Trump Nemesis Reveals MAGA’s Disturbing ‘Obsession’ With Her
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters Kathy Griffin, 65, is incredulous that high-profile MAGA groupies still hound her.
“You would be amazed at how many MAGA people are still obsessed with me,” Griffin, who is currently touring her stand-up show, “New Face, New Tour,” told Obsessed: The Podcast .
“I am still a Fox News darling.” Watch the full interview with Kathy Griffin on YouTube: MAGA’s Griffin addiction began almost a decade ago and has remained steadfast.
On May 30, 2017, a photographer leaked an image to TMZ depicting Griffin staring directly at the camera.
A Donald Trump mask covered in ketchup dangled from her right hand, supposed to look like the president’s severed, bloodied head.
For Griffin, that was the beginning of what MAGA hoped was her end.
“Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself,” Trump tweeted at the time.
“My children, especially my 11 year old son, Barron, are having a hard time with this.
Sick!” The comedian received millions of death threats and a bottomless barrage of digital hate .
The FBI, which she said came to her home twice a week in the direct aftermath, added her to the no-fly list, and the Department of Justice investigated her on the grounds of conspiracy to assassinate the president.
Her own mother called her hysterical, thinking that her daughter had joined al Qaeda.
Hollywood all but abandoned Griffin for years, forcing her to claw her way back into the industry from the outside.
The fallout led to a diagnosis of Complex PTSD and severe panic attacks.
“Apparently there were whole meetings with Donald and Kushner and Don Jr. and Dan Scavino on how to ruin me for good,” Griffin said.
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