The funny lady vamps it up like you've never seen for Steppin' Out magazine -- all while dishing on Barbara Walters!

In an upcoming issue of Steppin' Out, out August 1, comedian KATHY GRIFFIN shows off a different side of herself in a sexy pictorial where she poses in tummy-baring camisoles and red, ruffled, cleavage-revealing lingerie!

But the sultry photos aren't the only reason to take notice of the issue. Kathy, who has filled in several times on "The View" since ROSIE O'DONNELL's abrupt departure, doesn't hold back when discussing the show's main lady BARBARA WALTERS.

"I'll just say that Barbara Walters is a very complicated woman," she says. "I like her but she doesn't get me at all. She doesn't even have any pretense of getting me."

But she says she doesn't plan on changing her ways. "I don't play up to her or anybody because I don't know how," she says. "My mother is always yelling at me to kiss a$$! I'm really trying to learn. I wish I could tell you, 'I know how to get Barbara Walters into the palm of my hand.' But I just don't have that ability. That's why I always get into trouble."

So far Kathy's appearances are working out just fine for Ms. Walters. "Barbara recently told me, 'They think that we're very good together.' I answered, 'Yeah, Barbara we're like a very &%#@!* up buddy cop movie.' That sums up our relationship," she says.

And if the job is still available, Kathy says she'd definitely be willing to consider it -- for the right price. "Do I want the job? Sure, but I don't think they have the Kathy Griffin dollars," she admits. "I want SUZANNE SOMERS money -- who I believe at this point is printing money out of her garage. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it."