Comedian Kathy Griffin faced a two-month federal investigation after posting a controversial photo with a fake severed head of President Trump in 2017. She was almost charged with conspiracy to assassinate the president of the United States. The FBI’s unannounced visit was due to her being mentioned on the kill list of “MAGA bomber” Cesar Sayoc. In 2017, Griffin infamously posed alongside a mock-decapitated head of Trump, which nearly ended her career in Hollywood. The FBI identified Cesar Sayoc as the man who mailed bombs and threatened many of the people Trump debases on a regular basis.
Griffith has revealed that she was once investigated by the FBI following claims she planned to assassinate President Trump. She also discussed her Guinness World Record for most comedy specials filmed, making friends with Stormy Daniels, and being under investigation for conspiracy to assassinate the president. After the release of the photo, a ferocious backlash ensued, and the comedian lost her career.
In response to the controversy, Griffin shared an edited version of the controversial 6-year-old photo, hours after Trump’s indictment. She accused President Donald Trump of having a “vendetta” against her and shared an edited version of the photo, hours after Trump’s indictment.
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Kudos to Kathy for turning the worst thing ever to happen to her into such a positive experience. What happened to her should NEVER happen to anyone in the country. After what happened to her, how it changed the course of her life and career so drastically, how could it /not/ turn you into a free speech advocate?
I wouldn’t be so proud of a Guinness World Record after what we learned on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver this last Sunday. Apparently they are in the business of making evil dictators look good. The segment in question is on Last Week Tonight’s YouTube website if you want to check it out. It’s pretty eye opening. :/
OMG… Interpol is like the FBI in England?????? We have NO FBI in “England”…but a Scotland Yard, MI5 and MI6. Interpol is >>> The International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL, with Headquarters in Lyon (France), is the world’s largest international police organization, with 190 member countries, each represented by a National Central Bureau.
Kathy is such a conundrum for me. I have such respect for her and she has been in literally everything for so goddamn long well before we had the bright names of female comedians that we have today. And sometimes I even agree with the content of what she’s saying. But she definitely struggles with endearing herself to the people she’s trying to impart the sentiment to. Someone else had a better take on it. She’s just like that crazy aunt you love but is also…a lot. Lol. I feel like my social battery is drained just from listening and perusal LOL
Love you so much Kathy, thanks for your honesty and vulnerability and speaking openly about PTSD, I have complex PTSD and only got diagnosed in 2020 so therapy is saving me too, thanks Howie and your daughter what a great team. Kia kaha Kathy, stand strong you are worth it Arohanui from one of your kiwi fans xoxo
I am a lifelong Tennessean and Kathy Griffin got me some through dark times.😂 Ill go to court in TN to support Kathy!!!! I Love you Kathy ❤ Thanks for making me laugh during some dark times… I know she’s been through a lot! We share similar stories, but she has bigger cajones! ❤ I always wanted to go to one of her shows, but couldn’t afford it because I’m on disability, but I have always been on her side…. even if I do live in TN,❤😂😂
I was put on a 5150 when I was 36 years old. I was in a really bad marriage. Everyone thought my husband was so sweet and was so in love with me. I found out had a mistress (was paying for her life), sleeping with escorts, blew through 2.5 million dollars and was doing drugs. FBI was at my door. They couldn’t tell me why. I separated, met a man who I fell madly in love with at a wedding that both my husband and I were at. I walked down the aisle with him as part of the wedding party. He was in CA and I was in TX but we fell in love. My husband found out and threatened to hurt himself and to call his work. I had a break down. I, finally, divorced him. He married the mistress (with 4 kids). They were married for 4 years. She left him for the pool guy. I remarried and moved to Europe. I have been remarried for 16 years (not to the guy I had an emotional relationship with). He divorced, too. My ex has never found a good relationship but he is still living life as a 20 year old.
Yoga teacher of 30+ yrs. here. Howie’s son is accurately referring to cat and cow (sometimes called cat and camel, sometimes called cat and dog) poses. (they are considered back and front bends, respectively.) What Kathy is talking about may be what I learned as Howling Wolf (or something like that). In it, we’d go back and forth between cat and cow to the rhythm of our breaths, making a loud exhaling sound on each cow pose. Very energizing, but be extra careful if you have any neck issues.
Howie and daughter, I also suffer from PTSD. I developed it following the sudden unexpected death of my youngest son. He was in Arizona while I was in Minnesota. I was out on a mental health leave of absence from work following the passing of my Mother from cancer. I was her caregiver and didn’t get to grieve because I was to busy caring for her. So I processed my grief much later. When I was back at my family home getting ready for my son’s celebration of life. My emotional support dog Trixie, got hit and killed on the highway next to our family farm. I was completely numb after that happened. I went into a severe depression for almost 11 months. I lost my job (RN in the ER in Minneapolis). My home was foreclosed, so I lost my home. I moved back to Iowa and rebuilt my life. It was hard. Then I became my Dad’s caregiver full time. PTSD is very, very real and comes in many different situations. Thanks for being a mental health advocate Howie. It is greatly appreciated.
