Kathy Griffin Once he had the opportunity to be a permanent host on the most popular daytime talks on television and rejected it, along with the $ 1.4 million.
Griffin, 64, shared the story of being offered a place The sight In the mid -2000s in a video posted to her YouTube Canal on Tuesday, June 17.
“So I was made an offer and the offer was $ 1.4 (millions) and I will only be honest, I had to reject -because at that time there was between My life In list D And he turned around, he won about $ 10 (millions) a year, “he said.
He added that, to take on the role, he would have had to “uproot all my life” as he was careful of his parents at that time.
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Although he said no, Griffin knows it The sight It is one of the most influential programs on daytime television. He promised 2.62 million viewers in the first quarter of 2025, 4 percent more than the same quarter of the previous year, according to Nielsen. It was the seventh consecutive quarter that the vision grew compared to the same period of the previous year.
“I really respect women for gone to day and day because they know there is a blow,” Griffin continued. “And by the way, to this day, The sight It is one of the most crazy programs on television or anywhere. “”
“People still get up in line in line talking about who said what was happening The sightSo it has always been a participation show, “he added.
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Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFPJournalist Barbara Walters created The sight In 1997 he served as Cohost until his retirement in 2014. He died by 2022 at the age of 93. Griffin, who has invited 27 times, recalled that Walters did not like “a little” that he rejected the job.
Kathy Griffin feels very “thanks” for being reserved and occupied after being “canceled for six and a half years”. “(I) I couldn’t work, no matter what it is. And it was really, really difficult because I have been a Happy Workaholic all my adult career and always doing a comedy special or a reality show or a (…)
“I remember when I was offered the job, Barbara Walters said that the later scenarios once before we were about to go out and make the program live:” They say we have chemistry, I don’t really see it, but they say we do it, “said Griffin.” And I loved it. I said, “Of course, we do Barbara, people love when I give you ***.” And then he only shot his eyes. “
Although Griffin said he made more money than the program offered at that time, he wanted to make clear Walters that he was not very big for the concert.
“I want you to know why I will say no,” she told Walters. “It’s not that I think I’m too good for this program, it’s the opposite: this program is too good for me.”
