Photos: Kathy Griffin through the years
Photos from the career of comedian Kathy Griffin:
Bruce Vilanch, center, hugs comedians Margaret Chow, left and Kathy Griffin, who appears on "Suddenly Susan," as they arrive at the premiere of "Get Bruce" Monday, Sept. 13, 1999, in West Hollywood, Calif. "Get Bruce" is a documentary on Bruce, who has been called "the funniest man in Hollywood." (AP Photo/Jill Connelly)
Comedian Kathy Griffin, an alumnus of the Los Angeles improv theater group The Groundlings, arrives for the Groundlings 30th Anniversary Gala at the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Comedian Kathy Griffin arrives for the 32nd annual American Music Awards, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Katy Perry, left, and Kathy Griffin are seen onstage at the "Vh1 Divas Salute the Troops" on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 in San Diego, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
**FILE**Kathy Griffin arrives for the Academy Awards on Feb. 27, 2005, in Los Angeles. Griffin filed for divorce in Los Angeles Friday, Sept. 23, 2005, after 4 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences, court documents show. Griffin, 43, married Matt Moline in Los Angeles in February 2001. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Actress Kathy Griffin, left, and her husband, Matt Moline, wave to spectators at the Hollywood Christmas Parade in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005. (AP Photo/Francis Specker)
Kathy Griffin arrives for the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Tom Green and Kathy Griffin, right, arrive for the 2007 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007 in Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
**FILE**Kathy Griffin poses backstage with her Emmy after her show "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" won outstanding reality program at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007. Members of a Christian theater troupe are spreading the word that they're irate about Griffin's off-color speech in accepting the Emmy. The Miracle Theater in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., spent $90,440 on a full-page advertisement in the USA Today that ran nationally Monday,Sept. 17, 2007, proclaiming "enough is enough." (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Kathy Griffin, left, and Doris Roberts pose together at the HBO Luxury Lounge in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007, the day before the Primetime Emmy Awards. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Maggie Griffin, left, and television personality Kathy Griffin attend the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday, April 26, 2008, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Weeks)
Comedienne and roast master Kathy Griffin, left, winces as comedienne and roastee Joan Rivers pretends to slap her face at the "Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers" in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
Levi Johnston, left, kisses Kathy Griffin as they arrive at the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday Aug. 9, 2009, in Universal City, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Kathy Griffin arrives at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Kathy Griffin arrives at the People's Choice Awards on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Kathy Griffin, right, presents the award for outstanding drama series writing team to Bradley Bell for the "The Bold and the Beautiful" at the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Sunday, June 16, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Kathy Griffin accepts the best comedy album award for "Calm Down Gurrl" at the pre-telecast of the 56th annual GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Comedian Kathy Griffin, right, speaks along with her attorney Lisa Bloom during a news conference, Friday, June 2, 2017, in Los Angeles, to discuss the backlash since Griffin released a photo and video of her displaying a likeness of President Donald Trump's severed head. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Comedian Kathy Griffin poses at the 2018 Writers Guild Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Mark Hamill, right, and Aubrey Plaza, center, cast members in "Child's Play," joke with guest Kathy Griffin on the carpet at the premiere of the film at the ArcLight Hollywood, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Kathy Griffin attends the 2019 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival screening of "Kathy Griffin: A Hell of a Story," at the Ford Theatres, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)