Kathy Griffin knows what it’s like to be canceled.

So when her pal Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show was “suspended indefinitely” in September, she immediately reached out. ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air due to comments he made following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“It’s been really triggering for me,” she said.

Kathy Griffin says Jimmy Kimmel was there for her when she was canceled

In 2017, the actress/comedian posted pictures of herself holding the obviously fake severed head of Donald Trump. Following the stunt, Kathy claimed she was investigated by the Justice Department and placed on the No-Fly List.

“So many of my friends dumped me,” she told People. “Jimmy was the only one who would have me on his show during all those years I was canceled. I know what it’s like to have the bigwigs and head honchos say, ‘She’s too dangerous.’”

In her new YouTube comedy special, My Life on the PTSD List, Kathy reveals what she’s been through since the scandal. Over the past eight years, she’s faced addiction, a suicide attempt, lung cancer, and divorce.

“I talk about some heavy stuff,” she shared. “But I got so much feedback from my audiences saying, ‘I’m glad you went there.”

While she went through so much since the Trump photo, she learned that “at some point, it will be funny. There’s comedy in everything.”

On November 8, Kathy kicks off a new comedy tour, starting in Las Vegas. She’s scheduled to tour through May 2026 and nothing is off-limits. She’s hoping that enough time has passed that people have softened their opinions of her. She even pitched herself for The Golden Bachelorette, predicting it would be “ratings gold.”

“I think people are feeling like, ‘Okay, the photo was offensive, but it’s now been eight years, and she wasn’t ruined by it,’” Kathy concluded. “I get a lot of people that come into my comments saying I’ve risen from the ashes … That’s the best compliment I can get. I’m proud of the fact I’m still here.”

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