Kathy Griffin partially credits Paul Gosar as she is ‘slowly getting un-cancelled’

On Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday, actress and comedian Kathy Griffin talked about how she has gone from being cancelled, to appearing in the new season of HBO Max’s dark comedy Search Party.

“So you guys know I'm canceled, right? Like, I was like, cancelled cancelled,” Griffin said. “And So I'm very slowly getting un-cancelled. And what I think is funny is that people are kinda like afraid of me now and all that stuff. And you know that guy Paul Gosar made a video, and I was back in the news again? So anyway, so I think I’m gonna get un-cancelled. I think I’m an actress again, guys.”

Griffin, who is still recovering from lung cancer surgery she had back in August, received backlash in 2017 after posing with a likeness of then-President Donald Trump's severed head. And she was among those who compared her harsh repercussions to what Arizona Representative Paul Gosar has or hasn’t faced, after he posted a video showing himself threatening President Joe Biden, and killing New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

And Griffin, who will be playing a conspiracy theorist on Search Party when it returns for a fifth and final season in January, also has her new show’s younger-skewing audience to thank for her comeback.

“Apparently the young kids don't know that I'm a ‘terrorist,’” Griffin said, using finger quotes. “You know the MAGAs think I'm a terrorist. They don’t even know that stuff, they watch the TikTok.”

Video Transcript

KATHY GRIFFIN: So you guys know I'm canceled, right? Like I was like canceled canceled. And so I'm very slowly getting uncanceled.

KYLIE MAR: Kathy Griffin stopped by "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Monday where the actress and comedian, who is still recovering from lung cancer surgery in August, talked about how she has gone from being canceled to appearing in the new season of the HBO Max show "Search Party."

KATHY GRIFFIN: What I think is funny is that people are kind of like afraid of me now and all that stuff. And they're like, that guy Paul Gosar made a video.

JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah, from Arizona.

KATHY GRIFFIN: And so like I was like back in the news again. So anyway, so I think I'm going to get uncanceled. I think I'm an actress again, guys, which is like--

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KYLIE MAR: Kathy received backlash in 2017 after posing with a likeness of then-president Trump's severed head. And she was among those who compared her harsh repercussions to what Arizona Representative Paul Gosar faced or didn't face after he recently posted a video showing himself threatening President Joe Biden and killing New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. And now that she says her uncanceling is underway, Kathy had someone to thank.

JIMMY KIMMEL: I rejected your cancel. Just reject your cancel--

KATHY GRIFFIN: By the way, you were really, really of the people I can count on one hand that rejected my cancellation.

JIMMY KIMMEL: Yes, it was ridiculous. Of course. It was ridiculous.

KYLIE MAR: And Kathy, who will be playing a conspiracy theorist on "Search Party" when it returns for a fifth and final season in January, also has the show's younger skewing audience to thank for her comeback.

KATHY GRIFFIN: It's called "Search Party." And apparently the young kids don't know that I'm a terrorist. Like you know, the MAGAs think I'm a terrorist.

JIMMY KIMMEL: Right, yeah.

KATHY GRIFFIN: They don't even know that stuff. They watch the TikTok, and so--