During a comedy routine this weekend in California comedian Eddie Griffin made a homophobic joke that offended a woman in the audience, she responded by throwing a drink at Griffin and he retaliated by throwing a water bottle back at her. TMZ reported on the incident, but now Griffin is angry as to how the story was worded. TMZ reports:
Eddie Griffin is threatening to sue TMZ over the story we broke regarding the water-bottle throwing incident at a comedy club this weekend — problem is, Eddie clearly didn’t read the story.
Griffin has released a statement on his Facebook page … in which he falsely claims TMZ accused him of “assaulting” a woman in the audience of his show in Pleasanton, California.
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