Kathy Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer and television host from Oak Park, Illinois.
She appeared on the comedy edition of the U.S. primetime version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? to play for her charity, the V-Day organization, and won $32,000. She did not use her 50:50 or Phone-a-Friend lifelines, but one of her Phone-a-Friends was her husband, Matt, whom she married six months before her appearance on the show.
She later appeared on November 9, 2009 during the show's 8th syndicated season to ask a contestant the shows first ever Celebrity Question, worth $10,000. It was about another celebrity she has disputed having a "tragic life," noting that she's dated "every hot guy from Brad Pitt to John Mayer." The four choices were Drew Barrymore, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Aniston and Renée Zellweger. The contestant immediately went for C: Jennifer Aniston and Kathy announced that he was correct.
Kathy did a lot of joking during this question, which included asking Regis about his head size and mentioning her own waist size. After a while, she was able to eliminate A: Pi and decided to use 50:50 and Ask the Audience, but did not know which to do first. She eventually asked the audience first and got 76% voting for B: 2. She was surprised that A: Pi came in second and was now not sure whether to use 50:50 or not. She eventually went with the audience, but the correct answer turned out to be A: Pi.
Kathy Griffin's run to the million (Part 1)
Kathy Griffin asks her Celebrity Question