Publicity-seeking celebrities are notorious for saying the wrong thing or getting wrapped
up in controversies.
Which is why it should shock no one that many of Hollywood's most famous faces have gotten
themselves kicked off of talk shows for one silly reason or another.
Who were the biggest offenders?
From obvious picks like Kathy Griffin to more surprising ones like Hugh Grant, check out
seven celebrities who became persona non grata on the talk-show circuit.
Hugh Grant
Speaking to buddy Stephen Colbert at a 2012 fundraiser for the Montclair Film Festival,
Jon Stewart revealed that actor Hugh Grant had been banned from The Daily Show for displaying
a bad attitude while promoting Did You Hear About the Morgans? in 2009.
Stewart says off-camera, the actor complained the whole time and said he had better places
to be, and even moaned about the clip his publicist chose to promote the film.
"Oh well whatever."
Shortly after Stewart's comments made the rounds online, Grant admitted on Twitter that,
yes, he had acted like a total jerk.
"Turns out my inner crab got the better of me with TV producer in '09," he tweeted.
"Unforgivable.
J Stewart correct to give me kicking."
Madonna
Piers Morgan raised a number of eyebrows in 2011 when he revealed that Madonna had been
banned from his talk show, Piers Morgan Tonight, before it even premiered.
Morgan told journalists at a Television Critics Association event that same year that Madonna
had been, quote, "an irritant in [his] life for 20 years."
He later revealed to Access Hollywood that the worst thing Madonna ever did to him was
to lie to him about being pregnant while he ran a newspaper, thus losing him a scoop to
a rival.
Just one in what he calls a, quote, "series of crimes."
Kelsey Grammer
Emmy-winning actor Kelsey Grammer was banned from ever appearing again on Piers Morgan
Tonight in 2012.
The Frasier actor was banned for bailing on an interview with Morgan mere minutes before
it was supposed to take place after Morgan showed a picture of Grammer's ex-wife, Camille,
during the episode's opening.
Morgan called the move "shockingly unprofessional."
TMZ subsequently interviewed Grammer about the ban, to which he slyly revealed, "I haven't
given it any thought."
Joan Rivers
As detailed in her heartbreaking 2010 documentary, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, comedienne Joan
Rivers was banned from appearing on The Tonight Show by then-host Johnny Carson in 1986 after
Rivers landed her own late-night talk show on rival network Fox.
The ban continued throughout Jay Leno's run as host of The Tonight Show, who claimed that
he upheld the ban out of respect for Carson.
It was finally lifted by The Tonight Show's current host, Jimmy Fallon, who welcomed Rivers
to the show in 2014 for the first time over 25 years.
"Look how nice. I mean
My legs look good.
The breasts are in the right place."
Rivers died only a handful of months later from complications during surgery.
Kathy Griffin
Comedienne Kathy Griffin has practically made a career out of getting banned from places.
The controversial stand-up has been banned more than once from the daytime talker The
View, reportedly at the request of then-moderator, Barbara Walters.
Griffin and Walters subsequently made up for good in 2013, and she's returned to the show.
Griffin also got booted from The Late Show with David Letterman in the '90s for swearing
too much.
That ban was lifted in 2009 when Griffin made her first of many appearances during Letterman's
final years.
Jay Leno
In 2010, Conan O'Brien told Playboy magazine that he wouldn't invite Jay Leno to be on
his new TBS talk-show.
The quote came after NBC's now-infamous late-night debacle in which the network booted O'Brien
from The Tonight Show and put Leno back in charge.
O'Brien said, quote, "He can come as the musical guest, because that I want to see; no one
knows he has an operatic range" before saying, "No, there are certain things I will not do,
regardless of the price."
Vince Vaughn
Rumor has it Ellen DeGeneres banned Vince Vaughn from promoting his 2011 movie, The
Dilemma, on her talk show due to the film's disparaging use of the word "gay."
"Ladies and gentleman, electric cars … they're totally gay."
Whatever may or may not have happened behind the scenes has since been settled.
Vaughn has made numerous appearances on Ellen since, even playing the goofy "5 Second Rule,"
so it appears they've buried the hatchet.
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