Kathy Griffin revealed in an interview this weekend that she still hasn’t made amends with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, adding that she is open to the possibility of reconciling with her old friend after their public spat in 2017.
Griffin and Cooper have been at odds ever since the CNN anchor reacted to a controversial photo Griffin posed for in 2017 in which she held a fake severed head that closely resembled former PresidentĀ Trump. Cooper decried the image publicly, calling it “disgusting and completely inappropriate” on Twitter. Griffin was reportedly upset thatĀ Cooper didn’t reach out to her privately before rebuking her publicly.Ā The image cost Griffin her hosting spot on CNN’s New York Eve show, which she co-hosted with Cooper since 2007, amid boycotts from corporate brands and supporters.Ā
Griffin addressed the falling out in a weekend interview on the “Club Random” podcast, where she discussed her battle with lung cancer and how it impacted her perspective on the falling out with Cooper.
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“I know youāve been through all this sh– with cancerā¦ Iāve always thought cancer was bad, and I donāt care whoās gonna argue with me. Thatās my position. But I swear to God, I feel like itās made you human a better person,” Maher said.
“I think people can see me as a human being for the first time in a while,” Griffin responded. “And Iāve just noticed a lot of people reaching out to me on social media just saying, āI didnāt like this about you. I donāt like that, but Iām wishing you wellā¦”
Reflecting on Griffin’s career, Maher said he thought she picked fights “with too many people.”
“Like youāre still not friends with Anderson Cooper?” he asked.
Kathy Griffin co-hosting ‘New Year’s Eve Live’ with Anderson Cooper on CNN in 2016 before she was booted from the show. (Noam Galai/FilmMagic)
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“No, but that was like a little more of a friendship. Like, that was like kind of a personal thing because that was like a tough situation,” Griffin said.
When Maher asked if Griffin will “ever get over that with him?” the comedian said she was open to a reconciliation of some kind, before taking a personal jab at the CNN host.
“Sure. Of course,” Griffin said. “I donāt know that heās interested. But I mean, you know, I also donāt have like a need to like, hang out with people that maybe werenāt so kosher.”
Griffin said she previously considered her and Cooper more than just “Hollywood friends.”
Anderson Cooper tweeted, āFor the record, I am appalled by the photo shoot Kathy Griffin took part in. It is clearly disgusting and completely inappropriate.’ (Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CNN)
“I thought we were legit friends,” she told Maher, adding that they had the kind of relationship where you can “bare your souls to each other, and youāre there for each other when this oneās having a tough day.”
Griffin seemed more open to mending fences with the CNN host than she did in the past. In 2019, she said in an interview with “People Now” that making amends with Cooper probably wonāt happen, arguing thatās not really the kind of person he is.
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“I donāt think heās that kind of guy. I just donāt think heās wired that way,” she said. “I just donāt think he has really any interest in [making up]. Like I said, after going through something like this, Iām done chasing people. Iām down to three friends on a good day. I just kind of want to go where I can make people laugh.”
Yael Halon is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to yael.halon@fox.com.Ā
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