Posted on 03/10/2008 12:18:24 PM PDT by wayne_b24
No joke: NYC couple wed by Kathy Griffin Mon Mar 10, 7:44 AM ET
She has been a sitcom character, a sometime talk show host and the centerpiece of her own reality show. Now Kathy Griffin has appeared in an unlikely new role minister.
The often provocative comedian who raised some Christian groups' hackles by joking about Jesus while accepting an Emmy Award last September became ordained through an online church to officiate Saturday at the New York wedding of two fans, Brian Anstey and Elka Shapiro.
"The request came in, and how could I say no?" Griffin, 47, told the Daily News. "I love that this couple just want to have fun. They're my kind of people."
Anstey, 31, is a fifth-grade teacher; Shapiro, 29, is a marketing director. Neither is affiliated with a religion, and "the major factor in our relationship is laughter," Shapiro said.
Griffin flew in from Los Angeles for the wedding at the Queens County Farm Museum. She performed a 10-minute service that ranged from telling raunchy jokes to having the bride recite the reception menu, according to the Daily News.
"It's so unusual and something we'll always remember," Shapiro said.
Viewers of Griffin's reality show, "My Life on the D-List," will be able to see the ceremony for themselves in June, when an episode involving the wedding is to air on Bravo.
Griffin said she was ordained online by the Universal Life Church and completed additional paperwork to meet New York State requirements. But she insisted her role in the wedding was a one-night-only performance.
Besides "D-List," Griffin has appeared as an acerbic columnist on the NBC sitcom "Suddenly Susan" and as a guest host of the ABC talk show "The View."
Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press.
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Ouch, and that is a glamour shot. Take it down! Take it down!
I am an ordained minister in the Church of the Future tm.
and yes, I have performed marriages.
The Church of the Future tm.
Expanding on the past into the future, NOW!
Ask about our sacred wafer mail order program.
See the Colours!
She entertains the Troops..And visits.. Cuts down the Hollywood elite...Politicians... ETC... The Hypocrits of the UA... She is evil??? Why?
Sorry The USA..
True story.
An ex-girlfriend got my cat ordained online.
Yep.. And the Dummies will believe EVERY WORD!!
Anybody know that Kathy the ugly redhead did go to Iraq to entertain the troops???
Curious.. Did anybody here (freerepublic) do anything to help the troops?? The Silence is DEAFNING!!!!
She might as well laugh now...she will be changing her tune someday in the not-so-distant future!
“...joking about Jesus...”
Uhm, I seem to recall that her primary intent was not to be funny, but rather to insult Christians by belittling Christianity. Oh well, Big Media must be right, it probably was just Christians being uptight, like they are want to be.
unless they like obscene words throughout the ceremony, they should write their own vows.
Which is what...?
Just another ROSIE O’DoucheBag, leftist, liberal slut!
Wow.. Rosie who?? Is she like important??
Until normal folks take back their country.. We will have to deal with the Clintons, Obama, Kennedys,Kerry, Bushes and the McCains..
Sorry, I forgot about religion.. Seemed always personal to me..
So Kathy Griffin is a ugly American.. Why?? This should be good..
Talk and run and hide.. No Americans here...
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