Kathy Griffin, who last year suffered backlash after posing with what appeared to be the decapitated head of President Trump, took to Twitter on Monday to offer a grim assessment of her current situation, saying that she’d been placed on a “kill list” and subjected to constant threats.
In a multi-part social-media jeremiad, Griffin also suggested that she’d been bad-mouthed by certain people in the television industry.
Telling her followers that things “have not gotten better for me,” Griffin continued, “In fact, I just found out I’m on a brand new ‘Kill List.’ Constant death threats and threats of violence toward me in very specific ways. None of the social media platforms I need to make a living and sell my tour tickets will step in and help at all.”
The former “My Life on the D-List” star went on to call out “Trump, and his game criminals, and the right leaning alt-right media,” saying they “have not let up on me.”
Calling it “literally a relentless campaign,” Griffin went on to turn her attention to Ryan Seacrest, writing, “I hear Ryan Seacrest is ‘mad’ at me and spreading the word around” because she had hired a stylist who accused him of untoward behavior.
Griffin also said that someone “in the booking dept.” of Stephen Colbert’s show has a “‘bad taste’ about me in their mouth,” saying she’s heard it’s because her former publicist said something “that I am not privy to.”
Griffin also said that someone at “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” a “show I have done many times for free, ” has “a ‘problem with me’” and they’re “spreading the word around.”
Griffin wrapped up her social-media vent, “Ok,now, I will get back to work doing anything and everything I can to sell out every single show on my tour. TIMES NOT UP YET Love, KG.”
TheWrap has reached out to a spokesperson for Facebook, as well as to a spokesperson for Seacrest, for comment on Griffin’s statements. A Twitter spokesperson told TheWrap on Monday, “we take all reports of abuse seriously and will take appropriate action on anything that violates our Terms of Service.”
Read Griffin’s tweets below.
A) I am truly excited and grateful to be able to go back on tour. As you guys know I am honest if nothing else. So, here’s the latest: Things have not gotten better for me.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 7, 2018
B) In fact, I just found out I’m on a brand new “Kill List.” Constant death threats and threats of violence toward me in very specific ways. None of the social media platforms I need to make a living and sell my tour tickets will step in and help at all.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 7, 2018
C) So these people or robots or whatever feel more empowered. Trump, and his game criminals, and the right leaning alt-right media have not let up on me. You’re probably not aware of this because I’m assuming that if you are reading this you are not part of that group!
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 7, 2018
D) It is literally a relentless campaign.
Here’s some tea: Maybe fun for you to hear, but not fun for me to live. And trust me I’m giving you a couple examples out of many.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 7, 2018
E) I hear Ryan Seacrest is “mad” at me and spreading the word around. By the way that’s how it works, not just in my industry – trust me. Why? Because I hired the woman who accused him of #MeToo “activity” (a stylist) and I PAID her. Something no one did for me…
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 7, 2018
F) Until I had the opportunity to appear on “The President Show” on Comedy Central a few weeks ago. It was a fantastic experience & I thank everyone there, especially Anthony. Not like all these other folks asking me to do stuff for free and acting like they’re doing me a favor.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 7, 2018
G) Someone in the booking dept of the Stephen Colbert show has a “bad taste” about me in their mouth. I’m told it’s because my former publicist Cindi Berger, (a real Lisa Bloom type), said something to them that I am not privy to.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 7, 2018
H) I have never even done the Colbert Report nor have I done the Stephen Colbert show. And of course I do not know this booker.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 7, 2018
I) RuPaul’s Drag Race! A show I have done many times for free on LOGO, now I am told that they are on VH1, much larger viewership, as you know, someone over there has a “problem with me.” And they’re spreading the word around.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 7, 2018
J) How else do you think I hear about all of these assholes bitching and moaning about how difficult I am because I’ve had to work myself to the fucking bone my entire career. A show I’ve always done for free.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 7, 2018
K) Not one but two DIFFERENT award shows had me HOST their events multiple times at the Beverly Hilton or some fancy ball room until they decided to televise these award shows and then of course they hired someone else to host them on television.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 7, 2018
L) I have eight Emmy award nominations and two Emmys. They just used me to basically learn how to do it for free. That’s my trajectory.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 7, 2018
M) I wrote probably the most definitive defense of Michelle Wolf out there. It was a thread picked up by the Hill as well as HuffPost. Something no one (and I mean no one) of my stature did for me. Sorry, not sorry for the “of my stature”, certainly not in a timely fashion…
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 7, 2018
N) I have not even heard a word from her. I stand by my defense of her because I have to. But you’re welcome everybody. Whew!
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 7, 2018
O) Ok,now, I will get back to work doing anything and everything I can to sell out every single show on my tour. TIMES NOT UP YET Love, KG
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 7, 2018