Outspoken, anti-Trump comedian Kathy Griffin is stirring up controversy (again).
The liberal comedian has once again revived her “severed head” stunt from 2017 in a lame attempt to cozy up with her so-called conservative friends.
In an exclusive interview with People at the Out Magazine’s Out100 party, Griffin apparently has remorse for the move featuring a mock severed head of President Donald Trump that ignited national outrage.
Griffin now claims her outlook has changed since the incident, and she now even counts some Trump supporters as friends.
“I think I spent a lot of my life, whether it was romantically or career-wise, thinking somebody would change or I could maybe skew someone’s perspective,” Griffin told the outlet.
“And now look, believe it or not, I have quite a few Trumper friends,” she said.
In 2017, the outspoken comedian made classless headlines during the early months of Trump’s first administration after posing with a fake decapitated head of the president.
That incident led to significant backlash, including CNN terminating its agreement with her to appear on the network’s New Year’s Eve program after the photo sparked outrage.
“CNN has terminated our agreement with Kathy Griffin to appear on our New Year’s Eve program,” the network said at the time.
Trump called the original photo “sick” and said his family was affected by it.
“Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself,” Trump said in 2017. “My children, especially my 11-year-old son, Barron, are having a hard time with this.”
However, back in June, Griffin appeared to once again resurrect the “severed head” stunt — this time posting a video showing severed heads of President Trump, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Griffin’s viral TikTok video showed what appears to be three severed heads mounted on a wall, where she appears straight-faced in the video before raising her eyebrows and tilting her head, then nodding with approval.
The video includes the caption “that’s all” and ends with Griffin smirking.
Kathy Griffin apparently posted this video which appears to be decapitated heads including Trump
This should be investigated @FBI pic.twitter.com/IwLL5l9ta1
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 29, 2025
Conservatives on social media blasted the video for promoting political violence. The Libs of TikTok account on X called for an FBI investigation.
Despite the fallout, Griffin told People she now finds it “important to be around people that do have different opinions,” saying she has learned to get along with them.
“There are some Trumpers that find me very triggering because of the Trump head picture. So, I still am confronted about that photo to this day and complimented about that photo. But I get both,” she said.
Griffin was honored as Out Magazine’s “Advocate of the Year” on Saturday.
She said she still feels it’s important to be outspoken on political issues, despite the pushback she’s faced.
“I think it’s important that everybody stay politically engaged even if politics aren’t your thing because gay rights are civil rights,” she added.