Kathy Griffin admits Donald Trump photo scandal contributed to PTSD

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Kathy Griffin admitted the fall-out from her controversial Donald Trump photoshoot contributed to her Complex PTSD. The outspoken comedian - who battled lung cancer in 2021 and recently underwent vocal cord surgery - saw a string of shows cancelled and she was dropped from her annual co-hosting job on CNN on New Year's Eve after she took part in a shoot with photographer Tyler Shields in which she posed with a bloody decapitated head resembling the then-US President in 2017, and she's admitted the scandal was a factor in the "crippling" anxiety she's experienced.

She told People magazine about the "bizarre and awful" feeling of being cancelled: "I feel like I lost my voice creatively. And then I got cancer, and I literally lost my voice.

And honestly, I think that's kind of the PTSD. " Before her diagnosis, Kathy was gripped by bouts of "non-stop vomiting" and panic attacks.

She said: “What I have found mostly is that it's so much more common than anybody would think. And luckily, we're beyond the time when folks think PTSD is straight up just for combat veterans.