. >>> tonight, d-list diva kathy griffin. always outrageous. >> what do you think if i dumped levi johnston for eric menendez? >> larry: still outlandish. >> all right, fine. unleash the beaver army on me. >> larry: and forever outspoken about everything. >> it blows. i'm not going to lie. it blows chunks. >> larry: 90-year-old mom is here too. what is it like to have her as a girl? >> you better lie through your teeth! >> larry: hang on. look out. >> i don't care anymore. yeah, go ahead, tweet me, palin freaks. >> larry: kathy griffin next on "larry king live." >> larry: kathy griffin is the emmy-winning star of "my life on the d list." and her latest bravo comedy special, "kathy griffin does the bible belt" debuted this week. her "new york times" best seller is out this week. she appears in vegas july 10th, season 6 of "my life on the d-list" debuts june 15th. let's take a sneak peek at that show. >> hi, everybody! >> this season on "my life on the d list" -- >> i'm going to alaska to find love. i almost spank just the pict

, the extraordinary kathy griffin. really adore her, despite it looks like fighting and stuff and she kids a lot. okay. before she went on, she told my crack crew who i was not mean to, she told my crack crew that she was upset that i didn't ask her questions like i asked during our anniversary week of the other guests. so i will ask you some of the questions. >> because i watched every moment of it. i watch the show every night. and, you know, it's such distinguished company that if i'm trying to be on the a-list, i'd like to think that the next interview -- >> larry: this question. you wanted this asked of you. it makes no sense, but i'll ask. >> who did you ask it of? >> larry: lady gaga. >> who i love of course. >> larry: you were on "time" magazine's 100 list of the most influential people in the world. were you surprised at this? see, how can you answer that? you weren't on the cover. you wanted me to ask that question. it's embarrassing to you. >> larry. >> larry: see what i mean? >> i was on the cover, and i wa

watch. >> hey, joan, it's my, kathy griffin.tions on all the success you're having, again. the documentary is fantastic. you're great. so they asked me to ask a question of you. and i thought, what haven't i asked you? what haven't we talked about? and then i thought, get ready, what do you do when you run into somebody that you put in the act. i know you famously said one time, cher came up to you and said, why aren't i hot enough to be in the act anymore, which was great. but i want to know how you handle any celebrities you had in the act. >> first of all, i adore her. i hide. >> larry: you hide? >> i only talk about people in the act that i usually say something i don't like about them. >> larry: correct. >> so it's usually about somebody that i don't like -- in cher's case, it was a whole other thing. about what she used to love and she loved being in the act and we were friends. and usually it's someone you really don't like. >> larry: did anyone ever call you? >> mary tyler moore didn't call me for ten years. >> larry: wh

i'm drew griffin. ♪ you touched my life with your heart, smile even though it's breaking when there are ♪ if you smile through your fear and sorrow ♪ >> larry: how were you able to perform so well at that funeral service? at the memorial service. i mean, you were incredible that day. where did you get that from? >> strength of wanting to do something for him. and i asked my mother, my other family members didn't want anybody from the family to perform, because they wanted us to sort of just sit there and support everybody. but i wanted to do this song for him, because i love that song. then i realized that was his favorite song. so i asked my mother, can i do a song for him. she said, yes, baby, do whatever you can for your brother. i went up there. when i started, you saw me holding my ear like that. and some of the music was going in and out of my ear, and i said, uh-oh, here comes a train wreck. so i kept going. there was no music, but i kept singing. but it was emotional for me, because i knew that was his favorite song. and we had visited the chaplain family before. we showed up in