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Griffin: CBS Refused to Consider Women

For Late Late Show hosting gig.

Actress and comedienne Kathy Griffin says she was interested in taking over for Craig Ferguson as host of the Late Late Show but CBS, noting her lack of a penis, found her unsatisfactory. Griffin told the Associated Press that after expressing interest to a CBS executive, she was immediately rejected and told, “They’re not considering females at this time.” Griffin says she told another executive that the lack of female hosts in the late-night sphere is “embarrassing” but was told, “Well, you [women] have The Talk.” CBS has said it is currently “checking internally regarding a comment and the validity of the story.” The job of hosting the Late Late Show went to British comedian James Corden earlier this month.