Kathy Griffin has plenty to say about pretty much everything.Β
Star reporter Cathy Burch found out how that will play when she visits the Desert Diamond Casino's Diamond Center this Saturday.Β
Tickets are $30-$65 through the website.Β
Here is what Burch found out:Β
Since the last time comedian Kathy Griffin played a show at Desert Diamond Casino β fall 2013 β sheβs moved into a new house and new neighborhood in Los Angeles.
Her neighbors: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.
Ah, the stories she could β and will β tell when she hits the Diamond Center stage Saturday, March 4.
βThereβs always something going on and the funny thing is the proximity. Iβm not even kidding, I could wave to them right now, thatβs how close it is,β she said during a phone call Monday from home. βKris Jenner came over one day, like on moving day, and I showed her: βLook how close we are. This is ridiculous.β And then she started waving out the window.β
Griffin also met Donald Trump long before he had βpresidentβ before his name. She did a charity event for his βApprenticeβ reality show with Liza Minnelli on one of Trumpβs golf courses.
βSo I spent the day on the golf course with Donald Trump and Liza Minnelli, and Donald Trump was driving the golf cart and Liza and I were in the back and Liza was getting the spins. And Trump wouldnβt slow down because he was showing us off to these big golfers there,β said the 56-year-old comedian/celebrity/author/actress. βAnd I was in heaven, not because of him but because of Liza. But I donβt think itβs appropriate, no matter your office, to ever give Liza Minnelli the spins.β
While some comedians tell jokes, Griffin tells secrets.
βIf you come see me at Desert Diamond, youβre going to hear stories that honestly you canβt hear from anybody else on the planet because Liza doesnβt remember,β she quipped. βWhat I pride myself on doing is doing the entire show, stories that you can only hear from me on that stage on that night. Itβs not going to be a Trump hair joke; itβs going to be me poking his hair the last time I saw him. Itβs not going to be a joke about Kim and Kanye. Itβs going to be βWhat is it like to live next door to them. What is it like when Kim Kardashian comes to your house?ββ
You can also expect to hear her:
Dish on Trump:Β βThis administration is made for standup comedy. ... You have to realize itβs a comicβs dream to think that the more we make fun of him, the more he is personally offended.β
Stand up for Mexicans:Β βIβm going to be standing on, not the wall, but any kind of a fence and Iβm literally going to be throwing Mexicans into America. I donβt know if thatβs considered a passive form of protest.β
Look back on Oscarβs epic embarrassment:Β βI love that (βLa La Landβ producer) Jordan Horowitz is trending because people were actually saying, βWhy canβt the president be more like the guy from βLa La Landβ who did the right thing?β ... βWait a minute. People can take a minute and do the right thing and everything is OK and people are better for it?ββ
Cheer on Arizona Wildcats:Β βMy boyfriend (Randy Bick) of 5Β½ years is a Wildcat and he is 18 years younger than I am so I now have to be a Wildcat. I donβt know anything about sports, but when he and I go hiking every day, he wears his Arizona cap and itβs always a little embarrassing for me when a grown man passes him and says, βBear Downβ. I donβt think women have those secret societies. If I see a female friend I donβt pass her and go, βThereβs a sales at Saks.ββ