For those of you familiar with Kathy Griffin and her low rent celebrity status, you know that she’s been banned from nearly every talk show because of her on-air antics and propensity for mercilessly mocking popular celebs. Since popular celebs are the lifeblood of the cutthroat talk show industry, it was much easier for hosts just to ban the D-lister to appease the more famous folks. Well, either someone cancelled on Leno at the last minute or her Emmy win catapulted her to the B or C list because she was the first guest on the Tonight Show last night and got 2 full segments. Go Kathy! I’ve posted the 2nd segment below for your viewing enjoyment, where she talks celebrity rehab, Justin Timberlake, Paris Hilton and her mother….

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