Kathy Griffin ‘Really Hurt’ After Missing Rosie O’Donnell’s Kimmel Week

ABC/Randy Holmes Kathy Griffin said she was “really hurt” that fellow Trump nemesis Rosie O’Donnell did not invite her as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! O’Donnell, 64, is currently guest-hosting Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show as part of the ABC anchor’s summer rotation.

In a lengthy episode of her YouTube show, Griffin, 65, explained her history with O’Donnell, Kimmel, and the president, emphasizing her friendship with O’Donnell and why she feels particularly let down by her fellow female comedian.

“I’m just going to come out and say it.

Are you ready? It’s embarrassing to say, but I have to tell you guys, because we’re friends.

My feelings are really hurt that I was not invited to go on Rosie’s week of the Jimmy Kimmel show,” she said.

Griffin explained that O’Donnell took a ride on her jet this summer from New York back to California, where they discussed O’Donnell’s guest-host stint.

“She told me about being asked by the Kimmel show to do a whole week, which I thought was fantastic,” said Griffin, adding that she was happy that O’Donnell and Kimmel ended their “quasi-beef.” “But she didn’t say anything about me being a guest.

And I thought, well, she’s the guest host.

She may have no say in it.

And to this day, I don’t know if she has any say in it.

As far as I know, she could or could not.

I really—how would I know, right?” she said.

Griffin then explained that she had friends calling her over the following weeks, asking questions like, “Which night are you doing? And are you going to be a surprise? And are you guys doing a sketch or just a sit-down interview? Are you guys going to do like a song together? Or what’s going to—it’s going to be great, the two of you together talking about this, of all things.” “I admit I was kind of getting excited,” she continued.

“Like, yeah, this could be a really cool moment.