Kathy Griffin says she immediately contacted Jimmy Kimmel “on day one” of his recent suspension from Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
The 64-year-old comedian recalled her own public fallout in 2017 when she faced backlash for a photo showing her holding a fake severed head of Donald Trump and how Kimmel supported her at the time.
“It was triggering for me because Jimmy was the only one who still had me on his show when everyone else was saying I was too dangerous,” Griffin said. People from the late-night talk show host, whose ABC show was briefly taken off the air in September after comments he made about conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The show has since returned.
Griffin will launch his new comedy tour, New face, new tour—a nod to its recent facelift—November 8 in Las Vegas, with dates through May 2026.
“I change my behavior every night and I always start with local jokes,” she said. “I once read the local sex offender list during a show and had to run out of the theater. Then I called Cher and she just said, ‘Go home, bitch.’ Go back to Malibu.'”
