Emmy acceptance speech censored: “Blasphemy” to Christians
"No one had less to do with this award than
Jesus.”
Before Kathy Griffin won a creative arts Emmy last weekend for her reality show, “My Life on the D-List,” she joked that an award would move her to the C-list.
She was right: “C” as in censored. The TV academy said her raucous acceptance speech will be edited when the event, which was taped, is shown Saturday on the E! channel. The main prime-time Emmy Awards air the next night on Fox.
“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.
In her speech, Griffin said that “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.”
She went on to hold up her Emmy and proclaimed, “Suck it, Jesus. This award is my god now!”
In America, you can be censored for so-called blasphemy.
CNN was too candyass to include the Jesus remark. I got it from Reuters.
Posted: Wed - September 12, 2007 at 08:52 AM