Overview
- Kathy Griffin said on her YouTube show that she is "just waiting for [Donald Trump] to die," calling the president "disgusting to look at" and "in terrible shape."
- She framed the comments as part of her decision to stop focusing on Trump in her act, saying she is bored with him and no longer watches cable news.
- Griffin dismissed CNN as "a joke" and said MSNBC has "jumped the shark," adding that she now follows international outlets such as the BBC, Sky News, and Al Jazeera.
- She told viewers not to use TikTok, alleging it suppresses left-leaning content and referencing reported negotiations by Lachlan Murdoch and Larry Ellison to acquire the platform, which she presented as her view rather than confirmed fact.
- Coverage placed the remarks alongside her past controversies, including the 2017 severed-head photo, and noted biographical context about her 2021 stage-one lung cancer diagnosis and surgery.