CNN Edits Kathy Griffin’s Blue Moment

In the first 15 minutes of CNN’s New Year’s Eve Special, Kathy Griffin managed to antagonize, provoke and entertain in her own unrivaled way. Early comments included, “Can I get a pap smear from Dr. Sanjay Gupta?” “Has Ryan Seacrest been shot?” and, about former CNNer Glenn Beck, “He’s a heroin addict Mormon.”

But it was toward the end of the live two-hour special that Griffin really went blue. She was chastising a heckler for mocking her, saying, “Why don’t you get a job buddy. You know, I don’t go to your job and knock the d—s out of your mouth.”

But TVNewser noticed that for the re-air (around 3:51amET) CNN edited out the moment, cutting to commercial break instead. The original clip is below:

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