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Kathy Griffin channels Kate Gosselin on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

Comedian stars as Kate in 'TV film'

By
ANTOINETTE KELLY,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Thursday, September 10, 2009, 10:40 AM
Updated Thursday, September 10, 2009, 11:13 AM

 

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George Takei and Kathy Griffin as Jon and Kate Gosselin
George Takei and Kathy Griffin as Jon and Kate Gosselin

Kathy Griffin does a hilarious impression of TV’s most famous mom Kate Gosselin for a new sketch on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

The Irish-American comedian visited Kimmel’s show on Wednesday, and told the host she stars in a new “TV film" about the "Jon and Kate Plus 8" star.

Viewers were then treated to a trailer for “Kate is Enough: The Kate Gosselin Story,” with Griffin playing the title role.

The outrageous funny lady dons the famous Kate hairstyle, and goes around accusing her husband Jon Gosselin, played by "Star Trek" actor George Takei, of not loving their eight kids.

"Jon," who we see making out with a cheerleader, defends himself by saying: “Of course I love kids – have you seen my girlfriend?”

Griffin also pokes fun at the media headlines from June when Kate Gosselin was shown on camera refusing to give her daughter Mady a drink.

In the sketch, “Mady” tells “Kate” she’s thirsty, and hands her an empty glass. “Kate” puts her eye up to the glass, saying “Wa wa wa – here, drink the tears of fame. Bottoms up.”

“Kate” then sports a bikini exposing her “mommy abs” and eight labor scars.

The comedy sketch is the latest in a recent line of Kathy Griffin-“Jon and Kate Plus 8” jokes.

At a recent signing for her new book, “Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin,” the comedian told ET: “I feel very much like Kate Gosselin at this signing.”

She also responded to Jon Gosselin’s recent interview with “Good Morning America,” saying: "I would like to say that Jon Gosselin is right and Kate Gosselin abused me as well. That's a primetime exclusive.”

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