Kathy Griffin not quite the victim she appears to be

Elvira · July 10th, 2006, 05:55 PM

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The jig is up

07/09/2006

Since we revealed that Kathy Griffin was PRETENDING to reconcile with her exhusband Matt Moline on her reality TV show My Life on the D-List , we've learned a LOT more! Way more than Kathy is likely to reveal on Larry King! Let's backtrack. Last September while filming season one, Kathy learned from her bank that SOMEONE had been using her ATM card and draining one of her bank accounts.Money is VERY important to Kathy - friends consider her frugal. An investigation proved it was her own husband Matt. He had been quietly withdrawing $500 - the limit - every day for many months. What was Matt's problem - was it drugs? Another woman? Gambling? None of the above. Kathy was so upset she sent the D-List cameras home and filed for divorce. "She's not quite the victim she appears to be" revealed an insider. Apparently when Kathy married Matt she told him "I will never support you - you have to pay half the bills." Matt found himself caught up in Kathy's busy schedule - she hates to travel alone and wanted him with her at all times. He had no time to run his computer business and couldn't earn enough money to pay his bills. (When they went out to dinner, Kathy expected HIM to pay.) So he started robbing Peter to pay Paul. He took the money from Kathy and paid his bills and spent the rest on her! The network wanted her married on the show and that's why Matt returned for season two. It was all ACTING - they pretended everything was okay. Insiders feel the reason Kathy recently revealed Matt's thievery was to boost her show RATINGS. He is described as "humiliated - a broken man." Ironically Kathy hopes they can remain friends! It's a real soap opera and we hope there's a happy ending for both. Meanwhile, we're not going to miss an episode of D-List.

Source: http://janetcharltonshollywood.com/g...p_20060709.php

Looks like Larry King's interview with Kathy Griffin is on tonight.

Link http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/

japangherl · July 10th, 2006, 05:58 PM

wow. I'm surprised that Kathy cuts everything in half. But I i was Matt I wouldn't have stolen from her! If all this is true, then I think what Kathy did was mean, but Matt's behavior is unexceptable.

Team Kathy!

Elvira · July 10th, 2006, 06:41 PM

If this is true and Kathy's income is more than Matt's, it is stingy of her.
However, he was wrong to help himself.

It sort of bothers me (yes, I know it's none of my business)when someone states that they need to borrow money from their husband or wife because they're short of funds.

LynnieD · July 10th, 2006, 07:45 PM

Oh good to know that her interview is going to be on tonight THANKS!!!

And yes, if its true that she demands that all expenses be split down the middle and that Matt pay for all nights out, etc then I am a bit put off by that too. It's very sad.

dakodas · July 10th, 2006, 08:46 PM

He should have had a BACKBONE and told the truth and actually worked instead of tagging along on her trips. Oh, and men should pay to take you out to dinner. I bet she paid for the 20,000 dollar sofa.

DVS_one · July 10th, 2006, 08:46 PM

i cant imagine that what i said in the other thread about this very thing be repeated.. lest i get chastised again ... relating it to an abused spouse in some way.. but really

KG has admitted to being very cheap.. and hates to pay for anything.. i dont consider her a victim AT ALL...

im TEAM ME!!

dakodas · July 10th, 2006, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DVS_one

i cant imagine that what i said in the other thread about this very thing be repeated.. lest i get chastised again ... relating it to an abused spouse in some way.. but really

KG has admitted to being very cheap.. and hates to pay for anything.. i dont consider her a victim AT ALL...

im TEAM ME!!

Not wanting 500 bucks a day taken out of your account is NOT cheap-it's smart. If she paid for dinner every night they would say he was after her money. She can't win.

LynnieD · July 10th, 2006, 08:53 PM

She's a victim of trusting her mate and probably not being super on top of her bank accounts......

