Sarah Palin calls Kathy Griffin a '50-year-old bully'

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Kathy Griffin reportedly extended an invitation for Sarah Palin to come see her Broadway show.

Sarah Palin and Kathy Griffin are at it again.

The latest installment erupted Sunday, when the former Alaska governor and Tea Party darling took to Fox News and called Griffin "a 50-year-old adult bully, a kind of has-been comedian."

Griffin has relentlessly gone after the Palins, ranging from fake-dating Bristol Palin's ex, Levi Johnston and calling Bristol fat - to declaring this would be the year she would take down another of Palin's daughters, Willow, 16.

"You know, Kathy Griffin can do anything to me or say anything about me, because you know? she's a 50-year-old adult bully, really is what she is," Palin said on Fox.

"She can do those things to me ? I would just ask for respect of my children. As she had stated on CNN that her New Year's resolution was to destroy my 16-year-old daughter, that takes it a little too far...

"Kathy, come up to Alaska and pick on me, but leave my kids alone."

For her part, Griffin, who reportedly will play a Palin-like character on "Glee," told Howard Stern Monday she has no intention of leaving Willow alone after she used a gay slur on her Facebook page.

"A 16-year-old knows better ... all I said is, 'You're gonna hear from me.'"

Later Monday, the comedian seemed to offer a bit of an olive branch to the furious mama grizzly with free tickets to her Broadway show.

Griffin's publicist told ABCNews.com Griffin was extending the invitation in part because they both were reality show stars.

Griffin starred in "My Life on the D-List" and Palin's show, "Sarah Palin's Alaska," was a huge hit on The Learning Channel.

"Kathy supports all reality stars regardless of what they say about her," her publicist said.

nmandell@nydailynews.com

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