Kathy Griffin Divorce Shocker
Kathy Griffin filed for divorce from her husband Matt Moline last year. Then they released a statement that they were reconciling. It turns out, the divorce is back on and Kathy claims it’s because Matt was caught stealing $72,000 from her. On the heels of Star Jones, Kathy will give a tell-all interview tonight on Larry King. Who knows if it’s true. On her show, My Life on the D-List, Matt seems like such a sweetheart and he puts up with a lot from her. He seems super-supportive of her. Maybe he wants half of all of her earnings during the duration of the marriage of 5 years and this is her way of trying to get out of paying alimony?
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19 opinions for Kathy Griffin Divorce Shocker
l.a.
Jun 5, 2007 at 10:41 pm
did anyone happen to notice all the times that cameras caught him text messaging .. like the night cathy was at the cooking show (which she absolutely seemed to hate).. he appeared to be more of an accessory.. although a very doting one..
w.g.
Jun 7, 2007 at 12:29 am
well about that cookign show that matt was being a Brat… i never liked him i thought that he was a lamo and that kathy was WAy to funny for him was always just like… ahhhhhhhhh… but i do agree with the accessory thing, however; he diddnt have anything better to do and plus he wanted her money… did he work? i dont think sooo… no one hurts my Kathy, or should i say steals from her… ahhh THAT little_____ (select your own word)
KC
Jun 11, 2007 at 10:51 am
I think it’s b.s. that you can “steal” money from your spouse…you’re a family, in CA her money is his money and his money is her money. If you’re setting your life up so that you have personal accounts and you think of big purchases (like the house *they* live in) as yours, you are setting yourself up for an unbalanced and unshared life.
L
Jun 20, 2007 at 10:22 pm
When you are taking money when the other is sleeping, that may not be stealing but it sure is being sneaky! When it’s “our’s” we both know abou it, right? I’m sure he had access to money of his own. But the way he went about it was wrong and I would have trust issues with him too if he was getting into my purse when I was sleeping or not looking and taking my atm card.
TC
Jun 21, 2007 at 1:45 am
and there is sort of a big difference from taking sixty out to fill the hummer and taking 72,000 out to buy a condo in malibu.
KC
Jun 21, 2007 at 3:03 pm
I agree that sneaking around like that would create huge trust issues and I don’t condone his behavior, I just think it’s interesting to think of it as “stealing.” And I think when you keep separate accounts in a marriage, especially when someone makes a lot more, you are setting yourself up for an unequal relationship that is bound to create resentment and have problems. Did he use the money to buy a condo in Malibu? I hadn’t heard that!
KC
Jun 21, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Also, did you watch the first episode of this season? It was so sad to hear her talk about their break up. And when she said she doesn’t think he ever loved her, it made me think there must be more to the story than we know.
TC
Jun 22, 2007 at 2:52 am
the Malibu thing was a joke.But, honestly, even if they had set up a financially unequal relationship by having separate bank accounts, obviously he agreed to it. after being married for five years, taking(because thats what it was, he was taking it) is such a betrayal of trust. 72,000 dollars? that is absolutely fucked up. and from your wife? maybe he never did really love her.
Timarra
Jun 26, 2007 at 11:50 am
In regard to them being in California and the property and monies being shared - If she had those accounts and money before the marriage, he has no legal right to any of it. This makes the claim that he was “stealing” valid. Stealing or sneaky behavior, what he did was absolutely morally wrong. He knew this as well - if he wasn’t worried about it, he would have told her what he was doing. This guy was a loser. He made a victim out of Kathy and is not worthy of anything she has. I know how vulnerable and lost this must have made her feel.
NiCo
Jun 26, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Did anyone see the episode in the first season where Kathy goes with her husband “at the time” to collect free swag? The one where she runs into “power gay” Lance and takes a few bottles of vodka. There is a scene in that episode where Matt gets all pissy b/c he’s not getting a free ipod and then wants to go home…what was up with that? After a day of collecting free shit and running into celeb after celeb…you have the nerve to turn into a little shit, stomp your foot and want to go home??? All in front of the camera??? What an asshole! I think Kathy can do much better!
Victoria
Jun 26, 2007 at 7:56 pm
When a person (doesn’t matter the relationship) takes money or any valuable of another person’s behind their back and spends the money or sales the valuable for their own personal gain and never tells the owner– that is stealing!
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Moi_Here
Jul 8, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Unbelievable. You CAN steal from a spouse. Just because a spouse comes into a marriage with a lot, doesn’t mean that it now belongs to the other spouse too! Get real. He went in to her private accounts. Not everything is community property in CA, it doesn’t work that way. If you take the property of your spouse without permission, it’s stealing. Kathy never would have made those allegations if they weren’t true, it would be a slam dunk legal case against her. She should have had him prosecuted.