I’ve always love Kathy Griffin. Gotta say was kind of disappointed about her Trump doll taught it went too far. I have friends on both parties and accepted everyones viewpoints that’s what makes us human. Love Ya Kathy Griffin ❤️ from Chicago. I can’t wait for you to go on tour agian. ❤ People shouldn’t not being getting canceled for views and values. As Americans should stick together and embrace each other views and values.
Approx 52:00 in. Couldn’t agree more jacklyn and howie. Always be your authentic self and the right people will gravitate towards that. Kathy is an infectious personality we’ve loved her since day one and sometimes during the chaos of everything we can lose sight a bit trying to relate with audiences but that’s really good advice you guys! Not that she’s doing anything wrong- but you’re right when we get this version of Kathy like this podcast was amazing to watch thank you and love you all 🤍🤍🤍
Loved/followed Kathy since the 90s, but wish she had NEVER pulled that cheap stupid Trump stunt! I absolutely HATE Trump as much – if not more than – she does, but I can’t believe how stupid and short sighted she was when she pulled that stunt. All that unnecessary suffering she went through was her own damn fault…sorry not sorry. Please don’t let down your fans and yourself like that—ever again. What would’ve your friend / mentor Joan Rivers have said to you if she witnessed all that BS? She was a total Trump supporter! Unfortunately, karma is really a major b***h; you’re the last person I’d hate to see it bite! Stay strong and all the best to you, gurl! (And come to ChIraq FFS!!! I’ve seen you front row every time you used to come to town!!!)
Publically supported Ms Kathy 1x just to say that ppl should be able to say the things they believe & create art without retaliation. (I mean, isn’t Freedom of Speech part of your Ammendments?) ..the barrage of hate was overwhelming & I dont flinch easily. I can’t imagine how Ms Kathy got through all that.
I don’t mind anyone asking me about my Suicide and Death Experience. But I can tell you that what I say is The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth. I have honestly been there, and I was told to go back by the angel Of Mercy and that my life would change within two years. It did change, and I kept my promise, and they kept theirs. I promised to listen to people from the other side telling me their stories of their life and Death experiences. I have listened to hundreds of their stories, filled 23 books, and won three awards In America. If you have crossed over and been given a second chance at life, I believe it was for a reason. Mine was to listen to their stories from the other side to help people understand. Not only life But also Death. I was a person of no belief, But I came back with a miracle of understanding both worlds.
Wow! Best podcast ever!! I finally understand how someone that appears to have it all commits suicide. So informative. She gave possibilities to my questions about Anthony Bourdain, Chris Cornell, etc. It could be the pills talking, the PTSD reacting, etc. What a hero. They need an updated version of the first amendment, Hustler, movie, The People vs Kathy Griffin. In America, she was persecuted for a joke, almost ruined and ended. She fought authority and authority doesn’t always win. I love her more than I ever loved her. Great job by Howie and his daughter understanding the jokes and yet showing empathy. Best podcast ever!!!
If your career involves people perusal you, ticket sales, etc. and you purposely alienate 50% of your audience by getting political, that is a mistake and is a sign of a lack of intelligence. It seems like a sign of wanting to please your fellow cult members by having the “correct” political opinions.
I used to see her live and watch her show. I was a big fan. I thought what she did was horrible and done with such bad judgement that it surprised me. I am very sorry about what happened to her though because I can imagine how stressful that was. It’s just another example how people’s obsession with politics in combination with social media is ruining relationships, marriages and quite frankly our country. I hope she is well and happy once again.
It’s good to hear how Kathy has dealt with adversity in her recent life. But it’s sad to know that her marriage is basically over. She seems so happy about her relationship in this interview. Perhaps it was Randy who decided to end it. Maybe he was cheating on her, since she’s been so preoccupied with her own health problems. In any case, I hope she can find contentment again.
Many thanks to Howie, Jackelyn and Kathy! 💗 I absolutely love Kathy and have done so for many years. I hope that 2024 and beyond serve only peace, pleasure and productivity to her. I wish that for everyone, really. 🪷 I was also one of the kids who’d inexplicably run behind the pesticide truck in the 1970s.
