Kathy Griffin says that when she asked for a pay raise ahead of CNN’s 2016 New Year’s Eve show, CNN president Jeff Zucker denied it and then fired her — before eventually rehiring her following a 20 percent cut in her pay. In a feature published by The New York Times, Griffin opened up about her attempt at pay negotiation, which quickly soured. In response to the ask, Zucker “got very offended” and the conversation devolved into a shouting match. Following their conversation, she says, the CNN president called Griffin’s lawyer and fired her. “It sounds like she is acknowledging that, insofar as Kathy Griffin acknowledges she has ever done anything wrong,” Zucker told the New York Times.

Source: CNN January 20, 2022 22:01 UTC