Kathy Griffin has gone from the D-List to the No Fly List and back again. After bravely risking staining her blue pussy-bow blouse with ketchup during her infamous 2017 photo shoot, the comedian’s career imploded, and since then she’s been through hell. She was the subject of a monthslong federal investigation, battled an addiction to pills, attempted suicide, and was diagnosed with lung cancer, which resulted in losing half of her left lung — all of which contributed to a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder. “I love talking about this stuff, which I know initially doesn’t sound hilarious,” she says, but she has found that, surprisingly, especially after the collective trauma of the Trump era and the COVID pandemic, audiences have been able to relate.
After “biting and…
