comedy is subversive. it finds laughter in dark and difficult places, but when it goes wrong, well, things can get ugly. my guest today knows that. kathy griffin is an american stand up comedian probably best known for being pictured last may holding donald trump s severed head in her hand. the trump head was fake, but the outrage was real, from the president, the tv network which fired her, the fbi which investigated her, and the public which heaped abuse on her head. what was, and is, kathy griffin thinking? kathy griffin, welcome to hardtalk. hi, steve. your stand up show, which you are taking around the world. yes. ..it‘s funny and it s frank but to many people it s also shocking and to some it s offensive. i wonder whether you carefully calculate how to offend? i do. i m an expert in offending people. i ve offended you just in the make uproom alone, because first of all, i can t believe someone married you. but good luck to her. anyway, when i took that photo, one of t
featuring young thug and wale. and the legendary roots crew. questlove: 662, mississippi! steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] jimmy: that s what i m talking about. i feel the love! i feel the love. it s given right back to you guys. welcome, everybody, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. this is it, baby. [ cheers and applause ] you made it. you re here. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much for being here. i m your host jimmy fallon. hey, i want to say, happy birthday to first lady melania trump who turned 47 years old today. [ cheers and applause ] she plans to celebrate with her loved ones, and donald. [ laughter ] they celebrated like they always do, making sure donald has something to unwrap, too, so he doesn t feel left out. [ laughter ] [ as donald ] it s my birthday too. [ laughter ] i saw that trump gave a shout out to maine governor, paul lepage during his speech today. listen to what he had to say about him
and the legendary roots crew. questlove: 662, mississippi! steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] jimmy: that s what i m talking about. i feel the love! i feel the love. it s given right back to you guys. welcome, everybody, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. this is it, baby. [ cheers and applause ] you made it. you re here. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much for being here. i m your host jimmy fallon. hey, i want to say, happy birthday to first lady melania trump who turned 47 years old today. [ cheers and applause ] she plans to celebrate with her loved ones, and donald. [ laughter ] they celebrated like they always do, making sure donald has something to unwrap, too, so he doesn t feel left out. [ laughter ] [ as donald ] it s my birthday too. [ laughter ] i saw that trump gave a shout out to maine governor, paul lepage during his speech today. listen to what he had to say about him. governor lepage of maine, w
featuring young thug and wale. and the legendary roots crew. questlove: 662, mississippi! steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] jimmy: that s what i m talking about. i feel the love! i feel the love. it s given right back to you guys. welcome, everybody, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. this is it, baby. [ cheers and applause ] you made it. you re here. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much for being here. hey, i want to say, happy birthday to first lady melania trump who turned 47 years old today. [ cheers and applause ] she plans to celebrate with her loved ones, and donald. [ laughter ] they celebrated like they always do, making sure donald has something to unwrap, too, so he doesn t feel left out. [ laughter ] [ as donald ] it s my birthday too. [ laughter ] i saw that trump gave a shout out to maine governor, paul lepage during his speech today. listen to what he had to say about him. governor lepage of maine
the only fashionable liliana vasquez got a front row seat at fashion week right here in new york. she ll tell you how you can get some of those great styles that are on runways. the very talented zachary what? zachary is here to talk about his new film, snowden which is pretty extraordinary. he may have a few surprises in store. plus, guess who s singing for us? aaron neville! he s going to show us a little funkier side. the man keeps making music. he pea a doll. such a sweetheart. he s a guest on one of my christmas special albums. he stayed at my house so i really got to spend time with him. with somebody staying at your house, like when you have breakfast. we were in robes. it was nice. all right. you had a busy weekend. i ended up working at the susan g. komen race for the cure which was a great day. you isusually do that. they moved it up earlier this year. it is usually it in october. i got to walk with this incredible family part of the way. the woman