I love your show Howie and your daughter is smart and beautiful (offhandedly insulted by Kathy with no apology). Kathy involved herself in too much controversy and will forever struggle for it. It wasn’t just Trump it was the Extreme Feminist views of the women she was associating with, all men are bad – believe all women stuff that really hurt her. All these men have mothers and it became almost impossible to support women’s issues with the “condemn Powerful Men” mantra because as Mothers – we want our children, sons and daughters to be successful and happy in love and career. Pills = Kathy was friends with Amber Heard. Cara Delevingne was almost ruined as well as others. in 2010 Kathy joked about being put on 5150 over her breakup with Levi. She made friends with Amber Heard and wound up addicted to pills and making bad career choices – in 2020 she actually did get put on a 5150. Her continued support of Amber and Bashing of JD considering her own addiction troubles does not make sense. I believe she is unstable and needs proper help. I wish her no harm and only the best of health and happiness that we all deserve. I pray she finds her inner peace.
I have never liked Cathy’s humor and did not appreciate the joke she told/showed regarding Trump. That being said, I would stand next to anyone who was fighting against the right to free speech. The joke was tasteless but definitely not criminal. Just because I don’t like something does not mean I want to see it gone or changed. She had every right to do what she did. It was a JOKE, not a manifesto for Christ’ sake. We have real problems to deal with.
Not for nothing but I don’t recall her holding a cut off bloody head of Obama, either Bush or Clinton. I would say all of her own doing and if you also recall she was so mouthy about it after the fact as well. I don’t wish her any harm but I will NEVER pay to see her or listen to her again, she goes way to far
My mom said if I don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all, so I guess I’ll leave it there. Not a fan, but wish her well. Alienating 50% of the population with the Trump head was probably a bad move. TDS destroys lives. I hope she finds happiness. Happiness creates great comedy. Bitterness and hate is the antithesis of comedy.
I’m almost in the same situation with the PTSD from the health thing but it’s not quite that far yet because doctors are useless and then they say there’s nothing wrong with you and they said the only thing wrong with you the only thing I have is anxiety is because of the fact that I can’t get diagnosed
Kathy, I hope you know that more than half the country and the vast majority of the world is on your side. For anyone at this point to still be trumphumpers says so much about the kind of people they are. I have always been a fan of yours and I am so grateful that you are still here and got the help you needed. You are an amazing and woman! ❤ Thanks for having her on Howie!
She’s trying to play the victim role. But she is the one that decided to take the picture of a of a President Depicting his head decapitated. Whether it was Trump or not, some things you just don’t do. She should have known better. Just because you’re a celebrity. Don’t mean you can do whatever you want. All the repercussions that came from it she brought on herself. Sorry just my opinion. But I think it’s the truth.
Kathy is incredibly talented and funny. Funnier than most comedians, she’s up there with the best. However, her bs position on the deadly clot shot prevents me from buying a ticket to a show. I do hope for her return to the comedy world, she deserves to be successful, accepted and valued for her contributions to the world of laughter.
Maybe it’s just my experience but the “can’t be a cult” line got me about AA. I went to a meeting once and there definitely was a leader. Everything got related back to Jesus. And there was nothing about personal accountability at the meeting I went to. And this was a state-sanctioned group where certain people were required to be there or they’d be in jail. So…. But I also live in Mississippi so. But yeah. That line just kinda pissed me off, even though I love/support her so much with everything else.
I used to love cathy griffin and support her until the whole trump thing. At that time I was not a Trump supporter.I just found what She did to be in incredibly poor taste and it said a lot about who she is as a person and her character. She doesn’t apologize.She makes no amends.Or excuses for what she did.And yet she just expects everyone to move forward with. Sorry, I still feel she is a despicable sub.Human being.
I have been a legitimate fan of Kathy Griffin since the 90s, and I think it sucks she went through so much shit. I hope she is in a better place, and I hope she can find her way back to comedy. Fuck the haters- being subversive is allowed whether youre Dave Chapelle or Kathy Griffin. If you dont like her comedy find healthier ways to express your distatste than threats and cancellations. God. I cant believe its been 6 years. I still remember reading about that picture at a bus stop and i didnt think she deserved the kind of hate she was getting for doing it then. I dont think she deserves it now.
Ok, I’ll admit that I am a “Trumper” and that I was completely disgusted with what she did and felt that the blowback and investigations were warranted considering I feel like any regular citizen in this country would have been locked up immediately for doing that to ANY sitting president. I felt it was classless, disturbing and overboard. I also understand that we are supposed to have the freedom of expression, but when it comes to secret service being involved- that goes out of the window. HOWEVER, I enjoyed hearing her story and found her to be genuine/ authentic about the whole ordeal. I gave her a chance and I’m glad that I did. I appreciate the fact that we all make mistakes and there are consequences to those mistakes. Being honest about that is very important.
She DEFINETLY has mental illness, but also has a lot of dark issues in her closet. She’s lived a dark and controversial life and is literally scampering because she knows the end is near for her and she has NO FAITH!!!! But Jesus doesn’t care what you have done as long as you believe that he died on the cross to SAVE EVEN YOU Kathy!!!!!