Angela
Jul 26, 2007 at 4:54 pm
I am married and I do believe that you CAN steal from a spouse which is betrayal in my eyes. A lot of people like to think that when you marry, you become one instead of holding on to the idea of there is a me and a you. and everything you have is your spouse’s also and that takes away from a sense of individuality, personal space and privacy which are all neccessary even if you are married. The laws in MI where I live basically say that what belongs to you belongs to your spouse too, but taking money (A shit load of money at that) from your spouse purposely hiding what you are doing from them and lying is totally wrong and I would feel betrayed too. I feel bad for Kathy because it seemed like she truly loved and trusted that man. I hope she finds someone who can love her equally and show her respect and at least bring honesty to the situation.
pra
Aug 10, 2007 at 9:51 am
i love the katthy griffin how, i think she put a lot of hard work into providing entertainments, her husband was just too boring for her , he has no personality…. the show should have won an emy
emmarose
Aug 18, 2007 at 3:39 pm
i agree too that you can steal from a spouse. absolutely right. and if he could only take out $400/day (because luckily the bank won’t allow or would become suspicious if more of that was taken out at a time), he was doing this scam for MONTHS. he did have a job i remember where he was his only employee for some computer software company. maybe she required so much of his attention he stopped working? i’m not sure if she was definitely the breadwinner. and he would accompany her on many trips. but still, he’s a grown ass educated man so there’s no excuse for him to steal from her flat out. that’s ridiculous. $72,000 is a LOT of money. this isn’t $720. i mean that’s a sh*tload of money that he didn’t tell her about and kathy doesn’t get $3 million a gig. she has to work very hard for her money and constantly find work so that sucks. i cannot blame her for divorcing him. did she try to get reimbursed for the money? anyone know?
Timarra
Aug 18, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Hey Emmarose - I don’tthink she tried to get anything back from him. If I remember right, she just wanted it to be over. Initially they tried counseling but she couldn’t get over what he did and she lacked trust toward him so much that she couldn’t try anymore. I can understand her wanting it over and done, but as you said, 72 G’s is a sh*tload of cash and she could certainly use it! Oh well….let’s hope for a better year for her in 2008.
Timarra
julie
Oct 15, 2007 at 11:48 pm
i remember watching a whole lot of my life on the d list, i remember havign this feelign that kathy, as much as i think positively of her, takes up alot of emotional space, she sort of commands attention in the relationship and because of her job and the demands of it, is probaable not able to give equal measure of attention back to matt. i remember feeling the great inequality of this dynamic in their relationship. on a much smaller level, im living the same kind; as the woman, im the breadwinner and my guy supports me, helps me pack to travel for my job, does whatever thing is needed in his fluid role of supporting my work so that my pay supports us. i have seen, in my own situation, the wicking away of his esteem and identity as a support system for me, without really passionately doing his own work. the passion of my work gets center stage. i remember hearing matt talk about the upswing of not working and supporting cathy in her work, he got to live in their great house and live her great life, but i remember thinking he must be grappling with some pretty difficult feelings on that or perhaps he was just an aemoba-like mooch but my haunch was that the larger kathy got, the smaller matt became until that was the dyad of their relationship. what does that have to do with anything? a big imbalance in any relationship isnt sustainable and it gives rise, even justification for an equal imbalace–like stealing money through a justified sense of entitlement. kathy needs matt, matt needed kathy– just in a different way. as kathy built her life with matt’s support and company, matts life was not being built itself–only by secondary means in his marriage to kathy. its sad, i wish they could have found the authentic communication to not have become so imbalanced. i think if matt had another way to support his wife and keep his own passions alive, he would not have felt the need to steal from his wife. i feel if anything it is indicative of the desperation of a situation that seemed locked into place and unalterable, it doesnt mean what he did is right, it just might have been avoided completely if there wasnt such an imbalance. some people are really cut out to be in this kind of relationship where one person earns, the other supports them, for others–especially if it is soemthing that is dictated by your spouse being so much bigger and more important than you are–or ever will be–really f##ks with their heads.
James D
Jul 10, 2008 at 10:41 pm
I have to say that Matt was and is a total idiot. First because Kathy appears to me to be a very open person. I think she really loved him, and when she found out that he had not only been stealing from her, but had been doing it for a very long time. For whatever reason he did it, she seems like the type that would have been willing to talk to him.
I think, no matter what it is, it hurts when you catch your spouse in a lie. And when you start to suspect that you are only being used, hurts. There is probably more involved than is being told, but eventually, we’ll know, because Kathy will end up incorporating it into her stand-up. The second reason Matt is pathetic, is because after being with/married to her for so long; did he think that he would be immune? Kathy tells it like it is; even when it’s not pretty. I wish her only the best, and know that she understands about life lessons. Good Luck, Kathy! I love ya!
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