I was erased.. Kathy Griffin posted an emotional tribute to her late friend Gloria Vanderbilt, despite her public falling-out with Vanderbilt's famous son, Anderson Cooper. I feel like, at 60, I'm gonna get a next chapter. I want you to know that no one has less to do with this than Jesus.She went further, adding: He didnt help me a bit Suck it, Jesus, this award is my god now. Then, between 2008 and 2013, her stand-up comedy albums were nominated six consecutive years for the Grammy Awards, resulting in a 2013 win for Calm Down Gurrl.. (Apatow said he does not recall Griffins request.). The comedian, 61, was dropped from the show after 10 years when she took a now-infamous photo holding a fake bloody head that appeared to represent Donald Trump. I was just afraid they would say I couldnt do it if they knew, Griffin said. Her candor was extraordinary. Kathy Griffin Supporters Want Her Back on CNN's New Year's Eve Show With Anderson Cooper, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' First 'Live' Episodes Together Divide Fans, 'Dawson's Creek' Alum Jensen Ackles 'Has the Voice of an Angel,' Says Joshua Jackson (Exclusive), 'Inception' Star Caught Urinating in Alley, Kelsea Ballerini Addresses Chase Stokes Breakup Rumors, Katy Perry Disrespects Another 'American Idol' Singer, Fans Demand Apology, 'Rabbit Hole' Star Charles Dance on the Many Layers of Ben Wilson (Exclusive), 'Rabbit Hole' Star Rob Yang Teases What to Expect From Season Finale (Exclusive), 'Big George Foreman' Star Sonja Sohn on Playing 'Critical' Role in Boxing Film (Exclusive). He said his son, Barron, had been particularly disturbed by the photo and Griffin should be ashamed of herself. Within a week, she lost her advertising deal with Squatty Potty and, worse, was fired from her job as co-host of CNNs New Years Eve show alongside Anderson Cooper. Date of Death: February 17, 2007 (age 91). Some earnestly called for her reinstatement. I mean, legit death threats with everything, from online, which is the Google pictures of the house, the address. Not only was she "blacklisted" by Hollywood for her controversy, per Variety, but she also lost some people that she considered being very good, close friends with. That motivated me to go out in those early years and . I've been texting him, like, 'Way to dump me for Madonna, you shallow Hollywood sellout!'" In her best-selling 2009 autobiography, Official Book Club Selection, Griffin revealed she still suffers from [food issues] but has learned to deal with them., She was still in high school when she started out as an extra in a Midwestern TV commercial before performing throughout the 1980s on the LA standup comedy circuit and in The Groundlings improv troupe. And what I found is I felt like if I can't make others laugh, then there's no purpose for me to live. In retrospect, some fans noted that every New Year's Eve has been more bleak since Griffin's departure between the pandemic, the economy, divisive politics and any number of other issues. There's no reason for me to live.. Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin host 'New Year's Eve Live' during New Year's Eve 2017 in Times Square in New York, Dec. 31, 2016. In the new season of Search Party, Griffin plays Liquorice Montague, an unhinged Svengali who takes under her wing one of the shows main characters. Griffin with three of her four dogs from left, Maggie, Elliot Stabler and Mary.