Businessman put on notice after rant against Kathy Griffin
NEW YORK — One of the nation’s biggest homebuilders is putting its top executive on notice after a vulgar rant against comedian Kathy Griffin was caught on tape and went viral.
KB Home CEO Jeffrey Mezger, who is a neighbour of Griffin’s in California, was recorded by a security camera hurling slurs against Griffin while in a heated argument with her boyfriend. Mezger was angered after Griffin or her boyfriend complained to police over a family get together at Mezger’s house.
KB Home said in a regulatory filing Thursday that while Mezger has been “a great leader,” his behaviour was unacceptable and that he would be fired for any similar incidents in the future. It also cut his annual bonus by 25 per cent.
There were apparently a number of complaints since the couple moved in to the house beside Mezger’s. Griffin and her boyfriend, in the incident that preceded the taped confrontation, appear to have called police over noise made by children playing in a backyard pool.