think Jesus had one thing to do with this Emmy

02:32she certainly did. In fact suck it Jesus this award is my God now. Probably the first time I got in like

02:39international trouble.

02:42The first feud in Hollywood I probably had was with like knowing me probably the head of some network

02:48like as my mother would say I was used to you're kissing the wrong ass. That's your problem Kathleen

02:54kiss the right ass next time. I had this feud on and off for years the great the one and only

03:00Barbara Walters. So I know of course as a news icon and as a groundbreaker for women and of course she

03:07created the show The Vu. Take a minute to enjoy The Vu. So Barbara couldn't stand me. I would try to

03:13torture her as much as possible like if she would go in the restroom I'd go in the restroom and bang on

03:18her stall. You don't have to follow me in the bathroom anymore. I loved her every minute of it. I

03:23couldn't help it. The first time I learned about reality television is I was lucky enough to be doing a gig

03:29with Nick and Jessica. So remember Jessica Simpson and Nicholas Shea when they were married they had a

03:34show and I had just I think made the deal for Kathy Griffin my life on the d-list and they were so

03:41helpful. One thing Nick said which was funny which is he said one of our rules was absolutely no shooting

03:49in the bedroom like we need one room in the house because you know on my life on the d-list I didn't

03:54know that like the Kardashians I should have been renting another freaking house and then lying and

03:59say it's my house. I let strangers in my house like constantly. The first opportunity I turned down

04:08that I regret oh this one kills me is they wanted me to do the daytime host the daytime version of the

04:14weakest link. Was it even the 2000s? I think they brought Anne back remember the red-haired English

04:19lady but I think about it in the asshole I was in that meeting like I just don't know if I can be

04:26taken seriously as a comic if I do this because then I'm a game show host. I should have taken that

04:31gig and said thank you. The first thing I would like people to think about when they hear Kathy

04:35Griffin is d-list. I want them to think of an episode of my life on the d-list that makes them

04:41laugh to this day if they saw it or if there's one of my 21 stand-up comedy specials that you like

04:48or have a joke that you use when you're feeling down. That's what I hope for is to take you when

04:54you're on a day when you need a laugh and give you that laugh. All right you guys this has been

04:57fun thank you for listening to my Hollywood firsts. I know I got a little rambly but apparently they

05:02call that content. All right you guys I'll see you next time thank you for watching.

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