Personal Life
Griffin describes herself as a "militant atheist". While in high school, she fell away from the Roman Catholic Church and wanted to become a Unitarian. Said Griffin: "I'm not really sure what that is, but it sounds better." In a 2006 interview, Griffin said she does not drink alcohol.
She is an outspoken opponent of LASIK eye surgery, having endured a series of operations for her own eyesight that left her partially blind in one eye with a visible eyeball deformity. She is open about her multiple plastic surgeries, and jokes that the fat "was donated to a soup kitchen" after her liposuction procedure.
Her father, John Patrick Griffin, died of heart failure on February 17, 2007, during the shooting of the third season of her reality show; he was 90 years old. The episode related to his death aired on June 19, 2007.
She placed 17th on Oxygen's 2007 list of "The 50 Funniest Women Alive".
In March, 2008 she became an Ordained Minister with the Universal Life Church World Headquarters of Carrabelle, FL. because New Yorkers Brian Anstey and Elka Shapiro were such great fans of comedian Kathy Griffin that they asked her to marry them.
In 2009, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.
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