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"Kathy Griffin has revealed that she will return to CNN to host the network&amp;#039;s New Year&amp;#039;s Eve coverage alongside Anderson Cooper.  The comedian - who was fired from the post last year after using profanity during the live broadcast - told PopEater that she is glad to be back as she understands the appearance is good for her career.  &amp;quot;Yes, I was fired. They issued a statement. I was banned from CNN and then as Anderson Cooper says, &amp;#039;There was a change in management&amp;#039;, which was great because the guy who fired me got fired, so being the cockroach that I am, I&amp;#039;m just going to outlast everybody,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s my career philosophy; it&amp;#039;s not a very deep one. I basically have the survivor moniker in my life which is, outlast, outwit, outplay. That&amp;#039;s what I&amp;#039;ve done with the management at CNN.&amp;quot; Griffin went on to insist that she was not bothered by being asked back to the show so late in the year.  &amp;quot;My career is built on being a glorious afterthought. I&amp;#039;ve gotten so many jobs when they fire somebody else and at the eleventh hour they say, &amp;#039;OK, our backs are up against the wall, darn it, we have to hire her&amp;#039;. It&amp;#039;s just years and years of basically painting people into a corner so they have to hire me whether they like it or not,&amp;quot; she said.  &amp;quot;I think CNN probably doesn&amp;#039;t think its biggest priority is its New Year&amp;#039;s Eve broadcast, however, they&amp;#039;re wrong. It should be their biggest event every single year and I will do whatever it takes to make it their biggest event and as usual I have a simple goal, which is to get Anderson Cooper fired by the end of the night.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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