DVS_one · July 10th, 2006, 09:02 PM

i dont think she nor he wins.. but i may be naive.. so .. yeah i feel bad about them not working it out .. really

KD · July 10th, 2006, 11:07 PM

They both sound "in the wrong."

saimamom · July 11th, 2006, 02:11 AM

I could tell on the show that he seemed really distant from her and depressed. He had no expression or enthusiasm in him at all. They're both at fault.

olivia720 · July 11th, 2006, 02:43 AM

I agree.

Why would he need five HUNDRED a day?? Why couldn't he just be up front about it?Yeah, grow a backbone.

I guess I don't know enough about this story to judge.

But The fact that she talked about it in the press is a shitty thing to do, cause its just for ratings. She is a media ho in that respect.

Elvira · July 11th, 2006, 07:01 AM

I was surprised that Larry King sort of implied that Kathy is cheap.

Part of the Larry King Live transcript

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GRIFFIN: My ex-husband without my knowledge was sneaking into my wallet when I was asleep in the mornings and taking my ATM cards of my own private accounts and withdrawing money that I didn't know about and that money totaled $72,000. And he was doing it systematically over about a year and a half.

KING: He knew your password?

GRIFFIN: Yes. KING: Why didn't he just ask you?

GRIFFIN: I don't know.

KING: I mean you're in a marriage. He can't ask you for $72,000?

GRIFFIN: I don't know.

KING: What did he say when confronted?

GRIFFIN: He admitted it and apologized and then I kind of embarked on a whole journey about can we fix this marriage? We went to couple therapy. I really wanted to make it work. And then recently our divorce became final and unfortunately we won't be able to get beyond the trust issue.

KING: Was that the reason or was that the straw?

GRIFFIN: I think that was the reason and then the trust issue is kind of ever present when something like that happens.

KING: How did you find out?

GRIFFIN: I got a call from my business manager and they got a call from the bank.

KING: Why did he need the money?

GRIFFIN: You know I really don't know.

KING: What does he do for a living?

GRIFFIN: Computer IT person.

KING: Makes a good living?

GRIFFIN: OK, I think, you know.

KING: Also, by the way, someone in the business in a year and a half $72,000 doesn't sound like a lot.

GRIFFIN: Yes.

KING: I mean you're doing all these in person shots and television shows and everything. One would imagine you could afford $72,000.

GRIFFIN: Yes but it's a lot of money to have, you know, taken from you.

KING: Stolen.

GRIFFIN: And, also you know it's -- I work hard to earn that money and, you know I love what I do and stuff and so it's -- it's a tough thing to get beyond. KING: So you couldn't forgive him?

GRIFFIN: Well, we sure tried. We sure tried.

KING: Was he contrite?

GRIFFIN: He was -- expressed remorse and that's why we still worked on it because, you know, we'd have good periods and bad periods and we would separate and get back together.

And one thing that does bother me is that people have written online and stuff that they didn't think the reality show was real and that the marriage was, you know, part of the show and maybe it wasn't real. In fact, I just read that online today. And the truth of the matter is we were absolutely reconciled for the part of my life where we did the reality show.

KING: Are you going to kid about that in your act?

GRIFFIN: You know I don't know yet. Eventually I end up putting everything in the act.

KING: Other comics have.

GRIFFIN: Yes and I kind of turn tragedy into comedy and I find that that's a great way for me to kind of deal with it. And also I think that it's an issue that I have a feeling is more prevalent than we think.

KING: Are you -- is the run off bad or are you friends?

GRIFFIN: I have not seen him in about two and a half months but I, you know, absolutely wish him the best and I think he'll be OK and I hope he's OK.

Source: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIP...10/lkl.01.html

Mel1973 · July 11th, 2006, 07:15 AM

How much was she paying him to appear on her reality show & do her hair & makeup???

Sojiita · July 11th, 2006, 07:19 AM

There is no excuse for him taking the money..but there is also no excuse for her demanding that he earn a living while depriving him of the ability to do that by having him constantly accompany her. I mean how did she think he was supposed to run the business? What was she thinking? She sounds petty and very short-sighted and he sounds like a spineless liar.They are better off apart..although they probably deserve eachother.

*still think she is funny as all hell though even if she is a petty parsimonious pig-face*