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Kathy Griffin says CNN's Jeff Zucker slashed her pay after asking for a raise as co-host of NYE special

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Comedian and actress Kathy Griffin claimed CNN president Jeff Zucker slashed her pay after she had asked for a raise as co-host of the network's New Year's Eve special.

In a profile published Wednesday in The New York Times, Griffin recalled reaching out to Zucker ten days before the broadcast in 2016 and told him she felt she deserved more than her $80,000 contract since "she was carrying more of the prep work" than her co-host, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.

According to Griffin, Zucker "got very offended." "He started yelling at me and he literally said something like, ‘Who do you think you are calling here demanding a raise?’ And then something came over me.

And I just lost it. I just started screaming. I’m Kathy [beep!] Griffin, Jeff, that’s who I am," Griffin told the Times. (Noam Galai/FilmMagic) Griffin then said to Zucker, "I would really feel a lot more comfortable showing up if I got paid what I deserve," which Zucker perceived as a threat to bail on the show.

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